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The Power of Full Surrender: Giving God 100% of Your Business and Life with Melanie Cox

December 19, 2025 • Michelle Gines, The Re-Imagine Strategist

Join Michelle Gines as she sits down with Melanie Cox for a profound conversation on faith, entrepreneurship, and the immense impact of total surrender. Melanie shares her powerful story of making the biggest, most impactful change in her life: stepping back from her professional work to focus on writing her book and entering full-time ministry.

This shift revealed a critical truth: God's plan was always bigger and better than her own. Melanie discusses how fully giving God control of her company actually led to its expansion, allowing her the freedom to dedicate her time to ministry. She offers crucial insights into the subtle strategies of the adversary and the unwavering strength that comes from knowing your identity in Christ.

This episode is an essential listen for change-makers, entrepreneurs, and anyone ready to move from controlling their future to fully trusting the Divine direction.

Key Discussion Points

The Biggest Pivot: Melanie's personal story of stepping away from work and into ministry, and how this seemingly risky move led to professional and spiritual expansion.
The Reward of Full Surrender: How giving God 100% of her business, including contracts and direction, ultimately allowed her company to grow and provide for her family.
The Subtle Adversary: Melanie warns that the devil doesn't use obvious tactics, but rather plants small untruths about identity and makes us choose between "right and always right".
The Foundational Advice: Melanie's best advice for all change-makers: Never think you know better than God. Always honor a life worthy of the calling.
Authenticity and Grace: MG and Melanie discuss the magnetic power of authentic stories and the comfort in knowing that God meets you exactly where you are.

Are you holding onto 10% of the steering wheel? Listen now to discover the freedom and expansion that comes when you fully give God 100% of your business.

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