Five Keys to Godly Business Leadership

If you want to be a godly business leader , this is what you need to do so without further ado , because David and I are going to hit this for you quickly , because we believe that if you're a faith-filled entrepreneur , we want to launch you into greater freedom and success . So we don't want to keep you on here for 40 minutes .

We want to get you in and out , and so let's look at these keys . Let me give you key number one and then David keys . Let me give you key number one and then David , I want you to read verse 57 of Psalm 119 . Key number one whoa , I just swallowed something there . Key number one Maybe it was a gnat . You know what ? Most people would cut that out .

I'm not cutting it out , no way . Keep it in . All right , let's go . Number one be committed to God . Verse 57 of Psalm 119 . The Lord is my portion . I promise to keep your words , be committed . So that's number one . Right there , david says the Lord is my portion . What does he promise ? To keep your words . I will keep your words .

I am committed to you , god , 100% . As a business leader , I'm not committed to my profit . I'm not committed to my people more than I'm committed to God . Now , when you are committed to God , you will be committed to the people . You will be committed to profit , because a profit to a business is like air to a lung . Right , listen to this .

David and I talk about how there are three things that need to be in place before you make a move in business there has to be opportunity , there needs to be potential and there needs to be the smile of God .

So , before we ever started a business , when we started thinking about what business avenue we needed to get into , you obviously have to look for opportunities , right , you have to look for a place where there's opportunity . You have to look for potential , where it has potential to make you money , but typically , most entrepreneurs stop there .

Is there an opportunity for me to do this business and will it make money ? Yeah , okay , let's do it . Well , the third component is the smile of God , and so that's where you have to make sure that you're pausing and you're saying , god , are you smiling on this thing ? Right ? Because if you are committed to doing things God's way , then you'll wait for him .

So you need to 100% be fully committed to God . You got anything to say on that ? No , it's just if you , if you want to be committed to the word of God , like if you want to promise to keep God's word , you got to be in the word , like God's words are not just , don't just listen to podcasts , to what other people say . That's right .

Get into the word . That's been Jason and I's number one business , our MO . That's the number one business advice we give to all faith-filled entrepreneurs Get into the word of God , make it your commitment every single day and listen to him . And we have the expert ownership listening prayer journal out now .

Go on Amazon , just put it in there in the search bar and you go in and you can listen to God . So you're getting into his word every single day . Why ? Because you're committed to him and you're listening to him . Okay , so that's key number one . That is the number one key . Everything is founded on that . Key number two is in verse 59 . Read verse 59 .

When I think on my ways , I turn my feet to your testimony . Key number two is to be self-aware . Okay , when I think on my ways , right , it's like after I think about what I'm doing , then I make the right decision . So I remember a story , david , you should relate this story .

Remember , early in business , you put together a deal and where there was money outside closing , you didn't think about it . We were brand new in real estate . Yeah , I found four investment properties , sixty thousand dollars each . Now , of course , they're all worth probably three or four hundred thousand each now . Yeah , thank you , lord , 60 grand each .

Three bed , two bath little houses outside charlotte , about 30 minutes north and um . And the owner was a friend and he said hey look , we'll write up the contract for 40 grand each and then we'll do a $20,000 silent second outside of closing . And I had no idea , like what all this was . And he said I'll just make it affordable for you and your brother .

Well , I didn't know that . Everything was supposed to be disclosed on the HUD settlement statement , including a silent second mortgage if the seller is holding something back . So anyway , there's just a whole bunch of guidelines in real estate that you're supposed to follow . So I wrote the contract up and I was so excited about this .

This was like Jason and I's first opportunity . It would be our very first real estate purchase . It would be our first investment purchase , it would be everything .

This would really kind of get us into the game and I was so pumped about it and as I was reading the word of God , I remember thinking like is there anything that we're doing that's not on the up and up ? And so I took it to our broker in charge . His name was Alan Craven I love him , older man , and he said that's actually illegal .

You cannot do a silent second outside of closing without disclosing it on the settlement statement . So I was like , oh well , dad gum , and I knew like , right , then it felt like the balloon had been popped . But I remember it was in the morning , early one morning you were praying , you're like I think I should bring this to alan like there's something .

You see , that's where you're . If you're committed to god , you're spending time with the lord . Then god , god , awareness makes , gives you good self-aware . We ended up blowing up the deal and never bought the houses , yeah .

And so here's the thing what David realized was is he had a gifting to put deals together , but he had left the anointing when he started scheming . Now he didn't know . We had to learn . We were young , we were still in our 20s , but there was still the temptation . Even after I knew there was still the temptation .

Even after I knew there was still a temptation to keep the deal together . But you've got to be self-aware . And how do you become self-aware ? By spending time with God . That's right , because these keys build on each other . So , number one you want to be a godly business leader . Be committed to God , okay . Number two be self-aware .

Number three David read verse 60 . I hasten to do , and not delay , to keep your commandments , never procrastinate . That's key . Number three I hasten to do your , which which means I like jump at it . When God you tell me something to do , I'm gonna do it . When God pricks your heart , listen , you've got to act immediately . Okay .

If David would have waited when God pricked his heart early that morning , I remember him telling me I think I should go talk to Alan Craven about that deal . If he didn't go do it immediately , then I promise you the next day that prick would have been a little softer , and then the next day it might've gone away .

Next thing , you know he's forgotten all about it . Yeah , see , when it comes to conviction , or when it comes to God telling you to do something , do not wait . I had to kill the deal pretty quick too , yeah , even though I didn't want to . And it's not just conviction , it's also when you know the right way to go .

When you know the right thing , don't procrastinate . David and I , I can't tell you the number of times where we were calling on a particular client , you know , and I'm like emailing and making phone calls , and then that client's like , well , yeah , hey , I'd like to talk to you . You know , maybe I can talk to you next Wednesday .

And David and I , immediately , right there , I booked a flight . I'm like , okay , great , we'll be there , like we'll be in Dallas . And they're like wait , we can just do a phone call . I'm like , if that's what you want , that's fine , but I will fly out there to meet with you and take you to lunch , just for one . Do not procrastinate .

When you know the right thing to do , jump run , act immediately . That never procrastinating , that attitude is going to help you a lot . So you want to be committed to God key number one you want to be self-aware . Key number two . Key number three do not procrastinate . And key number four , david , verse 62 .

At midnight I rise to praise you because of your righteous rules . So it's thanks and praise . So key number four I put here always be thankful . If you just operate in gratitude , do you realize all the science that shows how good gratitude is for you and how healthy it is ?

You know , psalm 100 , verse four , says enter my gates with thanksgiving , my courts with praise . If you want God's power , you need to be in his presence . If you want God's presence , you need to enter it with thanks and praise . It starts with gratitude . Listen

to this . Studies show that feeling gratitude , it regulates your heart rate and reduces your stress . So all those negative emotions that make your heart rate erratic gratitude , it actually regulates your heart rate . Gratitude activates listen to this study . It activates your hypothalamus , which is in your brain .

Okay , and the hypothalamus regulates your hunger , sleep , body temperature , metabolism and how your body grows . So it's one of the control centers of your body and gratitude motivates it to excel . Literally . When you're thinking gratitude thoughts , especially toward God , you are training your brain and it's healing your body . Gratitude decreases stress .

When you're thankful , you can bounce back much quicker from stressful events . It's now seen as a seriously useful coping strategy . The stress hormone , cortisol , was shown to be 23% less in those people , when they were studied , who were grateful . Gratitude helps you fall asleep more easily .

Now , all of this stuff is science backed , and then when you wake up after a time of gratitude , you feel more refreshed . And then , ultimately , a study shows that when you're grateful , you experience more positive emotions . Overall . Studies regularly show how grateful people were more empathetic , forgiving , helpful , supportive and , overall , more positive .

And not to mention , it boosts your immune system . This is the reason why culture right now is so dead set on victim victimhood , church hurt , um , trying to embrace your past and only looking at America's past and not being grateful for any of the stuff that we have , including all these protesters that are out there burning the American flag .

I mean , these guys are not . There's no gratefulness . Yeah , it's like well , why don't you go to the country , the one that you say you're supporting , palestine ? Why don't you go ? Move over there , go there . They wouldn't last . You don't last 24 hours there .

So , but that's key Number four , if you want to be a God-needed business leader , is that you always be grateful . Never stop thanking God , okay , never , ever , ever . And then key number five , david , verse number 63, . This is important . I am a companion of all who fear you , of those who keep your precepts . Choose wise friends .

Key number five is choosing your friends wisely . You need to surround yourself with those who help you go further up and further in with the Lord , for those who will help you accomplish what it is that God has called you to accomplish and , in return , you will help them accomplish what God wants them to accomplish . You'll do it together .

You've got to be very careful who's in your inner circle . Even Jesus himself was careful . He had 12 disciples we know this but he only let three of them see him transfigured . Isn't that interesting ? He didn't let the other ones see him transfigured , he only let three of them .

You've got to be very careful who your inner circle is , and I like to tell especially entrepreneurs you've got to choose people who make you better in their area of expertise . So , for me and David , obviously , when we talk about entrepreneurism , we talk about faith , family , finances , fitness and friendship . Well , fitness is one of them . And you know what ?

We got a good buddy , steve Pinkerton . He's a buddy of ours . He's just a little younger than us but he hasn't eaten a dessert in a decade and he's ripped out of his mind . And you know , we got , we got friends in their fifties who you can see every ab you know , and they're in such good shape .

Well , when it comes to fitness , we hang around those guys , we work out with those guys . Okay , we make sure , at least a couple of times a week we are with those people . When it comes to finances and business , we hang out with Joe Johnson and Sean Marcel from Life Surge . We hang out with other entrepreneurs who are doing better than we are .

Jeff Rutkowski , yeah , and we , and we hang out with guys like that . When it comes to , uh , you know , friendships specifically for David and I , we , we like to hang around biblical thinkers . I think of my buddy , jason Jimenez .

We get together and I can ask him any question about the Bible and he's , he's like two years younger than me and he can rock out scripture and verse . He's a biblical thinker . Yeah , bob Gladstone , yeah , shooting the fat with him . So choose your friends wisely . Dr Brown , dr Brown , for sure those guys . You choose your friends wisely .

So if you want to be a godly business leader , you need these five keys found in Psalm 119 , all five things that David did as the king . He was fully committed to God , he was self-aware . He never procrastinated which I can't say that he never did that his whole life . But the idea is never procrastinate . He didn't habitually procrastinate .

You should say that , because we all procrastinate to a certain point . And then , key number four always be thankful . Key number five choose wise friends . When you do this , you will be the godly business leader that God Almighty has called you to be . Speaking of choosing wise friends , we named the date of our mastermind . It's only for dudes .

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She'll send you all the details . Uh , we literally announced this last week and the spots are already halfway gone . So , all right , god bless you guys . Hey , subscribe , rate and review . Send this out Hopefully this is a blessing to you and get your teenage kids listening to this as well . These five things will really be a blessing to them .

And , by the way , if you're a teenage kid listening to this , pay attention to your parents . They love you . They're God's people for you . All right , god bless you guys . See you next week .