“You need to be targeted, intentional and purposeful.” A friend of mine shared these words with me last week as he offered advice on creating and building small businesses. As he continued, he explained that in his over 30 years of experience mentoring businesses those were the three things that he saw that made the difference with a business being successful.   After his explanation, I thought about those three words (I’m calling it the TIPs strategy) not just in relation to building a business but also in relation to building my faith.  I thought about the many prayers that God