947 | How Quitting Alcohol Helped Me Grow a God-Led Business

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Stefanie Gass - Christian Business Coach, Podcast Coach, Online Business Coach

Business:entrepreneurship, Business, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Entrepreneurship, Marketing

5.0 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

What if one small act of obedience could change everything? What if letting go of something you thought you needed actually opened the door to deeper freedom, clarity, and growth with God? In today’s episode, I’m sharing a very personal part of my story: my journey of quitting alcohol and how that decision impacted my faith, mindset, and business. I open up about the generational patterns of alcoholism in my family and the honest moment when God nudged my heart to surrender something I had been holding onto. This wasn’t about perfection or pressure. It was about simple obedience. What I discovered on the other side of releasing that stronghold surprised me. God used that small step of surrender as a catalyst for transformation in ways I never expected. If you’ve ever felt the Holy Spirit nudging you to release something you’ve been gripping tightly, something you may have normalized, justified, or even idolized, this conversation will encourage you. God is so faithful. When we trust Him enough to let go of what we think we need, He often replaces it with something infinitely better. Obedience, even in the small things, can unlock incredible freedom and purpose. I pray this blesses you! Ready to Make Consistent Income From a Podcast? Join my 5-Day Profitable Podcast Bootcamp! I'll show you how to create a podcast that makes steady income on autopilot—without relying on social media. 🙌 Get the clarity, strategy, and tools you need to make consistent income with your podcast! 🔗 Sign up now: stefaniegass.com/bootcamp << Get your application in NOW for Podcast to Profit: A 6-Month Group Coaching Program for Christian Podcasters! Learn how to grow your show, increase your visibility, create an offer that sells, and so much more! http://podcasttoprofitmastermind.com >> Related Episodes856 - How to Surrender Your Business to GOD (and Still Grow Faster)835 - How to Have a Business Meeting With God850 - What GOD Showed Me About Scaling My Business to 7 Figures (That Changed Everything)

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0:00.0	So today, I'm actually sharing a very personal story. It's actually my alcohol testimony,
0:07.4	and I don't know that I've ever fully shared it. I was recording content a month ago for
0:13.6	YouTube, and I really felt the Lord tell me that that was the day that I was supposed to share.
0:18.9	And so I did. And I didn't plan on it that day and I didn't
0:23.4	prepare anything, but I just really vulnerably sat in my honest truth about what that journey
0:30.8	has been and laid it all out. So I'm pulling it over here as well so that you guys can hear
0:37.3	it if you're a podcast listener. And I'm pulling it over here as well so that you guys can hear it if you're a podcast
0:38.2	listener. And I just truly believe that a small nudge that happened so many years ago has been
0:44.7	an incredible catalyst in my life for my business to be where it is today for me to break the generational
0:49.7	curse of alcoholism in my lineage. And now being four and a half years sober, realizing that relinquishing alcohol stronghold over my life, really, as I acted it out in simple obedience, had so many gifts. And I think that's the God that we serve, right? When he takes something away that we think that we need, when we're idolizing it, when we're coveting, when we're gripping to it, we finally release it and we see that he has something a million percent better for us. So if you want to lean in and
1:15.0	listen in to this one, I think that you'll truly enjoy it. I pray it bless you.
1:19.2	Welcome to God-led business. I'm Steph Gas. After a decade of striving, I surrendered the
1:24.6	world's way for God's way. And he showed me how to grow a profitable
1:29.2	business through podcasting. Now I help others take the next right step with God to build a simple,
1:35.7	scalable business that protects their family, faith, and peace, all while glorifying him.
1:42.4	Reheat your lukewarm coffee, grab your laptop and Bible.
1:45.5	It's time to do business, God's way.
1:49.1	My biggest breakthrough was when you said your breakthrough is on the other side of your
1:56.2	greatest fear.
1:57.8	For me, it wasn't so much being afraid of starting a podcast as afraid of it just turning
2:05.5	into another hobby, or maybe it was just me telling myself it was the thing to do. And my
2:11.8	breakthrough came when I finally said, okay, I will do this. And immediately, I felt a piece about it. And I just
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