Christian Business/Ministry Planning (Part 2): Should a Christian Entrepreneur Have a Business Plan?
I was watching the 700 Club the other day, and I saw Jesse Duplantis being interviewed about his new book,The Everyday Visionary (which is a great title, by the way). I like Jesse and find him both humorous and a great teacher (not necessarily in that order! 
), and he said something that really is in line with this series on Christian business and ministry planning.
Jesse said that it is not just important to have a dream; it’s important to have a plan. He pointed to Joseph, who not only had a dream, but a plan…and implemented it. What Jesse didn’t point out on that broadcast, but that I just saw in this passage, is that God gave the plan in the dream! (Thank God for revelation! ) (Genesis 41:15-49) This doesn’t mean that the plan always comes with the dream, however. Sometimes it’s left up to us,through Godly inspiration, to devise it:
“Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it? For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,saying, ‘This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.’” -Luke 14:28-30 (NIV- emphasis mine)
In any case, a plan has to be attached to the dream!
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