Rick is an entrepreneur in Arizona who struggled in business for years. Then God took Rick through a significant health challenge that drove him to rely on God more than ever before. Upon recovery, Rick decided to apply that same reliance on God for his business as well. When he did, God revealed that the root of sales and profitability ...
My friend, Rob, recently spoke on three primary ways that businesses can honor God. The third and final method identified was to glorify God through financially-driven methods. Like Joseph in the Bible, there are leaders who God gives an ability for making money. These successful leaders are often driven to be extremely generous with their wealth. Their generosity funds the ...
My friend, Rob, recently spoke on three primary ways that businesses can honor God. In this series, we are addressing these three methods. The second method to honor God is by being people-driven. Sadly, some business leaders treat others like a commodity to be used for selfish ambition. However, a kingdom-focused business, needs to realize that God has entrusted our ...
My friend, Rob, recently spoke on three primary ways that businesses can honor God. In this series I want to address each of these three methods. But I also want to note that you may discover other ways to honor God besides these three. Rob’s first method mentioned was honoring God through your company’s products or services. When we use ...
In America, when we pray “give us our daily bread,” I suspect most of us don’t really mean it. We usually desire far more than just today’s provision. There are seasons, however, when some small business owners see payroll approaching and discover there is simply no cash in the bank. Suddenly, praying for our daily bread may seem more relevant. ...
Matthew Richards was a children’s pastor with a secret. His Lenexa, Kansas home was in default and his family was scheduled to be evicted. Matt’s wife and children were unaware of their impending homelessness. According to the news, Mr. Richards thought it would be better if his family died rather than face eviction. Leading this pastor to stab his wife ...
Columnist David Brooks has written in the past on the difference between resume virtues and eulogy virtues. Resume virtues are the jobs and career accomplishments you’ve held in your lifetime. Eulogy virtues, however, are your character traits. Brooks concluded that eulogy virtues have longer term value than resume virtues. This became clearer to me at a recent funeral I attended. ...
A CEO with vision can accomplish far more than just sell products by leveraging their influence. An effort called Giving Tuesday is an opportunity for businesses that truly care for their community’s well-being to leverage their influence. Simple ideas like matching any donations your employees make on Giving Tuesday or allocating a percentage of your revenue to charity can make ...
Cyber Monday was born out of data. In 2004, according to Scott Silverman of Shop.org, research revealed that the Monday after Thanksgiving was one of the biggest shopping days of the year. The data revealed that many people shop in person on Black Friday but would finish their shopping online the following Monday. This led savvy retailers to leverage this ...
In the 1950s, the Philadelphia police referred to the day after Thanksgiving as Black Friday, due to all the people starting their Christmas shopping. A negative day for police, however, became a great day financially for merchants. Eventually, marketing savvy merchants became concerned about attaching a negative term like Black Friday to their best sales day. These merchants changed the ...
Equipping Others to Do Work Differently
