Truth Attracts. Vision Leads. Gratitude Multiplies.

A Founder’s Guide to Entering 2026 With Power — Lessons from Startup Church

Founders,

Every Thursday at 10a MST, something rare happens inside Startup Church.
A gathering of builders, leaders, dreamers, and faith-driven founders who refuse to build on hype — and insist on building on truth, revelation, and God’s direction.

Last week was one of the most important sessions of the year. Why? Because we outlined the three forces that will shape your 2026 more than any market trend, VC thesis, or economic forecast:

Truth. Vision. Gratitude.

If you didn’t make it live, the video replay is above — but first, let’s go deeper into each principle. These aren’t theories. These are spiritual technologies for founders. They work. They change outcomes. They attract destiny.

1. The Attraction Engine

Truth attracts. Discipline compounds.

Two years ago, I started posting on LinkedIn consistently.
Not cute, not safe, not corporate.
I told the truth about startups, venture capital, and the faith that built CanaGlobal.

Then something amazing happened: founders started showing up… by the tens of thousands.

Today, over 100,000 founders a month come through our ecosystem because of those posts.

Why?
Because founders are starving for truth — not polish.
They want someone who has fought the battles they are fighting and lived to tell the story.

Here’s the secret:
When you tell the truth — the uncomfortable truth — you polarize.
And when you polarize, you attract.

That’s how movements start.
That’s how demand generation becomes automatic.
That’s how your message becomes your magnet.

What you learn from the Attraction Engine:

• Your honesty is the most powerful demand-gen channel you have.

• The 3+2+2 posting rhythm isn’t marketing — it’s spiritual consistency.

• When you speak openly about faith, it opens doors algorithms can’t.

• Movements are started by truth-tellers, not trend-chasers.

• Daily posting compounds like interest — small deposits, massive returns.

If you want 2026 to expand your reach and influence, start by expanding your voice.

You’re not just a founder.
You’re a messenger.
And your message has an assignment.

2. Expectation Reset for 2026

Run on revelation, not results.

One of the biggest traps founders fall into is this:

They let last year’s battles determine next year’s expectations.

If 2025 was rough, they assume 2026 will be more of the same.
If momentum was slow, they assume acceleration is out of reach.
If the scoreboard wasn’t impressive, they assume the year is lost.

But faith-driven founders don’t think like that.

We don’t build from history.
We build from prophecy.

2025 was training.
2026 is mission.

God doesn’t guide you by what was.
He guides you by what can be.

What you learn in this session:

• Results are information. Vision is revelation.

• God isn’t limited by your slow seasons or quiet years.

• When you elevate your expectation, you elevate your trajectory.

• Faith is not denial — it’s leadership.

• Vision sets the pace. Fear sets the brakes.

If you want to enter 2026 with strength, release the emotional residue of 2025.

Your future is not tied to your past.
It’s tied to your expectation.

3. Thankful in 3D → Activated in 4D

Gratitude opens dimensions.

This was the moment in today’s session where many founders felt something shift.
Because gratitude isn’t soft. It’s not sentimental.
In the Kingdom — and in entrepreneurship — gratitude is power.

Gratitude is alignment.
Gratitude is clarity.
Gratitude is acceleration.

Here’s the model we taught today:

Be thankful in 3D:

𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁 —
Thank God for every battle He carried you through.
Every setback that shaped you.
Every miracle that surprised you.
Every lesson that strengthened you.

𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 —
Thank God for what He’s orchestrating right now —
the conversations, the positioning, the unseen setup.

𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 —
Thank Him with expectation for what’s already prepared.
God is not improvising. Your steps are ordered.

When you live in 3D gratitude, something supernatural unlocks:

You activate 4D clarity:

• Foresight — What’s ahead

• Insight — What God is shaping inside you

• Oversight — What He’s orchestrating around you

• Hindsight — What He already did to prepare you

This is how faith-driven founders build with supernatural advantage.
This is how timing aligns.
This is how the right people appear.
This is how acceleration begins.

Final Word

The world teaches you to build with hustle.
Heaven teaches you to build with alignment.

Truth attracts.
Vision leads.
Gratitude multiplies.

Step into 2026 with expectation.
Your assignment is big.
Your future is bright.
And God is in your building.

- Gerald

– Gerald Duran
Managing Partner, CanaGlobal

P.S. Cohort #10 of our Elevate Startup Incubator starts January 6th, 2026.

12 weeks. Live sessions. High accountability. No excuses.

I’ll be working directly with founders who are serious about growth, purpose, and funding.