Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
From Fire to Fortune: How God Taught This Entrepreneur to Trust Him With Everything
His manufacturing facility burned to the ground in front of 5 fire departments and 80 firemen. Standing in the ashes, Bob Bertelsen heard God speak in the most audible voice of his life, and that moment taught him to trust God with his business, his money, and his future.
Is your business really yours, or are you just the steward of something bigger?
On this episode, Lance Wallnau sits down with entrepreneur and author Bob Bertelsen, whose new book "Ain't Your Money" is already a bestseller in three Amazon categories. Bob built A Plus Powder Coating from a mortgaged house into a company with 80 employees, and along the way he learned, sometimes the hard way, what it means to fully surrender control to God.
In this episode:
- Lance's warning on AI, job displacement, and the coming universal income debate
- The 1988 fire that destroyed Bob's manufacturing facility, and the voice he heard afterward
- Why Bob calls himself a "Chief Executive Steward," not a CEO
- The mortgage the house moment that started A Plus in 1996
- A 2015 expansion that nearly bankrupted the company, and the prayer that changed everything
- The "decree of ownership" Bob wrote for his business, home, and ministry
- Biblical stewardship principles from Matthew, Malachi, and Deuteronomy 8:18
Podcast Episode 2235: From Fire to Fortune: How God Taught This Entrepreneur to Trust Him With Everything | don’t miss this! Listen to more episodes of the Lance Wallnau Show at lancewallnau.com/podcast
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From Fire to Fortune: How God Taught This Entrepreneur to Trust Him With Everything
His manufacturing facility burned to the ground in front of 5 fire departments and 80 firemen. Standing in the ashes, Bob Bertelsen heard God speak in the most audible voice of his life, and that moment taught him to trust God with his business, his money, and his future.
Is your business really yours, or are you just the steward of something bigger?
On this episode, Lance Wallnau sits down with entrepreneur and author Bob Bertelsen, whose new book "Ain't Your Money" is already a bestseller in three Amazon categories. Bob built A Plus Powder Coating from a mortgaged house into a company with 80 employees, and along the way he learned, sometimes the hard way, what it means to fully surrender control to God.
In this episode:
- Lance's warning on AI, job displacement, and the coming universal income debate
- The 1988 fire that destroyed Bob's manufacturing facility, and the voice he heard afterward
- Why Bob calls himself a "Chief Executive Steward," not a CEO
- The mortgage the house moment that started A Plus in 1996
- A 2015 expansion that nearly bankrupted the company, and the prayer that changed everything
- The "decree of ownership" Bob wrote for his business, home, and ministry
- Biblical stewardship principles from Matthew, Malachi, and Deuteronomy 8:18
Podcast Episode 2235: From Fire to Fortune: How God Taught This Entrepreneur to Trust Him With Everything | don’t miss this! Listen to more episodes of the Lance Wallnau Show at lancewallnau.com/podcast
🔔 SUBSCRIBE for more conversations with Kingdom minded entrepreneurs and prophetic voices
👍 LIKE if this reframed how you think about trusting God with everything
💬 COMMENT: Do you see yourself as an owner, a provider, or a steward?
📤 SHARE with someone building a business right now
────────────────────────────────────────
📖 Get Bob's book, "Ain't Your Money": lancewallnau.com/money, use code LANCE15 for 15% off
📲 Follow Lance Wallnau for more prophetic and business content
────────────────────────────────────────
#FromFireToFortune #AintYourMoney #LanceWallnau #ChristianEntrepreneur #KingdomBusiness #ProphecyAndBusiness #FaithAndFinance
