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Do you want to learn how you can transform your creativity, performance, utility, wealth and productivity? It’s time we reclaim our morning time and elevate our spiritual and business lives. Just rising at 5 a.m. alone won’t do it. You could rise at 5 a.m. and waste an hour scanning social media and checking messages, but that won’t optimize your day. What will work is the formula of activate, meditate, and educate. In 2014, I started waking up between 5am and 6am to do my Bible reading and blog on Daily Godpreneur. It’s how I’ve been able to write over 600 blog posts and 4 books. I don’t spend any other time writing than the 1-2 hours I spend on personal development in the morning. The first hours of the day are where superstar Godpreneurs are made. If we want to master our spiritual, physical, emotional, and business intelligence, it’s only going to happen by owning the mornings. We’ve all read the morning disciplines of the ultra rich and successful. Every single one of them will attribute their success to a disciplined morning routine. Why? Because while everyone is sleeping, we have total freedom from distraction. This openess to the morning will allow us to do some fitness, meditate, build our creativity, and protect our time with God. The Battle for Morning Time is Serious Protecting our time with God in an age of distraction and opportunity overload is what’s really at stake here. The enemy came to sever our relationship with God and he uses the morning to rob us from that quality time we need for our mind, body, soul to align with God and His purpose and calling for us that day. The Bible says "The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light." (Romans 13:12) God gives the morning time as an opportunity to let go of the past and arm up for the day’s work ahead. The mornings will let us shed negativity and put on positive protection. The Perfect Morning Routine So what’s a great routine you can follow in the mornings to encompass body, soul, mind, and business growth? It’s something I’ve been working on for 5 years, and I want to share it for the first time. This has provided incredible results for me, and it can for you too! The formula is to activate, meditate, and educate. Activate – 20 Minute Morning Fitness The first thing I knock out is a 20 minute fitness routine. Since I’m at home (I don’t suggest going to the gym unless you have a gym at home), I put on a 20-minute or less yoga or core exercise routine. Personally, I need to work on my flexibility and core, so I chose this. You can do any type of fitness you want. The important thing is to sweat. Research shows that cortisol, the hormone of fear, is released in the sweat. Also, our brain cells are repaired and new connections are formed by the protein BDNF that is generated by sweat. By sweating in the morning, we’re getting rid of fear and getting our minds ready for what’s next. Meditate – 20 Minute Meditation Immediately after the workout, I lay flat on my back and begin my next 20-minute morning routine of meditation. Before the complexity of my day emerges, I reflect on what is most important to me. I find YouTubers, apps, and music to guide this meditation time. I found Tony Robbin’s emotional flood process to be good to listen to here. You can play worship or whatever gets you into a deep state of rest and relaxation. The point is that immediately following the peak state of physical fitness we follow with an equally but opposite powerful period of deep solitude and peace. Once again, research shows that meditation helps lower cortisol (the hormone that produces fear), therefore reducing your stress. Meditation also helps you develop the ability to stay calm, which is probably why we see Jesus reflected as a calm person. Since the forces of darkness want to distract us from our calling with constant notifications and messages, it’s important that you shut it all out to hear from God and download His visions, dreams and inspiration into your mind. Enjoy this moment of silence for your spirit’s replenishment and assignments for the day. As I come out of meditation, thoughts have come to my mind. I take these thoughts as divine downloads. I have a Google doc where I write down the following thoughts: My current ambitions the things I’m grateful for in my life My frustrations and disappointments. This habit of journaling my thoughts helps me understand where God is trying to take me by letting go of toxic, negative energies and replacing them with His visions for me. This journaling takes me less than 3 minutes. It’s fast as long as you have a place easily accessible to write the thoughts. Educate – 20-60 Minutes to Read the Best Business Book on the Planet – The Bible Now it’s time for the GOOD STUFF! We need to take time daily to grow. For me, when I saw the Bible as a big book or business knowledge, I pretty much stopped reading any other business personal development books and replaced it with the Bible. We all need to grow in our knowledge, this is the time where we educate ourselves. Before starting my Bible time, I’ll say a quick prayer to myself and open myself up to what God wants to teach me today. By reading the Bible, you are learning about the lives of great achievers! We’re reading their biographies! We learn about human psychology – God’s way! You can choose to watch teachings (like those in my Godpreneur Academy or on my YouTube), or listen to the Bible app audio devotionals. One thing every great Godpreneur has in common is a love of learning from the Bible. BONUS TIME – 30 Minutes of Blogging I didn’t put this as part of the 3 steps of a great morning routine, but I’m throwing this in there for bonus content for those of us that are bloggers. As Christian bloggers, this is NOW the time where you can write your content for the day. This is how I got to 600 blog posts and 4 books. I would immediately take what I learned and write a blog post. This helped me commit what I just learned to memory. It also became the content of the little mini empire I’ve built around Daily Godpreneur. In Conclusion So there it is folks, the secret to my morning routines that have helped me grown 100 times more in the last 5 years than in the previous 10 years. This is a perfect morning routine for someone who want to be a true Godpreneur. Set your alarm for 4:45 (get to bed by 10pm) so you have 15 minutes to wake up, drink a cup of water, make coffee, and prepare for your workout. An early morning routine is an incredibly powerful way to bring new focus, productivity and creativity into your spiritual walk and business life. #WorkLifeBalance

Today I read Psalms 107 and it was the story of my entrepreneurial career. Psalms 107 The Message (MSG) 1-3 ”Oh, thank God—he’s so good! His love never runs out. All of you set free by God, tell the world! Tell how he freed you from oppression, Then rounded you up from all over the place, from the four winds, from the seven seas.” I remember when God first saved me and I was a baby Christian bringing all of these new ideas into my business. I was so greatful and business was thriving. This was back in 2008-2009. 4-9 ”Some of you wandered for years in the desert, looking but not finding a good place to live, Half-starved and parched with thirst, staggering and stumbling, on the brink of exhaustion. Then, in your desperate condition, you called out to God. He got you out in the nick of time; He put your feet on a wonderful road that took you straight to a good place to live. So thank God for his marvelous love, for his miracle mercy to the children he loves. He poured great draughts of water down parched throats; the starved and hungry got plenty to eat.” I remember in 2010 when I found our current office space. Until then I was running my business out of my houses and apartments. My employees would come to my house to work! But prayer brought the perfect space where Creative Complex now resides. 10-16 ”Some of you were locked in a dark cell, cruelly confined behind bars, Punished for defying God’s Word, for turning your back on the High God’s counsel— A hard sentence, and your hearts so heavy, and not a soul in sight to help. Then you called out to God in your desperate condition; he got you out in the nick of time. He led you out of your dark, dark cell, broke open the jail and led you out. So thank God for his marvelous love, for his miracle mercy to the children he loves; He shattered the heavy jailhouse doors, he snapped the prison bars like matchsticks!” This reminds me of my life from 2007 -2009 when I was a nightclub promoter and still running my business and just starting to go to church. But in 2009 I cried out to God to stop the madness. I was living in that dark cell, depressed. I stopped promoting January 2009. I got baptized that week. 17-22 ”Some of you were sick because you’d lived a bad life, your bodies feeling the effects of your sin; You couldn’t stand the sight of food, so miserable you thought you’d be better off dead. Then you called out to God in your desperate condition; he got you out in the nick of time. He spoke the word that healed you, that pulled you back from the brink of death. So thank God for his marvelous love, for his miracle mercy to the children he loves; Offer thanksgiving sacrifices, tell the world what he’s done—sing it out!” But baptism in January 2009 didn’t just make all my problems go away. I was love sick. I desperately wanted to be in love, find a wife, stop the promiscuity of past 10 years of living. Then I prayed out to God for love, and in May of 2009 I met my wife Stephanie. 23-32 ”Some of you set sail in big ships; you put to sea to do business in faraway ports. Out at sea you saw God in action, saw his breathtaking ways with the ocean: With a word he called up the wind— an ocean storm, towering waves! You shot high in the sky, then the bottom dropped out; your hearts were stuck in your throats. You were spun like a top, you reeled like a drunk, you didn’t know which end was up. Then you called out to God in your desperate condition; he got you out in the nick of time. He quieted the wind down to a whisper, put a muzzle on all the big waves. And you were so glad when the storm died down, and he led you safely back to harbor. So thank God for his marvelous love, for his miracle mercy to the children he loves. Lift high your praises when the people assemble, shout Hallelujah when the elders meet!” In 2010 I started 3 different companies and got into business with 5 different partners. I was calling myself a ‘serial entrepreneur’ and loving the attention and thrill of starting new ventures. But then it all crashed down. Lost money, lost partners, lost confidence. God brought me back to focusing on Creative Complex and my new non profit at the time, Jose’s Hands. 33-41 ”God turned rivers into wasteland, springs of water into sunbaked mud; Luscious orchards became alkali flats because of the evil of the people who lived there. Then he changed wasteland into fresh pools of water, arid earth into springs of water, Brought in the hungry and settled them there; they moved in—what a great place to live! They sowed the fields, they planted vineyards, they reaped a bountiful harvest. He blessed them and they prospered greatly; their herds of cattle never decreased. But abuse and evil and trouble declined as he heaped scorn on princes and sent them away. He gave the poor a safe place to live, treated their clans like well-cared-for sheep.” In 2011-2012 we were back on track, focused! I stared the Nightlife Marketing Association, I joined entrepreneur groups and started really learning how to run a business. In 2013 a key business partner of mine left the company and things got crazy. New partners came in, new staff, new direction, but things weren’t the same. In 2014 I tried my hardest to keep going in the nightlife world, but God was tugging at my heart saying you need to let it all go, the entire nightlife. 2015 had turned into an amazing river of hope! So much clarity, so much opportunity. God is blessing this business as I write this post. 42-43 ”Good people see this and are glad; bad people are speechless, stopped in their tracks. If you are really wise, you’ll think this over— it’s time you appreciated God’s deep love.” This story is to be continued….always. And I’m grateful to God for for everything he has done to bring me out of trouble, out of the night, and into the light….in Jesus Christ name! Amen and amen. #FindMyCalling

The most difficult moments for me as an entrepreneur are moments of darkness. When I can’t see the big picture and I can’t see the whole plan played out, I get anxious. Clarity isn’t always certain, and darkness will always come. In those moments of darkness, it's easy for us to lose sight of the vision and get frustrated, possibly even make bad decisions. But the hope for a Christian entrepreneur is that there is a LIGHT that is always on and forever shining a light at our feet. In Isaiah 50:10 we read “Let the one who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the Lord and rely on their God.” Maybe we’re not supposed to see visions all the time on purpose. Maybe God designed it this way so we can keep our eyes on the next step we’re taking, not the road 5 miles ahead. A runner needs to have two perspectives: the big picture glance, but the constant stare at the ground in front of him. Don’t get discouraged when the vision goes dark. Rely on God as the lamp on your feet. That’s God telling you he needs you focused on today…on the now. ACTION STEP: What’s the ONE THING you need to accomplish today? Forget the BIG goals, what’s the small objective you can today? Leave me a comment. Share this with someone you know that’s experiencing a season of darkness. #EnhanceFocus

In the world’s business circle, it is often advised that the entrepreneur should be in the driver’s seat. This opinion has proven not to be helpful. It’s not one who says “I can drive” can do the job. If everyone who sits in the driver’s seat has all it takes to deliver, why do we have car crashes? I suppose that when someone seats on the driver’s seat, he or she should know the way, be able to navigate, read, interpret and comply with road signs, be able to control the drive, see and avoid dangers ahead, take responsibility for the safety of the car and the occupants (if any), and be emotionally balanced to do the job. Correct? Now, as professional as drivers (entrepreneurs) may be, misfortunes still happen. So, who then should be in the driver’s seat in the entrepreneurial journey? As entrepreneurs, we do occupy the driver’s seat of our businesses, not because we have the best skills to drive our businesses but because we feel compelled to do it. We often think we can drive but find ourselves lacking some competencies when confronted with some fearless challenges. All this points to the fact that we need a perfect man for the job. Jeremiah confessed, “I know LORD that we humans are not in control of our own lives” (Jeremiah 10:23 CEV). How could one be on the driver’s seat of his business and have it right all the time when he is not in control of his own very life? How possible can that be? God said in Isaiah 48:17 (NLT), “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is good for you, and leads you along the paths you should follow.” This Scripture has unveiled who the Driver is and His sitting position. No one knows or does better. Best results are possible when the LORD teaches and leads the way. The book of Proverbs says, “In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths” (Proverbs 3:6 NKJV). Acknowledging the LORD means allowing Him the proper place of occupation. Directing one’s path is all about God being in charge of the journey all through, as the Driver. What more can a Christian entrepreneur pray for? Is there greater profit in usurping God’s position and then have rough edges and weariness? No one understands and knows the economy and business terrain better than the Omniscient God, who teaches us to profit. He should be allowed to handle the steering. Even nature itself teaches us that the one who knows the way should be the driver. Beloved, if you would allow God to be in the driver’s seat of your business, you will sit back and enjoy a beautiful ride. You are not competent enough to deliver all that is required. Without the God factor, never imagine succeeding in business God’s way. Others may, but you cannot afford to be bankrupt of a Helper, Teacher, Advocate, and Driver that God is to His people. Understand that God is in the driver’s seat does not mean you will not be at or about your business. All you need to do is to allow God His space and see how glorious your business becomes. We can show the world how great it is for God to drive our businesses. The larger world recommends that the entrepreneur is in the driver’s seat of his business, but we are changing the world view by letting God drive our businesses. The results we get will tell better. #TrustOnGod

Your life is in measure of macro - second The rich and the poor have the same access to God’s given 24 hours: the rich make use of it, but the poor wastes it altogether. I was held up in heavy traffic on my to a hotel where I was to discuss a business idea with a man who flew from Atlanta. My late arrival at the hotel caused me a loss that I would always remember. The man, who would not accept my heavy traffic excuse, told me bluntly that I should have left my home earlier so as to avoid this 'heavy traffic'. I am going to use my above experience to teach and impart every Christian business mind to respect and observe these 7 Bible-based Principles of Timing in your daily Christian business until they become your successful habits. There was an element of time in the first sentence that opens the Bible: ‘In the beginning’, has an iota of time wired carefully in the first verse of Genesis chapter One. In as much as we have a beginning in the Bible, it is therefore necessary to look forward to an end, as recorded also in the book of Revelation in the same Bible. The wise king of Israel, the author of the book called ‘Ecclesiastes’, wrote thus about time: ‘To everything, there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.’ (Ecclesiastes 3:1 – 8) In light of this, it is, therefore, necessary for Christian entrepreneurs to make good use of their days as business owners where time counts. The older you get as an entrepreneur, the more time eats into you. Time isn't anybody's, but we can make the best use of it. Those who have respect for time are in most cases people of integrity that accomplish their goals easily in their business. When the time frame is attached to a dream in life, it becomes a goal. Without a time factor attached, a dream is a mere wish at its best. God Himself at creation worked with a 6 - day time frame in mind. A goal is broken down into a simple everyday plan. Nothing great happens by accident, people plan for it. With time habits are formed! Success or failure, timing has a hand in it. This is why we must as a matter of compulsory learn the 7 Biblical Principles of Timing for Christian Entrepreneurs, and teach our children, so they can show their generation the importance of time. Those with an accurate understanding of these Principles are outstanding anywhere they are in the world as Christian Entrepreneurs! The Evening and the Morning Principle This is a must-key that opens the door for any form of good success. God Himself through the bible documentations built the precept of evening and morning principle. The book of Genesis has it thus: ‘And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.’ (Genesis 1:5) From the very beginning in the book of Genesis, and also during the early age of civilization; the day and night were not put together as we have it in today’s world. Jesus asked that ‘are there not twelve hours in a day?’ (John 11:9). During Jesus’ time, the Jews begin their day from 6 am in the morning and bring the day to a close by 6 pm in the evening. So there were twelve hours in a day and twelve hours in the night. Every three hours period in the day are called the ‘hour’, and every three hours period in the night are called the ‘watch’. However, our own civilization and modernization have taught us to lump up the day and night together, and we were taught erroneously that there are 24 hours in a day. This principle recognizes evening first before the day, and the 19th chapter of the book of Psalm explains it better and clearer: ‘Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge’ (Psalms 19:2) The rationale behind this principle is to draw inspiration in the nighttime when there are peace and quietness. It is upon this knowledge drawn in the night that you can work on in the daytime. In a nutshell, we draw inspiration in the night and put it on activation in the day. In simple language, you plan your day ahead the night before. When you do not have knowledge for a day, you have no plan for that day; such a day will fit into anybody’s agenda. The evening and the morning principle is paramount to you not wasting your day. Time Selection Principle The bible says ‘Time and chance happen to them all’ – Ecclesiastes 9:11 this means that a good idea needs good timing for good success. Queen Esther carefully engaged this principle to launch a counter-attack scheme on Haman through the King. The Bible bears the record of Esther’s wisdom in selecting the appropriate time thus: ‘And Esther answered, If it seems good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him. Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is; If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do tomorrow as the king hath said.’ - Esther 5:4, 7 & 8 She was careful and skillful about when to say what. The first dinner opened the door for the second dinner, yet it was not the right time to ask for vengeance. Time and chance were major players on the stage of this biblical theatre. Any attempt for Esther to fumble will surely go down the drain like bad rubbish. When it comes to burning issues in our hearts, we need also to consider the right time for such issues. Esther would have to wait till chapter seven, despite the urgency of the matter, until the time was right. This principle of time selection must be mastered by all of us if we really want to get results. Surely, there are wrong timing and there are right timing in life, even if the petition is right. Procrastination Principle: Idleness is conceived easily when we think that time is on our side. When there is no time frame, laziness becomes habitual. God Himself made the whole world within the time – frame of six days. ‘For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.’ – Exodus 20:11 One of the best leadership characters found in the Bible is Nehemiah. His leadership was without any flaw, with an excellent score on timing and planning. The task before him was not without a time – frame, the king wanted him back as the cupbearer in the palace, so a time was set by Nehemiah. Once the king approved the set time for his leave, Nehemiah could not procrastinate, he must get the task of rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem done on and in time. ‘And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) for how long shall thy journey be? And when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.’ – Nehemiah 2:6 Time Leakage Principle: This principle of timing hangs majorly on being the focus. ‘Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.’ – Proverbs 6:6 – 8 Although the ants are small and weak, yet because of focus, they are able to store up food in the summer and keep warm with enough food in winter. Our busy for nothing attitude coupled with no or little regard for time may give the reason for Africa’s economic position among her peers the world over. A Professor once suggested card – clocking for all civil servants in a country in Africa: they are to clock when they resume in the morning, clock when they are back from break, and clock when they close for the day. The idea was totally rejected because the nation does not see any sense in it. The popular phrase ‘African time’ may possibly have its roots in this principle. If you are traveling from point A to destination C; a journey of normal 30 minutes, and you see a friend at place B who is not part of your purpose for the initial journey, your time will be leaking at the friend’s place, if you ever stop to exchange pleasantries. Elisha instructed his servant, Gehazi, not to allow time leakage to truncate the mission he was sending him to do. He urged Gehazi to be focused. Hear him: ‘Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.’ II Kings 4:29 Time is money! The Front – Bench Principle: It is likely that people sitting at the front at any function might get served first before those at the back. As a matter of fact, if care is not taken, those at the front seats might get served twice before the backbenchers. This is also true of multi-level marketing being carried out in most western countries. Economically, we say the market is saturated; so they take the market somewhere else. In the same vein, it is a mere wasting of time and of resources to serve those who have been served before. Jesus Christ dealt with this principle without any sentiment or emotion. Mark recorded it thus: ‘And Simon and they that were with him followed after him. And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for thee. And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth’ - Mark 1:36 – 38 The Sand – Glass Principle: Little drops of water makes the mighty ocean. Our entire life as human beings come in micro-units of seconds. Therefore, for a successful person, every second count. Wasted seconds may result ultimately in wasted days, and if care is not taken, wasted days may result in wasted years, which might end up in wasted life. One should make it a habit to have a full–filled and fulfilled day before retiring to bed in the night. The bible put it in this way: ‘So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom’ - Psalms 90:12 This Scripture can be better understood only if we know that our days to be numbered are made of hours, which can be broken down into minutes and seconds. So we apply our hearts unto wisdom every second. This principle is vividly pictured with sand – glass that runs sands from one compartment to the other compartment in seconds. The modern-day edition, the clock, was constructed to remind you of how much time left for you here on earth. When you place your ear to the clock to hear its sound, what you are actually hearing is ‘gone, gone, and gone; telling you as each second goes off of your life! Time Catalyst Principle: By definition, a catalyst enhances the rate of a chemical reaction. It makes the chemical reaction faster than it would have been without the catalyst. This is also true when we apply encouragement as the enhancer of time. Everybody needs ‘encouragements’ at one time or the other in life. Many people have been frustrated in life just because they lack encouragement. A week full of various encouragements will run and look as if it is just a day! Even the best among us needs this principle, not to talk of those who are struggling along the wilderness of life. At a point in time, a man helped Jesus to carry his cross for a while. This is critical to all of us. Having mentioned the above principles of timing, it is necessary to chip in on how best to manage our precious time. Plan: In time management, planning is very crucial. This is the mental strategy worked out as a blueprint, put down in detail to accomplish a desired goal or task. Planning gives direction to the desired goal and ensures that time is not wasted. Priority: This also is a key factor in managing time. This is where we separate the needs from the wants and the important from the necessary. Delegation: This is often used by the wise among men when it comes to effective and optimal use of time. God has placed reliable people around you: if you BELIEVE in them, as they TRUST you also, you can delegate tasks for them to do. In time management, delegation makes you use your own 24 hours somewhere else, while the delegates do a task on your behalf. Generally, delegation promotes the maximum use of time generally. Rest: As simple as this sounds, many top – notches and captains of industries never take the issue of rest seriously. Rest encourages the natural overhauling of the body system and also reduces diminishing returns. As you offer the sacrifice of praise to God, you must also offer the sacrifice of rest to your body. If you don’t give rest to your body, it will take it by force – sickness! Time Banking: This is simply saving time gained over a task, to be withdrawn and used judiciously for another task, project, vacation, or rest. This often happens when we worked faster than the given time frame for a project or task. The time gained in such a situation can then be banked, only to be withdrawn at a convenient time later. This time banking may spread and reflect over a lifetime. It is good to save time than to squander time. As Christian Entrepreneur observe these principles of timing and manage your own time very well, then get ready for a full-filled life every day! Remember that the poor and the rich, the Lord made them both, but He did not make them so! Segun Tewogbola

Selling logos and websites since 2001, I’ve changed my pitch many times.  I change it based on the current times, based on who I’m speaking to, and based on the needs I perceive. Now I approach logos and websites from a spiritual perspective.  I approach it from a ‘purpose-focused business’ and ‘knowing your identity’ perspective.  I want people to know that logos and websites are the outward expressions of the entrepreneur’s inner identity.  And that inner identity comes from a caller, who has called the entrepreneur for a purpose, and that the entrepreneur was born to do something and we need to figure that out first. Whether my clients go to church or not, they are INTRIGUED.  Sure, I’m sure some dismiss me in their minds.  I probably won’t do business with those.  But the ones who are receptive to my message….well, I’ve totally changed their perspective on websites and logos.  Before, they thought its just some marketing tool.  Now, they see it as an extension of their own identity, and some even accept it as their calling by God. We all have services or products that can easily be commoditized.  It’s easy for us to get lost in a sea of other massage therapists, other consultants, other party planners. In Acts 17, Paul is preaching to scholars in Athens.  These guys do nothing but philosophize on life.  They love when new people come with new ideas.  They thirst for more knowledge.  So Paul lays it on them and explains who God really is. Some dismissed him, some were intrigued, and some were immediately transformed. Instead of coming at your clients from the same perspective as everyone else, see how you can explain your offering in a way that hits the heart.  Enter the conversation already going on in their head. That’s why I come at the logo and website design from a TOTALLY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.  I let them find me through what they THINK they want, but then I hit them with what they really need….and that makes me the UNIQUE website/logo/branding guy.  People have literally told me that they think I’m the “business pastor”.  I like that 🙂 For me, I know a lot of people struggle with identity, with a purpose in life, and finding clarity on what they were born to do.  They don’t Google those search terms, they look for logos and websites to answer these questions, but won’t find it with just any regular designer. When we Godpreneurs are very clear on how our business is significant to God’s bigger purposes, we have the ability to come at prospects from a totally new perspective. Godpreneur Rule #87: God will show you the one thing that sets you apart from everyone else.  Tell that story. #FindMyCalling #BusinessBibleStudy

Business networking is a valuable way to tell others about your business, get new clients, develop your knowledge, and gain knowledge from the other's success. Throughout the Bible, the followers of Jesus spread the Gospel rapidly because of the help of people along the way. Their message "multiplied" in the hearts of new disciples who flocked to Yeshua. Similarly, many successful Christian business owners achieve success because of the help they receive along their entrepreneurial journey. A strong network of professionals (especially Christian business owners) helps you accomplish things you couldn't do by yourself. That's by design - God's design. His intent is for you, His faithful servant, to let others do the talking for you. He wants to use your reputation to send you the kind of clients your competitors don't know to exist. Business networking doubles as a socially acceptable means of spreading the Gospel as well. It provides a convenient context to build relationships with people, to the point you can smoothly and effectively share the source of your hope. Here are 13 relevant Bible verses related to networking. Take a moment to think more seriously about how the believer fulfills these words when networking: Most Relevant Verses Matthew 7:12 “In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets. Luke 16:9 And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of the wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it fails, they will receive you into the eternal dwellings. John 17:20-21 "My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me." Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up. Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone? Proverbs 25:6 Do not exalt yourself in the king’s presence, and do not claim a place among his great men; it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,” than for him to humiliate you before his nobles. Proverbs 19:6 Many will seek the favor of a generous man, And every man is a friend to him who gives gifts. 1 Samuel 16:22 Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Let David now stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight.” 1 Corinthians 9:20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might win Jews; to those who are under the Law, as under the Law though not being myself under the Law, so that I might win those who are under the Law; Romans 14:19 So then we pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another. Luke 6:31 Treat others the same way you want them to treat you. 2 John 1:12 Though I have many things to write to you, I do not want to do so with paper and ink; but I hope to come to you and speak face to face, so that your joy may be made full. Exodus 1:10 Come, let us deal wisely with them, or else they will multiply and in the event of war, they will also join themselves to those who hate us, and fight against us and depart from the land.” 1 Corinthians 3:9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

Purpose and Faith both have their meaning independently from one another. However, knowing my purpose without exercising my Faith, I found it useless. More so, it had me going in circles as I tried to pursue it BUT in my own strength. When I was a baby in the Lord, I had this burning desire to tell the whole world about Him. But what I didn’t know then was how important my faith would be to fulfill this calling. It was not until my second attempt to fulfill my purpose in my strength and under my own rules that I genuinely surrendered to the Lord. As Christian Entrepreneurs, we struggle with Learning how to wait on God; I know I do, and we want to believe that we can help speed up the process and take action immediately. But what we don’t realize is that when we get involved and get in God’s way, we merely prolong our growth process, prolonging further the fulfillment of his promises. The Bible tells us in Isaiah 30:18 Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him. Isaiah 40:31 But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. Throughout, the Bible tells us that patience is a virtue, and those who learn to wait on the Lord are victorious through Jesus. Here is what I’ve learned as I practice patience and letting go of my control, to trust in God to fulfill His purpose in me: When we surrender our will to the Lord, we are not giving up on our dreams - this was huge for me; offering my will and control to the Lord only meant that I was willing to do things His way. Nothing under God’s supervision is wasted time. I didn’t know it, but God did. During my five years working in the mortgage space as a Business Developer, Manager, and Brand Strategist, not only did He put my skills to practice, but he was also setting up my audience for the work He has planned. Today He has allowed me to run a business that focuses on helping women entrepreneurs in real estate to build a brand for themselves while also pursuing my purpose for his Kingdom as an evangelist and brand ambassador of Jesus. What is God calling you to surrender? Where is he asking you to have faith so that he can clear the way for you to walk in your purpose? Daily exercising our faith is crucial as we seek to fulfill our hearts’ desires fueled by God’s love, putting each of us on the right path to fulfilling our purpose and calling as children of God. Are you taking a step on faith? #FindingMyCalling

I’ve read research that says it takes anywhere between six to eight touches in sales before a prospect will become interested in a product or service. This means that in my marketing, I can’t count on the first email to make the sale. I need a persistent and consistent flow of touches going out to see a result potentially. I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve sometime quit too soon because I didn’t see any results. I ignored the “6 – 8 touches” rule, squashed the campaign, chucked it as a loss, and moved on to something new. I get impatient, I want to see results, and I figure if it’s not producing right away, it wasn’t meant to be. But what if I was just one more touch away from the floodgates opening up? What if just one more email would have tipped the entire campaign in my favor? We can do this sometimes in our business and marriage. When things look bad, divorce is knocking, the bills are piling up, the marriage retreat didn’t work, or the product launch didn’t produce the results we wanted, we throw in the towel and call it quits. What if we’re just one touch away? We entrepreneurs want to see the fruits right away. We want to plant the seeds and cash in on the crops ASAP! But are we willing to be persistent and keep praying even though we’re in a drought and the situation looks dead around us? Just because it looks like God isn’t moving in our business and marriage, doesn’t mean He isn’t up to something. The Bible says: “Go and look toward the sea,” he told his servant. And he went up and looked. “There is nothing there,” he said. Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.” The seventh time the servant reported, “A cloud as small as a man’s hand is rising from the sea.” So Elijah said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Hitch up your chariot and go down before the rain stops you.’ ” (1 Kings 18:43‭-‬44 NIV) I love this story of persistence, faith, and hope. Elijah believed God was going to come through and end the drought. He kept praying and sending his men back to check to see if there were any rain clouds. His people must have thought he was nuts! We can learn a lot from Elijah, especially if we’re looking for breakthroughs in our business and marriage. Elijah learned to be completely dependent on God, he prayed boldly for God-sized miracles, and he prayed fervently until God came through. Like Elijah, you need to need to be crazy in your persistence and prayers. If you want to see the breakthroughs in your business and marriage, you have to pray for life into your dead situations, trust God, and keep praying again and again. You have to trust God will stay faithful to His promise that God wants to do big things through your business and marriage! Don’t take “no” for an answer. I’ve been taught in sales that “no” really means “not right now.” I like that attitude because it sets my mind on hope in a future sale. God’s looking around for the faithful and hopeful. Miracles, good luck, and favor seem always to follow those who are hopeful. Coincidence? I don’t think so. I think they are simply following God’s universal law of persistently praying that God will come through with His promises. We all had given up too easily in the past when our spouses said “no,” when the contact didn’t go through, or when we’re having a bad day. Here are 3 action keys to remember when situations look dead in our business and marriage. He’s shown us in the bible (memorize Bible verses) He’s done it for you in the past (remember past victories), and although we may not see progress, He’s arranging things around our business and marriage for our favor (have faith and trust He’s working). Godpreneur, whatever area we gave up on in our business and marriage is just ONE TOUCH away from victory. Remember the 6-8 touch rule not only for making sales but now also for experiencing breakthroughs in our lives. Godpreneur Rule – Godpreneurs stand strong knowing God is working on our behalf in our business and marriage. #MarriedEntrepreneurs #BusinessBibleStudy 21 Days of Breakthroughs in Business and Marriage This course provides needed strength and faith, in the truth of God’s holy Word, for breakthroughs in both your business and marriage. Heard of the Godpreneur Academy? Grow Your Business, God’s Way! Bible-Based Video Courses for Entrepreneurs Putting God First In their Businesses Click here to create a Free Account

I own a web and graphic design company. There are so many ways to make money in this business. There are tons of markets I can focus on and hundreds of niches I can specialize in. But which one focuses on my entrepreneurial purpose? When someone asks me in my business “How are you guys doing?”, I say I’m busy. I’m balancing different clients, services, vendors, employees, on top of my personal life. When I focus on these things, and I’m not laser-focused on my entrepreneurial focus, all of this does seem BUSY. But what I’ve been learning lately is that if I were to stay focused on my entrepreneurial purpose, life wouldn’t seem busy, it would seem rewarding. See, my purpose is tied to my obedience to God and what He created me for as an entrepreneur. So focusing on my purpose really gives everything an eternal perspective, not a day-to-day view. Day to day we are busy bees. But eternally, we can rest in the fact that we are living our purpose. Our business is in vain if it is not focused on the Lord. Let your business actions today be a reflection of your true entrepreneurial purpose on earth. To read more articles about purpose, click here. #FindingMyPurpose #EnhanceFocus

After a pitch, my business partner and I left the meeting feeling hopeful that we would win the bid. We spoke excitedly on our way back to the office about how the pitched project would be a breakthrough and would give us consistent cash flow. Cash flow is the backbone of any business. A week passed by and I followed up with the company’s representative to forward the bid. He mentioned that the procurement department was yet to select a company for the project. I hung up the phone, and l told myself to remain hopeful. The following week came, and there was no update. As I dialed the number of the representative, I was overwhelmed with anxiety and dread. Anxious thoughts started popping into my mind: Is the company lying to us? Has the contract been awarded to another company? Did we miss the mark during the pitch? By the end of the conversation, I sensed that the company had chosen another business to carry out the project. I updated my business partner, and I ended the call feeling like I crashed. My spirit felt overwhelmed and crashed. I needed a breakthrough for the business. Cash flow was nonexistent, and bills were piling up. Have you found yourself in a situation where your spirit is crashed? You wonder if you will ever see a turnaround in your circumstances. Later that night, as I prayed, the following scripture came to mind: The Lord is my Shepherd [to feed, to guide and to shield me], I shall not want. He lets me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still and quiet waters. He refreshes and restores my soul (life); He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake. Even though I walk through the [sunless] [a]valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort and console me. (Psalm 23:1-4, AMP) The verses reassured me that God is with me and He is guiding me through every situation. It further affirmed that everything I need comes from Him, and with every step I make, He is protecting me. You may be facing some dire circumstances, and your spirit is crushed. Reflect upon Psalm 23 and know that God is guiding you just as a shepherd guides his sheep to green pastures and streams to quench their thirst. God is with us through it all, and He will protect, guide, and comfort us along our entrepreneurial journey. #TrustOnGod

How did I even start caring about the concept of Identity? When I started attending church again in 2008, I was introduced to a whole network of people that were also looking for purpose and meaning in their lives. It didn’t take long for me to start getting involved in helping grow the church by inviting friends and even doing their website! Where I grew the most was when I started attending growth groups. Some call them Bible studies. Essentially they are ‘masterminds’ within the church. In 2012 I decided to lead a growth group called Chazown. In this group, we were discovering God’s vision for our lives. It was during and through that group where I realized my calling was to help others discover and bring to life God’s entrepreneurial plan and purpose in their lives. All of a sudden, owning a logo and website company made sense! But I didn’t immediately drop everything to pursue this path. My identity was so wrapped in the nightlife and agency world that there was no way I could pursue this new calling over me. Instead, I tried to just slowly introduce it, talking about it only when certain people were around, not fully embracing it. I guess I tried to create the perfect mix between a nightlife authority and someone who cares about people’s passions and purpose…but who was I kidding? There is no such thing as a perfect identity for entrepreneurs. If you always try to be someone that others will like, you’ll end up not having peace in your life. To have peace in our business lives, we must listen to God and get comfortable being who He wants us to be. We’re meant to rely on Him, to know His purpose for us, and trust that God shows us our identity…what we were born to do. Part of living a godly life is having a group of friends who support you in your relationship with Him. Being a part of a godly community is vital in not forgetting that who we are is defined by God and not others. The Bible says: "Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor:  If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up." Ecclesiastes 4:9‭-‬10 NIV I was able to see a glimpse of my real identity when I started to lead my own growth groups. But before that, I attended growth groups. And before that, I decided I was going to go back to church. Having a community is what led me down the path of finding my identity. Now I totally rely on my church and the community of friends I’ve built. We are all there to support and water each other’s identity. We go on marriage retreats, vacations, dinners and mission trips together.  Without them, I’m not sure who would support my identity in Christ. Which of your friends and family help support you in your relationship with Christ? Gopreneur Rule #74:  Godpreneurs surround themselves by friends and family that support their spiritual growth. #GainConfidence #SharpenLeadership

As an entrepreneur, I have been challenged to find the right people to hire, collaborate with, or partner with different projects. Work cannot be done in a silo, and work can only be accomplished by finding the right team members to complete the task. However, over the years, I am learning that finding the right team members goes beyond their skills and talents. Do they share the same values as me? What is their character like? One particular project stands out to me: a post-production editor was not meeting the timelines of delivering edited videos. I frequently called him to check on progress, and he made promises that he will deliver at a certain time but in vain. Then one day, an industry peer reached out, and we began catching up; and he mentioned that he was working on a particular project, and the above-mentioned editor was on this project as well. This shocked me and it made me realize that the editor did not share the same values as me. One value being honesty. The dictionary describes being honest as free of deceit and untruthfulness, sincere, morally correct, or virtuous. The word of God takes in deeper and states in Colossians 3:9 (AMP): “Do not lie to one another, for you have stripped off the old self with its evil practices…” In addition, the bible also highlights honesty in Proverbs 10:9 (AMP): “He who walks in integrity and with moral character walks securely, But he who takes a crooked way will be discovered and punished.” Therefore, as business leaders, we need to take some time in choosing whom to work with. Some situations will only reveal someone’s true character, and it will cause us to doubt our selection process. This should not deter us, but it should sharpen our discernment as we meet new people or continue working with our team members. The revealing of someone’s values or character is a gentle nudge from God to show who can progress with us into the next level of our businesses and those we have to leave behind. The entrepreneurship journey is a winding road that requires us to pay close attention to those we work, collaborate with, or partner with. For you to reflect, ask yourself the following questions: What values are important to share as a team? What skills and values should I have in order to work in harmony? Is there someone who I need to leave behind? #HiringtheRightPeople

I have a big struggle when it comes to hiring employees and delegating work to them. Let’s get one thing straight. I’m good at what I do. I know I was gifted with the abilities I have to brand and launch businesses. Are there others that can do what I do? Yes, of course. But I’m very talented at it, so it’s very difficult for me to let it go… We entrepreneurs always struggle with this tug of war of letting go more and more of the company in order to grow. But how do we balance this out? When have we let go too much? Just how much is too much? God provided me some insight today and I’ve been struggling with this. In the book of John, Jesus is in the middle of the parable of the good shepherd and his sheep. Jesus says: “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. (John 10:11‭-‬13 NIV) Here’s the reality. Nobody is going to care as much about my business as me (and a business partner if I have one). My role in the company is to be like Jesus and be a shepherd to the people I’m bringing on board. That’s the ultimate role and responsibility as a Godpreneur. That’s our primary calling: leading people like Christ would so they can see Christ in and through us. I may be a genius at my gifting, but the reality is that someone else is better than me. My job is to find that person and help mold and shape him or her. Like Jesus, I’m the Shepherd, and that’s what I’ve been called to do as an entrepreneur. #SharpenLeadership #BusinessBibleStudy

Do you have a big goal of helping thousands of entrepreneurs find their purpose-focused calling in business but get frustrated because it's not happening as fast as you want? We all want to leave a big mark in the world. We want to show off for God. We know He's called us to help more, but sometimes our business goals seem so out of reach—they are beyond our education, beyond our age, abilities, resources, and our networks. The key is to start small. God wants us to figure out how to help ONE person and then gives us the knowledge and desire to scale our gifting to serve more people. When I get frustrated that I don't see how I'm going to help 10,000 entrepreneurs find their calling, I have to remind myself that “It’s one business owner at a time.” When I do this, my mindset shifts from frustration to obedience, and in some weird way, the next call I'm on happens to be with someone who feels lost, confused, and in search of direction in their life. I shine God's light on that person. I let my spirit take over to change that one entrepreneur. Then I do it again and again. I don't need a magical marketing campaign or a fancy funnel to change someone's life. I need to change my mindset to care. Christian brand strategists must recognize that telling ONE entrepreneur that God has a calling over their life is our only duty today. Tomorrow will take care of itself. Today, serving one person is our ultimate devotion and source of joy and happiness. But if our mind is always focused on how we're going to get to 10,000 entrepreneurs helped, we're going to miss out on God's duty for us TODAY. The Psalmist wrote Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. (Psalms 90:12 NIV) God gives even more wisdom when the focus is on the PRESENT opportunities to serve others. Your true love for serving others with your gift as a purpose finder is the mark of your true love for others. It's the most charitable and merciful act you can contribute to a business owner's life. We all know the business marketplace is fast-paced and always changing. God calls us to redeem the time and make every conversation count. Don't limit your talks about God to only your church friends. Start today with the next vendor, employee, client, and even the prospect that you encounter. This obedience gets BLESSED! Imagine if we all focused on serving over selling. In a world filled with pride, ego, greed, and selfishness, having a servant’s heart puts us directly on the front lines to be used by God to astound the world. Reflection What person comes to mind that you're supposed to call RIGHT NOW to serve them with your gifting? Who in your business needs the life-changing knowledge and power of a God-inspired word right now? Where's your mission field to serve others with your calling to call the called? To read more articles about sales, click here. #MakingMoreSales #AttractMoreClients #BrandStrategist