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Pedro Adao

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Kingdom Principles

Your Values Might Be Betraying You

“Pedro, I’m stuck.” No you’re not stuck. You just refuse to make a decision. If you’re like many of the people I’ve coached, there’s probably at least one decision that you refuse to make. You know you need to make it. You know it’s important…but you’re still procrastinating and that's why you’re stuck. Most people think they don’t have enough information, or need more time to make a good decision. So they end up overthinking and get caught in mental loops and analysis paralysis.  Is this God? Is this me? Should I do this? Should I do that? What’s the wise thing to do here? The other day in our Kingdom Seekers mentorship community, I broke down my best thoughts on a fully redemptive Kingdom aligned decision making process…I laid out a framework that is rooted in wisdom, kingdom principles, peace, love, and trust.

Kingdom Entrepreneurship

The Most Audacious Thing a Christian Can Do

Religion has wired us to treat audacity like a character flaw. But what if it's not? What if there's a redemptive component to it that we can use to advance the Kingdom? Pedro unpacks why believing you are made in the image of God is the most audacious — and necessary — thing a Christian can do.

Kingdom Wealth

Why The Primary Purpose of Wealth May Surprise You

The Primary Purpose of Wealth Is To Be Spent. Think about it — say you want to leave an inheritance to your children's children like Proverbs recommends. Why? Is it so they never get to touch or enjoy it? Until you spend wealth it's just sitting there as potential.

Kingdom Principles

The Sin Almost Every Christian Ignores

After serving hundreds of thousands of Christians since 2018, I am convinced that complacency is one of the enemy's favorite weapons. It's subtle, doesn't feel like an obvious ambush, and can easily be misidentified and overspiritualized as rest.

Kingdom Principles

The Order You're Getting Wrong

Most of us organize our lives like this: work hard enough (doing), accumulate enough (having), and eventually become the person you want to be (being). This is completely opposite to kingdom living — and it's the foundational error underneath every place you feel stuck.

Kingdom Wealth

Your Past Doesn't Define Your Financial Future

The account isn't the problem. You've done what you were supposed to do — saved, been responsible, built the retirement account. And yet something is still frozen. Here's what I want you to see: that's not a financial problem. That's an identity problem wearing a financial costume.