In a world driven by profit and making a quick buck at the expense of others, there are always temptations for Christians in a home based business to set aside our moral and ethical values to make a profit or close a sale.
The "everyone else is doing it" syndrome lures many Christians into thinking we can be dishonest or deceptive just this once because we need to keep our home based businesses making a profit.
However, the Scriptures remind us of this timeless promise given by God: Praise the LORD.
Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who finds great delight in his commands.
His children will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.
Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for the gracious and compassionate and righteous man.
Good will come to him who is generous and lends freely, who conducts his affairs with justice.
(Psalm 112:1-5 - New International Version) Operating a Christian home based business opportunity presents a number of challenges.
Highest on the list is forgetting that we are Christians and that we operate by a different set of standards than the rest of the world.
God promises that genuine happiness comes to the man or woman who fears the LORD and who finds great delight in his commands.
As long as we keep our relationship with the LORD and our example as Christians as our top priorities we won't have to worry about the temptation to compromise truth when we present our home based business opportunities to others.
Always remember that good comes to him who conducts his affairs with justice - with honesty, fairness, truth and with a high moral and ethical standard.
That's God's promise.
Wealth and riches come to the home based business operated by an upright, gracious, compassionate and righteous man or woman.
This is the kind of person and the kind of business God delights in blessing with success.