Bob Norsworthy #3

Tactical ideas for capturing the heart of business people.

• God is a businessman
• Jesus replied to his parents in the Synagogue," Don't you know I must be about my father's business. Luke 2:49
• He had a mission and a vision: for the son of man Luke 19:10
• Product: a transformed saved world
• Advance marketing
• Apostles prophets
• Romans 1:20 Since the creation of the world
• Why does that sound crass?
• Wrong thinking: business principles that work because they are truth
• God invented Truth
• People misapply the truth.
• He is an accountant
• Give an account
• What is the purpose of Business?
• To make money
• To maximize shareholder value
• To meet needs in society in a self sustaining way
• Provide jobs
• "To give the owner of that business more life, more freedom" John Jantsch
• Creating value from value
• What is a Corporation?
• A living entity that has a life that can be a winsome thing that makes a difference
• Mahanbir Sawhney. A living entity that evolves towards higher levels of consciousness, not a machine engineered to maximize productivity and profits
• "An evolved corporation" Richard Barrett
• He re-purposed things
• Moses' rod - Serpent, Symbol of God's power
• The land of Israel - Promised Land
• The Jewish religious system - Indicator of the needs of Grace
• Fishing nets - Illustration of Catching Men
• Often repurposed people
• Moses: political leader to ta spiritual leader
• Bezalel son of Uri Ex. 31 Craftsman became Craftsmen of the house of God
• David: Shepherd of sheep to Shepherd of nation
• Peter: Fisherman to Fisher of Men
• How can who you are already be repurposed to give glory to God.
• Training Donkeys for Christ
• What was that donkey?
• Go and you will find a donkey, "your master has need of him" for the foreseeable future.
• That donkey was somebody's income producing asset, a business tool
• What is your donkey
• New business
• New product
• New factory
• If...
• ...There were millions lost with no knowledge of the Truth
• ...Communities were in chaos because the lacked salt and light
• ...Jesus walked into you office or factory today and said "I need this for the foreseeable future"
• ...The main think that God wanted with your business was not giving away money
• ...You company was the only vehicle Jesus had to reach the world
• ...You were bought out or acquired by God, Inc Then...
• How would that change your company's focus and activities?
• We ask businessmen
• What are your assets?
• What is your scope?
• What is your "household"?
• Conclusion: I need to see myself as an Apostle in my company and train my drivers to be itinerant evangelists to the broad places that we serve. Then we need to look for persons of peace in these places to reach all of these communities.
• What began as a business blessed by God, became a God focused
• Can God's glory be magnified in and through a business?
• The chief end of a corporation is to Glorify God, only corporately.
• How can my company manifest God's glory?
• Glorify God through
• What we do
• How we do things
• Why we do business
• Foundational Principles
• Organizations that have an outside point of reference will have sustainable impact.
• Ultimate True North is the glory of God
• Mankind and the organizations we create have a tendency towards misalighment: triads provide accountability
• There is a continual need for reinforcement of purpose
• Businesses can take steps to deliberately reflect God's ways and values
• We do exercises
• To discover purpose
• Weaving in discussion of the "giants" that threaten the culture and how to overcome them.
• This prompts creative solution by persons of ability and resources to transform society.
• Cry out to God for wisdom and direction
• Is all of this just MBA speak?

• Things we've seen
• 10% of stock in foundation
• Daily prayer and bible study
• Reprioritized family
• Slept better at night
• Took on discipling of an "ethnos"
• Prayed for "healing" of equipment
• Started a church in the business
• Renewed vision for purpose of business
• If you got to heaven and discovered that Jesus really owned your business...
• Would you be looking at the benefits of your products and services that outlasted their time on earth?
• Would you wish you had asked him what his Purpose was for your business?
• Wish that you had found out how we was measuring your bottom line
• We looking around to see what your company had sent ahead of you to heaven.
• What should have been done in your company to "disciple a nation"
• Messages that impacted participants in the process in Capetown South Africa
• "The business community has a responsibility to tackle the new giants that have emerged."
• "God's business is people"
• "God is in control and I am not"
• "The MBA of Christian Businesses"