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KINGS IN THE HOUSELecture delivered at RCCG, Area 4, Oyo Province
3 on March 19, 2011
by wale michael
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...
Left or right?
EE BB
SS IIE Employee
S Self Employed
B Business Owner
I Investor
Which Quadrant do you belong?
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ATTRIBUTES OF THE KING
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1. DILIGENCE
Do you see a man diligent in his business? He
shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before
mean (lowly) men. Proverbs 22:29
quick, skilful, ready.
when a customer comes in, a good business is
quick to respond to them
ready with the items they want, skilful in conveying information
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...DILIGENCE
Customers like this kind of service. They like to
be attended to immediately, or to receive the best
attention, and the best information as soon as
they request it. Of course such service is not always possible.
There may be insufficient staff, or staff may be
occupied, so how can a business overcome these
problems. Think of ways to distract, or entertain,
or divert your customers while they are waiting.For example, some shops have a TV for people to
watch while they wait.
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...DILIGENCE
If a business is diligent, it will grow, and the idea
is intimated that with the growth will come
wealth, since the owner of that business will
stand with kings...
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NOT (BE) SLOTHFUL IN BUSINESS; (BUT
INSTEAD BE) FERVENT IN SPIRIT; SERVING
THE LORD. ROMANS 12:11
One of the best ways to serve the Lord is through
your business
The word fervent comes from a Greek word which is
related to something boiling. Imagine a business
bubbling and boiling with energy. People in general
love to be in a bustling, busy shop, where the
manager or staff are alive and excited. Abooming
business can be like a self-fulfilling prophecy you
become what you pretend to be.
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...DILIGENCE
Proverbs 27:23 says: Be diligent to know the state of your flocks,
and look well to your herds. If you read the verses following this
opening statement, to get the context, you will find a picture of
someone who is always on the alert, always watching every detail,
always checking on how the business is running. This is supervision,and evaluation, in practise.
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...DILIGENCE
Your business may be very simple, in which case
you will not need to put much supervision in, but
more complicated businesses need more effort.
Check the stock, the sales, the overheads, the
staff, wages, insurance and so on. Keep a tally of
everything week by week. Do some counting and
jot down totals. See if changes can improve
performance. Try new things and note the
results.
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...DILIGENCE
Amanager says that eventhe slightest change in theentry point window, on thescreen, had quite a large
effect on the number ofpeople who stayed to lookfurther. So check yourfront window, literally.How does your shop lookfrom the road? Is it grey
and boring, or bright andexciting? Does yourwindow display attract orrepel people?
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...DILIGENCE
Considerthe farmer
...
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...DILIGENCE
Ecclesiastes says
For a dream
comes through
much activity.When we apply
ourselves to an
enterprise, and
work hard and
diligently, wetend to attract
success.
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Bible promise is that if one is diligent to do these
things, one will have: goats milk enough for
your food, for the food of your household, and for
the maintenance for your maidens. Which
means there will be money and food for your
family and servants. Your business will meet all
your material needs. But this provision is
conditional, and it hinges on whether you do your
part properly.
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2. RIGHT PLANNING
running a business is not a matter of opening a
shop, putting some things into it, and hopingpeople come and buy. It is an intelligent activity,
which involves a lot of planning. It takes
foresight, wise decisions and consideration of
many factors.
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RIGHT PLANING
PROVERBS 16:3 COMMIT YOUR WORKS TO
THE LORD, AND YOUR THOUGHTS SHALL BEESTABLISHED.
RIGHT PLANNING
thinking of starting a business? Ask WHY!
Ask HOW!
... Then THINK ITTHROUGH
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THINKACTIVELY ... SCRIBBLEYOURTHOUGHT, ARRANGEYOURTHOUGHT, PROVE YOURTHOUGHT, ACT YOURTHOUGHT ...S
3. THINKINGif we have filled our
head with wise
information, good,clear thinking, the
best facts, and not
allowed negative, or
foolish thinking in, we
will tend to prosper.
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THINKING - FEED ONGOOD MATERIALS ...
imagine raising achild totally on comicsand stupid cartoonson TV or DVD?
Imagine how uselessthat child would bewhen it grew up.What we put in iswhat we get out.
Foolish material inproduces foolishthoughts.
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THINKING - FEED ONGOOD MATERIALS ...
On the other hand, wise input produces wise
output. If we feed our mind on wisdom, and good
information, when it comes to running a
business, we will have one of our greatest assets
with us all the time our clear, positive
thoughts. It is the thinking of managers that
either makes or breaks a business. They can
either think their way to prosperity, or to lack.
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4. MORALITY
Abusiness cannot run indefinitely if it is based
on corrupt practise.
God has built moral laws into our world. Thesemoral laws are just as real and powerful as any
of the natural laws, such as gravity, and the
freezing of water into ice, and energy in sunlight.
Anyone who operates a business MUST have a
good moral framework, or what is known asethics to support every part of that business.
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MORALITY
Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked (person) forsake his
way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and
let him return unto the LORD, and he will have
mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will
abundantly pardon.
Notice it is the ways, and also the thoughts that God
addresses here.
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MORALITY
in the business context, all morally corrupt plans
must be abandoned in order to best ensure
success.
We are, in some sense, our thoughts, because we
cannot purposefully do anything without first
thinking about it.
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6 ACCURATEMEASURES
Deuteronomy 25:13-16
God commands that
all weights and
measures be
equitable.
Any business that
does not charge fair
price for accurate
measures is courtingdisaster.
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7 PUTGOD FIRST: PUTGOD IN
God ranks financial and material blessing as
something to be pleased with. It is not a sin, as
some saints have suggested, being rich. In the
Bible wealth is frequently held up as evidence of
Gods blessing, and a thing to be comfortable
with. The only downside of wealth is the
possibility that complacency can lead to pride,
and the sin of forgetting God.
Gods WORD is GODSMIND ...
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PUTGOD IN...
-Take a tip from Solomon: put Godfirst, obey Gods Law, and expect to see
things take off.
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9 HONESTY
Is it possible for an atheist to do well in business?
Just as any amateur can steer a car along a road
without understanding how it works, any normalperson can operate a business, if they know what
basic things they need to do. Understanding the
rules is not essential or even necessary.
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HONESTY
y Just sticking the word Quality on something means
very little. Customers want to know what they are
buying, and many appreciate it when the faults are
also pointed out. Keep it open, keep it honest and
God will smile on your business.
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10 MOTIVES
Afundamental question we should ask if we are
thinking of starting a business is Why am I
doing this? To obtain wealth (to get rich)
To provide for family
To beat the neighbours (status)
To pay the bills
To continue with an inheritance
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11 KINGDOMTHINKING
Psalm 10 tells us about the second kingdom. The
wicked boasts of his hearts desire; he blesses the
greedy, and renounces the Lord. Compare this to
the first kingdom, as represented in Psalm 112:
Agood man deals graciously and lends, he will
guide his affairs with discretion.
y Your business must serve God ...
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KINGDOMTHINKING ...
When it comes to running a business, we have
the same two choices. We can either run things
on kingdom principles, or the very opposite. We
can be generous and gracious or greedy and rude.
We can dodge tax, and take money under the
table or declare everything, and pay our dues,
even though in hurts.
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KINGDOMTHINKING ...
running a business does not give us an absolute
guarantee of success, because there are many
factors in life which we cannot always anticipate,
such as war, fire, flood, tornado, earthquake,
national collapse, and so on. The harder I work, the luckier I get!
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12 LABOUROR LUXURY
The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eats
little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer
him to sleep. Ecclesiastes 5:12
Abusiness is a great responsibility. It requires a lot of
time, and thought. It requires maintenance, planning andoverseeing. Every aspect has to be monitored and
adjustments need to be made regularly. Yet the Bible says
a labouring man sleeps well. This is because the labouring
man is an employee. All he has to worry about is one small
part of the job. Its the boss who has to do all the worrying!
So the Bible may be suggesting that it is better to be anemployee than an employer, simply because an employee
has less to worry about.
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COMFORT / WEALTH
When goods increase, they increase that eat them
So the more we have, the more we spend.
in Proverbs 31, although this person is called a virtuous wife
and may be more of an ideal, rather than any particular
woman.Look at what this virtuous wife does. She seems to be almost
superhuman!She works with her hands to make clothes, she
provides (grows) food, she buys and sells land, she spins, she
weaves, she gives to the poor, she makes tapestries, she sells
clothes as well, and she stays up all night working as well as
all day. One almost feels exhausted reading about her, but theprinciple is clear. She is industrious, diligent, and savvy. She
controls her business and her aim in life is not to amass
wealth, but to provide for her family.
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REVELATION 18.
She was motivated by greed, and she amassed
great wealth, through dishonest and immoral
practises. She lived luxuriously and loved
money and pride and prestige more than she
loved righteousness. As a result God brings her
down.
She she glorified herself and lived in a sensual,
materialistic way.
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LOVE YOUR FAMILY
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CASES: GEORGE LIU
I have a number of businesses. Weve had a bakery in Taiwan for 40 years, Lius Bakery in Taichung. Ivealso operated an import business to the U.S., and for the past nine years Ive operated NutricomCorporation, a health food company.
Forty-four years ago, I got very sick with tuberculosis. In Taiwan at that time it was just like cancer, andthe doctor said I had one or two months to live. I was a major in the army, and I thought I should just killmyself.
The doctor sent me to the hospital with no hope. There, I read in the Bible about a lady who had had a blooddisease for 12 years. She spent all her money on doctors, but she only got worse. When Jesus came, the ladysimply touched the hem ofHis garment. Jesus told her, Your faith makes you well. Go in peace. And shewas healed.
I was very interested in this power!I never heard anything about it before. I thought I was a good man, thatId never sinned. But as I read the Bible, I saw God had very high standards. If you hit someone, its justlike murder. Well, I smoked I started at age 13 and I gambled so much that I couldnt stop.
But the Bible said, If you confess your sin, the Lord is gracious to forgive your sins, and youll become a newman. I changed my mind right away and said, Im a sinner. I confessed my sins, and the Lord forgave me.I decided not to kill myself, but instead dedicated myself to the Lord.
When I left the hospital, I went back to the army as a Christian, with a new life, as a new man. In 1959, Iretired from the army, and had to find something to do to support my family. Afriend gave me the idea of
starting a bread delivery company. We bought bread from downtown bakeries and delivered it to Americansliving in Taiwan. Then someone said, How about if we start our own bakery?
I thought it was impossible because we didnt know how to bake bread!But what is impossible with man ispossible with God. We started with a very small bakery, but it grew quickly to 160 employees.
In 1970I got sick again, and the doctor told me to eat wheat germ. Within four or five months, I was healthyagain. The germ is the good part of the wheat, which people normally throw away when they make flour.But we make it into a powder, and its healed many people. My company, Nutricom, is in Orlando, and thefactory is in Taiwan. We distribute it in the U.S., in Taiwan, and three years ago we started distributing itin mainland China.
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GEORGE LIU
Most businesses only want to makemoney. I never think how to make money.We just think how to serve people and
God. God is love. When we serve thepeople, we show them Gods love. Whenwe do this, God supports all our needs. Ifsomeone doesnt have enough money tobuy a product, for example, we just give it
to them.How much money you make depends on
how much you serve. We do our businessfor love and for Jesus.
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READ
Ben Carson
Robert Kiyosaki
Napoleon Hill
David Oyedepo ...
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BUSINESSOPPORTUNITIES
Network Marketing
Corporation
Franchise
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