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Achieving greatness starts with realizing you need help and ends with coming to terms with the fact that you NEED haters in order to thrive whilst learning how to handle them. COURSE HERE As soon as we understand that we need help in order to bring our visions to life as Godpreneurs, it’s time to take action. Come up with solutions to common problems you see on the daily, we hurt thinking about the things we can’t fix, but what if we can? Be inspired to create and come up with new solutions. Achieving greatness is a long process of self reflection and hard work, keeping our composure is key for us to maintain long term relationships with clients and even make them stronger! Submit your business power to God and let Him exercise control over it. TAKE COURSE HERE #GodpreneurAcademy #BusinessBibleStudy #StrengthenIntegrity

Is Jesus Something More for My Business? COURSE LINK We entrepreneurs all have our view of who Jesus is. Even different religions see him in different ways. The people of his day saw him a totally different way. Heck, his own family saw him a completely different way. But who we say Jesus is has a profound impact on every level of our business. From the financial to the strategic and personal aspects of our ventures, our understanding of who he is will either make our business life rich with him or full of our selves. And although everyone has an opinion on who Jesus is, Jesus isn’t concerned about public opinion. He is concerned about how we (me and you individually) say he is. For me and you, our entire business lives hinges on this question too. And getting to the place in our lives where we can only know Jesus as the Son of the living God will change every aspect of the way our businesses, products, and services minister in the marketplace. Your pastor can reveal truth, my blogs can teach business ethics, inventors and creatives can bring about change, but only Jesus who came to save the world can offer you the hope of eternal life. Leading up to Easter, I wanted to get to know more foundational truths about the identity of Jesus. I think all of us entrepreneurs should consider how his identity transforms us, and thus affects our businesses. I know my business is completely different today than it was back in 2008, but I still feel I’m scratching the surface on and how this change occurs. If you too do not yet know what you believe about this man named Jesus, I invite you to take a small step of faith with me and ask God to make the truth about him plain for us. TAKE COURSE HERE #BusinessBibleStudy #GodpreneurAcademy

We don’t need more money, we need more God. God is looking out for us AND our businesses. COURSE HERE As long as we trust and thank God for everything He has already given us, instead of obsessing over what He hasn’t, He will make sure to remind us that He is watching over us and our businesses. The future is never uncertain when it’s in God’s hands, the key to having more money in the bank comes from trusting and believing that God has our backs no matter what. This doesn’t mean we will not take action into making our entrepreneurial dreams come true, it just means that Jesus acts as a safety blanket, guiding us towards a stress free life. When times are low, know that Jesus is higher! TAKE COURSE HERE #BusinessBibleStudy #GodpreneurAcademy #MakeMoreMoney

COURSE HERE [What’s in it for me?] When running a Christian blog, know Jesus is shaping your every word through your faith. As Godpreneurs we are not meant to talk to every single person just because of our Christian background, we have the duty to reach out to a specific group of people that share our same beliefs, by narrowing our market, we are aiming for a specific demographic. This way we are honoring what God made us out to be in the first place, by reaching out to the people we believe we can help through everything we have learned and continue to learn. A smaller demographic means less responsibility, which translates into better help and a better resolution of problems. TAKE COURSE HERE #GodpreneurAcademy #BusinessBibleStudy #ChristianBloggers

Welcome the supernatural and anything that seems out of the ordinary, it’s probably God sending you a message as to what you’re supposed to become! COURSE HERE [What’s in it for me?] We’ve all experienced God’s work in some way, small miracles that He has put in our path. And if He did it once, He will do it again, this time on a larger scale. Listen to what God made you to become, accept the truth and revel in the glory that is being a Godpreneur. Give credit to God where credit is due. Let Him be the one to set up your business vision because if there’s a business God created you to do, you will know in His time. Be expectant, sooner or later you will find out what God WANTS and NEEDS you to become! TAKE COURSE HERE #GodpreneurAcademy #BusinessBibleStudy #ArticulatingMyIdeas

A 3-Day business Bible study to help you uncover your calling to bear fruit that your business can have an eternal impact and glorify God. COURSE HERE Understanding your purpose in business and life will draw you closer to what God is calling you to do in this season. When we uncover our calling, we get aligned with His purpose here on earth. God has a unique purpose for us, that is connected with His eternal nature. Most business owners don’t use an eternal mindset when uncovering and bringing to life their business dreams. But unless we pursue the business God Himself created us to start, we won’t be able to tap into the abundance of power, wisdom, strength, and resources He also has for us in order to carry out our business dream(s) TAKE COURSE HERE #BusinessBibleStudy #GodpreneurAcademy #FindingMyPurpose #FindMyCalling

This course will help you develop a better sense of money management God’s way. COURSE HERE Learning how to find the perfect balance between money management and God’s blessings is key in order to make money the RIGHT way. Every time you feel there’s not enough money coming in, it’s probably because you haven’t been managing it correctly. God is testing you and your ability to please Him, only this way will you hit your goals. To fulfill your economical needs, it is necessary for you to open up to God, show Him how responsible you are and then will He grant you more. As long as you stick to this cycle of focussing your attention on what you have today and repurposing it wisely in your business all whilst honoring God, He will open more money to you. TAKE COURSE HERE #GodpreneurAcademy #BusinessBibleStudy #MakeMoreMoney

You and your business partner are unique individuals and God is creative in the way He wants to use both of your gifts together. COURSE HERE Finding meaning and purpose in life is one of the most basic human needs that we all desire. Uncovering why our business exists is the most fundamental element of perfectly branding business for growth and success. And now that you’re in a business partnership, God has some fundamental lessons he wants you to discover so you can run a purpose-focused partnership. TAKE COURSE HERE #GodpreneurAcademy #BusinessBibleStudy #BusinessPartnerships

This business Bible study will help you to discover the who, the how, and the why of sharing your entrepreneurial testimony. COURSE HERE Have you ever struggled about telling your testimony in business? It is usual for us to tell our testimonies at Church but how it is when it comes to your business? It may be scary but not as hard as you might think. A testimony is a powerful declaration of what God has done for you personally and regarding the marketplace. As you share the greatness of God with other people you glorify Him and allow other people to hear and see his mercy upon your life. During this course, I’ll be helping you discover the importance of sharing your entrepreneurial testimony as we go towards the lessons. TAKE COURSE HERE #BusinessBibleStudy

I’ve been doing logos and websites since 2005. We used to shoot first and ask later. In other words, I would take people’s money first, get started on projects, and then I would start asking questions as we were producing work. I needed the money, I had my eyes on the green, and I was willing to do whatever to get it as fast as possible. After all, most clients presumably needed their projects 911 fast! It’s no wonder projects took forever, there were tons of changes, and we spent a lot of time having to undo and redo tasks. We would eventually fix things, but it came to be done after a lot of time spent. Another unintended consequence of not planning was that I wasn’t taking the time to consult the client through the big decision they were about to invest in. After all, we’re talking about starting their business and giving them an identity. That’s a big deal for a new entrepreneur. Years later I realized that if I spent more time planning with the client before starting, I could save a lot of time and money not having to go back. Planning literally cut the time of project completion in half. Furthermore, the more time I spent planning with my client, the more I could consult them in the right direction. Before collecting deposits, I had to learn to stop, look, and listen. Do you have a tendency to leap into projects without weighing them carefully? That can be a good thing if the client is under the gun and needs their stuff for a trade show that’s this weekend. However, being impulsive can be fatal for your business if in your haste you are run over by oncoming traffic. Control your impulses and respond prudently. How? I started selling a strategy session BEFORE selling them logos and websites. I broke up projects into 2 parts. You first buy consulting and strategizing. We would work through all the possible scenarios, business options, and creative directions. This lets me slow down the process and intelligently enter the project. With a plan, the execution took HALF the time. Oh, and I got to make money upfront by providing my expertise on brand strategy. The Bible warns against being imprudent. "Don’t agree to guarantee another person’s debt or put up security for someone else. If you can’t pay it, even your bed will be snatched from under you". Proverbs 22:26‭-‬27 NLT A careful Godpreneur will not be right in every decision he or she makes, but will not enter into any decision too lightly either. The prudent business owner understands that everything does not turn out the way it seems it will at first glance. So we think our decisions through, especially the ones with wider implications. Godpreneurs weigh our decisions carefully so we can double our profits. We can smear all of our profit in a moment of haste. #SharpenLeadership

OK, we’re going to have the money talk. I want to make millions! Heck, why not go for a cool billion while I’m opening up to you. I don’t know what I’d do with it all. What I do know is that I wouldn’t have college loans looming over me. I wouldn’t have issues paying bills month to month. My credit cards would be paid off. I’d have money for retirement and my kid's college would be paid off. What do all entrepreneurs have in common? One thing is the love of money and dependence on it. This vice affects the successful as well as the struggling business owner. Successful entrepreneurs are burdened by how to keep cash flow and profits and those barely scraping by in their ventures are haunted by how to get money from the next client. To both groups, money can be a curse that plagues them all their lives and affects the way they see things. How do we balance our spiritual lives with the need for money to keep our businesses going? A rich business owner can be poor spiritually and a poor entrepreneur can be rich in his inner being. What drives you? I know very few wealthy business owners who are truly “rich” and yet I know many poor entrepreneurs who truly are independently wealthy in their soul. Which would you rather be? Better yet, what would God want us to be? The Bible says: "First, help me never to tell a lie. Second, give me neither poverty nor riches! Give me just enough to satisfy my needs. For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, “Who is the Lord ?” And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God’s holy name". Proverbs 30:8‭-‬9 NLT We live in a business world of contrasts. I have noticed that money can cause a sort of blindness that is difficult to overcome for any entrepreneur. It makes us self-reliant and creates an illusion of being self-sustaining. It makes me focus on myself rather than why I got in business: to help others. I start serving the master of money instead of my boss: God The more money I make, the harder it becomes to donate my 10% to the church A wise Godpreneur knows that adequate funding does not make us successful any more than having eyes enables us to see. Blindness has many forms. How is your sight? Godpreneur Rule: Don’t let your love of money blind you to what is truly important or valuable in your business. Money is only a tool to help more people—it doesn’t make you rich. #NewEntrepreneurs #MakeMoreMoney

All the major financial teachers out there recommend to take 10% of your income and put it into an “education account.” Like tithing and saving, personal development through education is an essential component of solid financial management. I’m guilty of spending money on things that comfort me instead of educating me and make me wiser. I’ll easily purpose to save money to go to Disney World, but I won’t intentionally save money to go to a business conference. We all do this. We easily spend money on things that comfort us, but it’s a chore to invest in something that will make us wiser. But if we want to grow our character and truly make God first in our businesses, we need to grow wiser. The Bible shows us that it’s wiser to invest in our personal growth. "Buy the truth and do not sell it— wisdom, instruction and insight as well." (Proverbs 23:23 NIV) God wants you to take some of your money and invest it into yourself and your spiritual growth. It’s why the major financial teachers have you take 10% of your income and put it into an education account. This could be used for attending seminars, buying books, taking courses, and joining membership platforms like GodFirst.Biz to increase your knowledge of business AND God. “Grow in spiritual strength and become better acquainted with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” 2 Peter 3:18 God wants you to educate yourself ALWAYS, even after college is over. I’m part of a monthly group of Godpreneurs that gathers to talk about “what’s working now” strategies in our businesses and our walk with God. The investment in time into attending and being part of the group counts towards my education fund. I also pay for monthly subscriptions to 2 different online membership platforms that help me to grow in specific business areas I lack in. We can’t become the Christian business owners God wants us to be without investing time and resources into leveling up our skills and education. When we Godpreneurs invest in anything that helps us grow, we’re telling that our mind is set on knowing and growing closer to Him. He blesses that obedience and brings more resources and opportunities around us. Godpreneur Money Rule #12: Godpreneurs become to God wants us to be by investing in ourselves, and God smiles because we use our money the right way. #BusinessBibleStudy #DifferentiatingMyself #BecomeDisciplined #SharpenLeadership The 19 Rules of Money Management for Christian Entrepreneurs This course will help you develop a better sense of money management God’s way. 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

The dictionary defines productivity as “the effectiveness of productive effort, especially in industry, as measured regarding the rate of output per unit of input.” I consider myself a student of productivity.  I’m always trying to figure out how I can produce more value, more websites, more brand launches, more blogging, and more training.  I know I only have a certain number of hours per day, so if I want to do more within that time, as the definition says, I must become more productive. When I’m more productive, I’m able to produce more income for my business and my family, thus directly impacting my ability to manage my finances better.  Productivity is a key to great financial management. We entrepreneurs are naturally productive.  Why?  Because we “produce” our income.  We take our input of time and create an output of a service or product, which then produces income. But if we’re not focused on productivity, and it’s effect on our ability to do more for ourselves and the Kingdom of God, we’re missing out on a tremendous opportunity that God has afforded us. The Bible says: "You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day." (Deuteronomy 8:18 ESV) Productivity comes down to two main concepts that you must keep in mind. Being Productive Produces Wealth Being Productive Is For God To use an extreme example, let’s say you were unemployed and received benefits from the Government.  You’re bringing in income to yourself and your family, but you’re not productive because you are receiving more than you are putting back in. On the other hand, if you can turn a 2-hour investment of time into a $50 service you sell, then you are productive.  And the name of the game is to try to lessen the input (fewer hours), increase the output (better service), and create more wealth (increase in the price of your service). That’s productivity.  That’s healthy financial management. And this productivity is further enhanced when we’re putting God First in our desire to be more productive.  Greed comes when we’re productive, but only for ourselves and our selfish (flesh) desires. Greed if followed by its ugly cousins of pride and envy.  This is why selling drugs can produce a lot of wealth, but for a very wrong reason. But when we’re in our calling, bringing God’s visions to life, and running our businesses His way, we’re productive to produce wealth so that we can give more to others.  We desire to create more jobs, add more value to our industry and marketplaces, and give back more to charitable causes our heart’s desire to support. We have a choice.  We’re either going to be people who take wealth or people to produce wealth.  The more people that take wealth, the less healthy a business is and the more it’s setting itself up for a collapse.  That’s why people who borrow on credit cards more than they produce in services get into bankruptcy.  They took more than they produced.  They were unproductive. Godpreneurs are producers of wealth.  God designed us that way.  And our hearts are aligned with His heart.  This obedience to the way things are supposed to be will help you produce more wealth that you now have to manage correctly. Great financial management keeps productivity top-of-mind because it keeps us focused on the way God created the ability to produce wealth.  It’s His ultimate design for entrepreneurs. Godpreneur Money Rule #15:  Godpreneurs create wealth by creating opportunities to help more people through our ability to produce beneficial products and services.  The more people we help, the more wealth we create, the more Christ-like we become. #BusinessBibleStudy #MakeMoreMoney The 19 Rules of Money Management for Christian Entrepreneurs This course will help you develop a better sense of money management God’s way. 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

"Honor the Lord with thy substance, and with the first fruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine." (Proverbs 3:9-10) When you tithe, you are showing God that we have our priorities straight in our finances.  You are letting Him that you and your business are committed to keeping the lights on at HIS place of worship – your church.  What God uses your business supports your church. The reason I bring up the tithe as a “membership fee” is so that you would possibly think differently about it.  You’ve probably heard the pastor at your church give all the various verses of tithing, but maybe nobody’s ever put it to you in this way. Personally, if I want to make a change of habit in my life, I have to think differently than I did before to jolt my brain into a new pattern. The same way we put aside money to pay for critical things like rent, cell phone, and car, we need to plan for the tithe in our financial budget. It should be a line item expense that we can’t operate our business without paying. Godpreneur Money Rule #16: Godpreneurs honor God’s plan and purpose for tithing. We allow God to use our business to support our church and it’s growth. #BusinessBibleStudy #BecomeDisciplined #GodpreneurAcademy The 19 Rules of Money Management for Christian Entrepreneurs This course will help you develop a better sense of money management God’s way. 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 used to think that entrepreneurship was this glorious career with awesome partnerships and great teams of people working together for something awesome. But this isn’t how it panned out for me. Entrepreneurship was incredibly lonely, especially at the beginning of starting something. Owning a business was lonely for me because I out-worked everyone I partnered with, so I found myself doing more work than I bargained for. I also felt lonely because friends were making more money than me, and here I was playing catchup in the back. This rat race left me working tireless hours, alone, with all my attention on the business. Often, this feeling of being alone has stifled my creativity and sucked all the energy out of me, to the point where I pause my calling or quit on the vision altogether. We all have this calling over our business to bring something remarkable to the marketplace, but for some of us, the thought of going at it alone is just too much to move forward with. Others of us may feel alone in our thoughts because we’ve asked for help and haven’t received it, or we’ve thrown our idea out to others, and nobody is responding the way we expected. We could also feel alone because we don’t want to share our ideas with others because we think of them as competition and they’ll steal the idea. The enemy wants to use this feeling of loneliness and seclusion to kill our calling. But God didn’t design entrepreneurship to be a lonely experience. We’re called to fellowship with one another. There’s a group of Christians God has put around us to bounce ideas off of, get encouragement, accountability, prayer, and support. By design, through our unity in Jesus, we were given to each other to accomplish the work God has set out for each of us individually. We’re not as alone as we may think we are. The Bible says: For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully. (Romans 12:4‭-‬8 NIV) God designed entrepreneurs within one body – one family – to break bread together, to share ideas with, support each other’s businesses, and serve each other with our callings. Are you in regular fellowship with the Christian entrepreneurs in your church family? Do you have a support group or mastermind of business owners that meet regularly? If not, this could be the reason why you might be feeling lonely in your calling. Your church family is a great place to break bread with other entrepreneurs. You can also form our crew of God-first business owners to meet with periodically. (Visit www.godfirstmeetups.biz to learn how to form your group with my free resources) If you find yourself thinking thoughts or competition or comparing your success with others, this will only cause you to retreat even more and isolate yourself into this state of loneliness. Instead, recognize that God set the example through Jesus and his disciples of comforting one another and encouraging and building each other up. Jesus designed Godpreneurial families to complete each other, not to compete with each other. We are one in Christ and one powerful body of innovation and hope in our marketplaces. Our calling becomes Spirit-empowered when we bring it in fellowship with the spirit of other Christian entrepreneurs. Imagine if all around the world, we saw the family of God working together to create products and services that move society forward, solve big problems, and better equip us to thrive here while we wait to be called into our next life. Together (not alone), we can intentionally be praying, sacrificing, giving, serving, teaching, and preaching trough our brands so we can fulfill the Great Commission in our respective marketplaces. Together (not alone), we can host conferences, interview each other for podcasts, collaborate on courses, a joint venture on products and services, co-author books, blog to each other, and create a movement. We’re not alone when, together, we further God’s Kingdom and glory through our calling to GODpreneurship. Let’s defeat the enemy of loneliness by purposing to break bread with other Godpreneurs as we lovingly encourage, support, and serve each other through masterminds, meetups, and church gatherings. Together, we can defeat the enemy that wants to kill our calling by fulfilling God’s desire for us to Unite to shine His light brighter in the world. I pray that you find (or create) a Godpreneur family near you to share your abilities and calling! In Jesus name, amen! #FindMyCalling #BusinessBibleStudy #BusinessPartnerships The 7 Calling Killers Overcome the Enemy's Plan to Steal, Kill and Destroy the Entrepreneurial Calling Over Your Life. 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