PODCAST · business
The 94X Kingdom Driven CEO
by Sean Kouplen
What does it mean to be a Kingdom Driven CEO? It means God is now the boss and we work for Him. Sean Kouplen is the highly successful CEO of Regent Bank and former Secretary of Commerce & Workforce Development for the state of Oklahoma. Kouplen believes we can bring God’s love into our business without making employees feel uncomfortable. In this popular podcast, The Kingdom-Driven CEO, Kouplen shares how he has integrated faith and love into his organization and the remarkable results that have ensued. Kouplen also shares leadership and personal development concepts to help you reach your full potential. The Kingdom Driven CEO podcast has a new episode every Saturday morning.
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The Freedom of Letting Go
In this second episode of our common freedom series, Sean discusses the freedom of letting go. All too often, we hang onto things in this life that do not make an eternal difference. Jesus is calling us to simplify and focus on what really matters.
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If Tomorrow Never Comes
In today’s episode, Sean talks about living as if tomorrow might never come. He uses the example of two amazing men who both had terminal illnesses that changed their perspective on life. What if we could live this way without some type of terminal illness affecting our life?
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Receiving The Father’s Love
In this final episode of the heart transplant series, Sean shares a powerful lesson on receiving the Father’s love. This is something Sean has personally struggled with, so it is a very personal episode.
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The Door to Freedom
In this highly impactful episode, Sean talks about forgiveness, the door to freedom. We cannot experience heart healing without forgiving others and ourselves. This episode discusses how to do this and Sean closes with an amazing healing prayer that will change your life forever.
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Healing The Lies We Believe
This is probably the most important podcast Sean has ever recorded. It’s a little longer than normal, but we pray you listen to every word. We all tell ourselves lies that tend to script our life. Jesus wants to not only heal us, but restore us fully.
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Then Sunday Came
This episode was written for everyone who is going through a challenging season of life. Sean shares that, while things looked really bad on Friday and Saturday, then Sunday came!!!
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The Masks We Wear
In the second episode of the Heart Transplant Series, Sean discusses the masks we wear. Not for deception, but for protection. Jesus knows everything about us and He is calling us to remove our masks and be healed.
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Heart Healing
In this first episode of the heart transplant series, Sean talks about how much the heart matters to God. Did you know that the heart is mentioned in the Bible over 1000 times? And it often discusses the condition of our heart and how the Lord wants to connect with us at the heart level. This episode provides a firm foundation for heart healing, which we will talk about over the next four weeks.
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The Heart Matters to God
In this foundational episode, Sean talks about how the heart matters to God. We focus on our appearance and image and reputation, but none of that matters to God. He is looking deeper. In today’s episode, we talk about how to have a heart transplant and allow him to transform us from the inside out.
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Our Internship Here on Earth
What if we were actually living out a 70 or 80 year internship on earth prepared for the real job in heaven? If you’ve accepted Jesus as your savior, your eternity is secure but what will your role and rewards be in heaven? Listen to this episode to find out.
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Manna Faith
In this episode, Sean discusses the importance of daily dependent on God. He uses the Israelites as an example, and how God wanted them to be dependent on manna each day, but they tried to store it up and that did not work out well. He gives practical tips for living with manna faith. Enjoy!
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It is Well
Today’s episode discusses the remarkable background of the famous hymn, It Is Well. Sean discusses how we can use this remarkable hymn and story to experience the same supernatural peace.
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Facing the Giant of Discouragement
In this final episode of the facing the giant series, Sean discusses facing the giant of discouragement. This giant is really sneaky. It wears us down overtime, but Sean gives us one key strategy for overcoming this dangerous giant.
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Facing the Giant of Isolation
Isolation is a very dangerous giant. It leads us to believe that we are all alone and nobody is dealing with the problems we have. This is not the truth and we are meant to live life and community. In this important episode, Sean lays out the truth about isolation and gives us some very practical steps for getting involved in community.
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Facing the Giant of Compromise
Compromise is a dangerous giant because it offers relief and seems reasonable. In this episode, Sean shares how to follow God’s plan for your life and not bend to whims of a society that will lead us astray.
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Facing the Giant of Fear
In this episode, Sean talks about winning the battle of fear. When we are doing something significant for God, the enemy will try every trick in the book to get us off course. The number one trick is fear. In this episode, Sean gives us great practical tips for overcoming this trick. We not living in denial, we are just reminding ourselves about the power of our God.
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Overcoming the Giant of Fear
In today’s episode, Sean continues his series on Facing the Giants. In episode two, he discusses overcoming the giant of fear by sharing practical tips with all of us. David didn’t deny the existence of the giant, he just magnified the existence of his God.
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Winning the Battles In Our Lives
In this first episode in Sean’s “Facing the Giants” series, Sean discusses winning the battles that try to take us out. He discusses four giants we all face and how to battle them through faith. What a great way to start 2026!!! 🙏🙏🙏
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The Father’s Love for Leaders
In this episode, Sean shares his most important teaching about the father’s love and how it can heal our heart. As we enter a new year, let’s focus on the relationship that is most important- and see God for who he really is.
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What Does Immanuel Mean to Leaders?
In this episode, Sean shares the importance of the name Immanuel, God with us, as we lead in 2026. We are not alone and it is not all on us. God is with us every moment and this changes everything. Happy New Year 2026!!!
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When Busyness Crowds Out Connection
In this important episode, Sean talks about the danger of allowing busyness to drown out our intimacy with God. This was a warning shared with him by a mentor of his, and now he is sharing this important message with us!
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The Amazing Power of Consistency
In this episode, Sean discusses the amazing power of consistency. We love, big goals and big announcements, but God is calling us to just be consistent and grow with him day by day. This consistency has an exponential effect on our life and those around us.
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Let It Be of You Only
This amazing episode, inspired by the lyrics of a popular Christian sing, tells us how to live a life that glorifies Jesus. It’s so practical and perfect as we end 2025 and turn the page on a new year!
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The Meaning of Work
Do you ever struggle with motivation at work? If so, this episode is guaranteed to give you an entirely new perspective on the importance of our work and our particular role in it.
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Never Forget The One
In this episode, Sean discusses the importance of not allowing aggregate measures to determine our impact… But to always focus on the one. This is how Jesus lived. He didn’t measure crowds, he looked for the one right in front of him. The one who needed him, who needed his touch.
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Trust Is Greater Than Love
In this important episode, Sean teaches us that trust is greater than love. God loves us all, but our influence really expands when He knows he can trust us. This episode teaches us how to be sons and daughters God can trust.
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As We Forgive Those
In this powerful episode inspired by Jenny Manganero, Sean shares the power of forgiveness and how our forgiveness is linked to our ability to forgive others. Enjoy!
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Who Is Really On The Throne?
In this episode, based on James 4, Sean asked us who is really on the throne? He discusses a couple of symptoms of a life in which we are on the throne and gives us the cure for making sure that God is really on the throne.
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A Shark Can’t Grow in a Fish Tank
In this episode, Sean talks about the importance of our environment. We are the average of our five closest friends, and if you show me your friends, I will show you your future. Sean discusses the importance of not being limited by our environment, so that God can truly work in our lives to help us become all that we were designed to be.
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As It Turned Out
Have you ever felt like God has forgotten you? He has not. In this episode, Sean uses the book of Ruth to help us see her. God is always at work in our lives, whether we see it or not.
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Assignment vs Calling
This is a fascinating topic that few of us think about. God has a calling on your life, but he may be using various assignments to prepare you for this calling. In this episode, Sean uses an awesome example from the Bible to encourage us to be patient and wait on God.
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Devotion vs Commitment
In this episode, Sean discusses the difference between devotion and commitment. This message is based upon an amazing speech that he heard early in the week from his mentor Frank Khalil. How would you live if you knew you were only here until midnight tonight? This question guides our discussion.
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Slow To Anger
In this episode, Sean talks about James 1:19 and how we can be slow to anger in a world filled with rage. He shares an amazing example of supernatural forgiveness than changed our world.
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How Will You Be Remembered?
In this episode, Sean urges all us to think about how we will be remembered? What defines your legacy? He asks some great questions, gives Biblical and current examples, and gives us a legacy checklist. Don’t miss this one!
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The Turning Point
Following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, Sean shares about their friendship and how we should respond to this terrible act. He prays that this a turning point for our country, similar to 9-11.
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Healing of the Heart
In this most important episode, Sean shares about a process he has recently gone through to begin the healing of the heart. God wants a soft, open heart that he can communicate with and lead us through. But, in our lives, we have been disappointed, many times, and this leads to a stone wall protecting our heart. This episode shows us how to break through this wall and open our hearts up to God, once again.
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Ego- Easing God Out
In this episode, Sean discusses the dangers of EGO. It is so easy to allow our own personal ambitions and feelings to crowd God out of our lives. Sean discusses what EGO looks like, what the Bible says about it, and some strategies to avoid it in our lives.
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Leaving A Legacy That Outlives Us
Inspired by an amazing message given at a football dad‘s prayer breakfast, Sean shares an excellent teaching on how to leave a legacy that outlives us. He uses the life of David, along with many great leaders, to show us the keys to creating a legacy that will last for generations and generations.
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The First Evangelist
Did you know the woman at the well was the first evangelist? Sean didn’t either. This episode discussed her journey and impact, and gives us some very practical lessons for being evangelists today!
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The Eldest Son
This episode is based upon a teaching about the eldest son. We all love the story about the prodigal son and how the father accepted him back with open arms. But what about the eldest son who had been working in the fields all those years. You will love the life-changing teaching!
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Our Consistency Crisis
Our society is struggling from a consistency crisis. Our leaders are all over the map and their actions do not match their words. In this episode, Sean discusses the tremendous value of consistency in all areas of our life and the eternal impact it can have on those around us.
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The Blessing We All Crave
In this episode, Sean gives a deeply personal teaching about our desire to receive the blessing. Many of us have gone our entire lives without the affirmation we are seeking. This can only change in an instant by receiving the blessing from Jesus Christ. This episode teaches us how to receive it and then to pass it on to those we love.
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Keep Walking Your Path
Sometimes life can get very difficult. This episode is designed to encourage all of us to just keep taking one step forward and stay on the path that God has laid out for us. We each have a unique path and we should not compare to others. Perhaps the path is a windy one, But God will show us breathtaking views if we will just keep moving forward.
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Stop Questioning and Start Trusting
In this episode, Sean talks about an award acceptance speech that he heard this week from Priscilla Palermo. Priscilla received the Sharon Shoulders cowboy wife of the year award through the professional riding association. During her acceptance speech, she outline the challenges in her life, but she said something very important. Her life began to change when she stopped questioning God and started trusting in Him. This episode talks about that critical turning point and how we must all live in this way.
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Fight the Good Fight of Faith
In this episode, Sean discusses the importance of patience and perseverance when things are hard. He gives practical knowledge and biblical examples for staying strong when the going gets tough.
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Lead Like a Champion: Leadership Lessons from the OKC Thunder
In this episode, Sean analyzes the leadership lessons that brought an NBA title to a small market team with no “purchased” superstars- the Oklahoma City Thunder. He presents four biblical leadership lessons that will help us all lead like a champion!
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Jesus in Disguise
In today’s chaotic world, people are living in fear. You and I can be different. When we have confidence, faith and a good attitude, others will notice a difference and we can point them to Jesus. We can work as Jesus in disguise.
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Is It Too Late For Jesus?
Happy Father’s Day 2025! I think all of us have wondered if it’s too late for us, our family or our country. But there’s a story in Mark 5 that gives us the answer. Enjoy this very important edition and never give up on Jesus.
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The Magic of Avodah
In scripture there is a very unique word with multiple meanings. It is a Hebrew word called Avodah and it means work, worship and service all in one word! Could we be doing work all wrong? In this episode, Sean shares that there is a better way.
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Stop Keeping Score
In this episode, Sean recounts some excellent advice he was given from a mentor. In marriage, friendship and business…stop keeping score. Learn to forgive others and run our own race. This is the key to happiness and impact in this life.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
What does it mean to be a Kingdom Driven CEO? It means God is now the boss and we work for Him. Sean Kouplen is the highly successful CEO of Regent Bank and former Secretary of Commerce & Workforce Development for the state of Oklahoma. Kouplen believes we can bring God’s love into our business without making employees feel uncomfortable. In this popular podcast, The Kingdom-Driven CEO, Kouplen shares how he has integrated faith and love into his organization and the remarkable results that have ensued. Kouplen also shares leadership and personal development concepts to help you reach your full potential. The Kingdom Driven CEO podcast has a new episode every Saturday morning.
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