How to have a successful business.

The first letters of the word "C.O.W.S." will help you to remember these principles.  

 

Customers must benefit.

Owners must benefit.

Workers must benefit.

Society must benefit.  

 

God wants us to be generous to others.  

Giving frees us from being greedy.   

Proverbs 1:19 New Living Translation

Such is the fate of all who are greedy for money;    it robs them of life.

Proverbs 13:11 New Living Translation

Wealth from get-rich-quick schemes quickly disappears;
    wealth from hard work grows over time.

Malachi 3:8-12 New Living Translation

⁸ “Should people cheat God? Yet you have cheated me!

“But you ask, ‘What do you mean? When did we ever cheat you?’

“You have cheated me of the tithes and offerings due to me. ⁹ You are under a curse, for your whole nation has been cheating me. ¹⁰ Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in! Try it! Put me to the test! ¹¹ Your crops will be abundant, for I will guard them from insects and disease.^[a] Your grapes will not fall from the vine before they are ripe,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. ¹² “Then all nations will call you blessed, for your land will be such a delight,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

We are to give God back the first 10%.  Why does God want that?  He doesn't need our money.

Giving back to God helps us to have...

1.  Gratitude for the past.

2.  It puts God first place in our lives.

3.  It demonstrates trust in God.

If you can't trust God in your finances, how can you trust Him with your salvation?

Proverbs 3:9-10

New Living Translation

9 Honor the Lord with your wealth
    and with the best part of everything you produce.
10 Then he will fill your barns with grain,

    and your vats will overflow with good wine.

If you want God's blessing in any part of your life, put Him first in that area.

Don't confuse your net worth with your self worth.

Proverbs 13:7

New Living Translation

7 Some who are poor pretend to be rich;

    others who are rich pretend to be poor.

 

Can God trust you with greater blessings?

 

Proverbs 11:25

New Living Translation

The generous will prosper;

    those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.

Proverbs 10:22

New Living Translation

 

The blessing of the Lord makes a person rich,
    and he adds no sorrow with it.

 

It's not our money.  It's God's.  He just wants us to learn to be unselfish.  

 

 

We must trust God and His Son, Jesus Christ.  

 

 

 

Acts 16:31

New King James Version

...“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved...”