Kingdom At Work
There’s a moment many owners reach—usually quietly, usually alone—when success on paper stops feeling like success in your soul. You’ve built. You’ve carried. You’ve provided. And yet you can sense it: God is inviting you into something deeper than performance, strategy, and sheer strength—not because you’re failing, but because He wants to lead.
That’s what an Action Group is: an intentional space for CEOs and owners who want to stop doing business for God and start doing business with God. Not as an add-on. Not as a compartment. As the foundation.
Donya Butler, owner of Design Envy, is a living picture of what can happen when an owner says yes to an Action Group.
A Prompting Worth Following
After attending a Kingdom at Work workshop, Donya felt stirred—but also unsure. She assumed an Action Group might feel like other business environments she had engaged with: hustle-driven, ego-centered, and guarded.
But God kept inviting her.
Donya received three separate nudges from people. Then came a personal invitation that made it unmistakable:
“I cannot get you out of my mind. Would you consider it?”
She stepped into the Action Group—and what she found was the opposite of what she feared: no competition, no performance, no posturing. Just real prayer, real honesty, and real action.
As Donya said, “You’re in a room full of Jesus people… people who already love you… and all they want is to grow you the way God wants to grow you.”
Some decisions don’t require more analysis. They require surrender.
Action Group accountability doesn’t equal pressure
When many owners hear “accountability,” they think exposure, judgment, pressure, performance.
But Action Group accountability isn’t about proving yourself. It’s about helping you move—in obedience, in wisdom, and in love.
Donya admitted she used to delay hard decisions because she worried about perception, response, and results. But in her Action Group, she wasn’t alone anymore.
She had a team.
Not a team telling her what to do – a team helping her listen to God, trust what He was saying, and take the next right step.
Over time, that produced something unmistakable:
- Boldness without ego
- Confidence without striving
- Courage rooted in God and identity
That’s the fruit of a healthy Action Group.
Action Group partnership changes how you lead—everywhere
Donya’s story isn’t just “my business got better.” It’s “I became aligned.”
She said something many owners feel but rarely articulate:
“I had my faith at home… and at work I felt like I had to be someone different.”
That split creates fear—fear of man, provision, conflict, decisions, and what happens if you don’t hold it all together.
But the Action Group helped her see what’s true:
“This isn’t even mine… it was freeing… this is God’s business and I’m stewarding it.”
When that becomes real—not just a phrase—everything shifts.
She started going to God first. Not as a last resort, but as her leadership starting point:
“God, You’re involved. You care. You lead. I will follow.”
That’s surrendered leadership—and it’s what an Action Group is built to strengthen.
The overflow of an Action Group isn’t just business—it’s identity
An Action Group often begins with business questions. But God rarely stays in one box.
After a conversation with her facilitator, Donya went home to pray. The Lord led her to write down what she believed about herself—and then what He says about her.
She shared:
“After I did that, it was like I could never remember those other words before.”
That’s what happens when God touches identity.
And when identity becomes secure, leadership becomes steady.
Donya said it plainly: “Your business and you aren’t separate,” meaning she stopped compartmentalizing her faith, identity, and her business and leadership—she began living from one integrated place where what God is doing in her shapes how she leads and moves in every sphere of influence.
That alignment overflowed into:
- her confidence as a leader and owner
- her courage as a mom to disciple her kids more honestly
- her marriage and how she encouraged her husband in his own business journey
- her team culture—praying and responding to Holy Spirit promptings
This is what Kingdom at Work means: God doesn’t just want your outputs—He wants your whole life aligned.
Consider This Your Personal Invitation
Maybe nothing is “wrong.” Maybe you’re simply sensing the Lord inviting you deeper.
If you’ve felt stalled, if you’ve been carrying decisions alone, or if you’ve been praying, “Lord, is this still what You want me to do—or how You want me to do it?”—don’t brush past that prompting. An Action Group may be the catalyst God uses to move you from delay to obedience, from striving to surrender, and from building in your own strength to building with Him as your Lead Partner. Because the question isn’t only, “What do you want to build?” It’s: “What has God entrusted to you—and what are you going to do with it?”
If you feel even a flicker of “yes” as you read this, take your next step: join an Action Group near you and step into a community of owners who want to partner with God in real decisions, steward people with truth and love, lead from identity—not insecurity—and walk out obedience with support.
As Donya said to fellow CEOs, “Lean into it… it’s invaluable,” and “whatever you invest… God is going to multiply it—what you spend will be small compared to what the Lord gives you back.”