I’m a preacher.
But I’m also an entrepreneur. Yes, I run a few personal businesses. (Just to clear the questions in many people’s minds: Nope, I don’t own Bo’s Café. Though I wish I did.)
Because I earn through my businesses, I can afford not to get a salary from my spiritual community, Light of Jesus Family. When I preach 4x at the Feast each Sunday, I do so for free. And I love it.
This is also the reason why I donate all my book royalties to the ministry. (So far, I’ve written 36 bestselling books, and my book royalties are humongous.) I love the fact that I write books for free too.
And when huge companies invite me to speak, my speakers fee is large. But I donate 100% of it to the ministry.
How can I keep giving money away?
Because I earn money from my own small businesses. That’s how I feed my family–and employ almost a hundred people–and thus feed their families too.
But I also get criticized for being an entrepreneur.
For some hyper spiritual people, telling them that I’m a businessman lowers my dignity before their eyes. Because being a businessman means I “sell” stuff and earn a “profit”–two yucky words according to religious people. (To make matters worse, one of my businesses is running financial seminars. Yes, a seminar where I talk about money the whole day. My gosh, what could be worse?)
Some people don’t understand why I should be involved in a business. “Bo, you should be doing only holy work. Don’t dirty your hands in business.”
But in my mind, dirty hands means great dignity.
Dirty hands is a great honor.
And hands that don’t get dirty mean great shame!
Jesus ran a tiny business, building farm tools as a carpenter, and selling them to his neighbors for a profit.
St. Paul’s owned his own business too, weaving tents and selling them in the market for a profit as well.
I really believe that profit can be holy.
This is one of the many reasons why some people are poor: We’ve got crazy ideas in our brain that say that profit is bad, money is evil, and business is for crooks.
This coming 2015, I pray for your abundance. May you “dirty your hands”, give your special gift to the world, serve others with excellence, earn a profit, and give generously.
May our dreams come true,
Bo Sanchez
PS. Do you want to grow your money this 2015? This February 7, I’m giving my “How To Make Millions In The Stock Market” Seminar (pre-registration is required through email) in PICC, Pasay City. Today, thousands of happy people have taken this seminar and are already building their wealth. Join me and start changing your financial life this new year! For more details, click the link below:
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