Build Your Big Idea™ is a space for entrepreneurs, creatives & visionaries building WITH God—not in isolation.
Each week, you’ll receive a 5-minute (or less) devotional designed to help you:
Hear God clearly about your next step in business
Build a business that serves people faithfully and makes money
Apply scripture-based counsel to real-life challenges
Power your mindset with a Christ-rooted perspective
Stay grounded in faith while growing wealth, impact, and purpose
And… connect with dope Christian entrepreneurs who get it (this is a whole community—not just a newsletter you read by yourself)
Oh hey! 👋🏽 I’m Marlena Banks-Parks, author of the hit devotional for entrepreneurs on Amazon, Big Idea Food®, and your sis in the trenches with you building the vision God gave me.
Since 2018, I’ve been writing this weekly devotional newsletter to feed your big ideas with God’s Word. Now we’re going even further: Not just feeding your big ideas, but helping you build them—in alignment with God’s will.
We focus on the 3 areas where big ideas often struggle: Business. Money. Love. Because if your big idea’s going to get lost in the sauce… it’s usually in one of these areas. But not here!
📆 Posting Schedule:
Tuesday mornings: 5-minute devotional
Tuesday noon: live deeper study on YouTube (find the playlist in our Substack nav!)
Wednesdays: community conversations & prompts
Thursdays: favorite throwback devotionals from our archive
Fridays: occasional community business spotlights
(P.S. We’ve also got a 🔥 referral program you’ll want to tap into—get into it!)
Join BYBI Builder’s Circle 🛠 (Paid Subscriber Perks):
Paid subscribers get:
Monthly Business Training every 1st Thursday (12PM EST) — Deep-dive, scripture-rooted trainings to help you grow an impactful, profitable business in alignment with God’s will.
Weekly Ask Me Anything post (6AM EST Thursdays) — I review the questions each week and answer the themes I see coming up most. As the community grows, you’ll often find exactly what you need by learning from the wisdom shared in response to others.
Live hotseat Q&A (12PM EST Thursdays) + access to the recordings — Get strategic feedback, spiritual clarity, and fresh perspective to keep you moving forward.
Private BYBI Builders Circle group chat — Connect with other believers in business to:
→ share wins & lessons
→ ask for feedback
→ find collaborators, accountability partners, new opportunities
→ get iron-sharpens-iron community as you build what God put in your heart
PTO Policy: Each summer, I take a 4–8 week sabbatical (July & August)—the BYBI Builders Circle stays open, but lives & AMAs pause during that time.
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