Terry Davis is an author, attorney, business coach and abundance mentor. He is the founder of SmartBizUniversity.com, an online mentoring and business development training program for small and medium sized businesses. He has served as counsel for several successful startups, including the company that first introduced global Internet service to the commercial cruise-line industry.

His book Receive and Achieve…Now! 15 Bible Secrets on How to Find Joy, Success & Abundance in Small Business is about “equipping the saints for success and warfare.” Terry says, “I wrote this book...to provide entrepreneurs with a system to grow their businesses based on biblical principles so they can transform the world.” Terry is married with two children. He is an active member of the Church of the Highlands in Montgomery, Alabama.
In this episode, we will cover:

 3 Secrets to Developing an Abundance Mentality...

* Prepare for spiritual warfare.
* Have faith in God.
* Be a giver.

6 Myths About Abundance and Money...

* It’s wrong to pray about money.
* It’s wrong to desire prosperity.
* Having wealth makes you a bad person.
* Having money is the root of all evil.
* God doesn’t care about trials with money.
* God is pleased when we seek security.

And More...

* Why it’s important to act and pray like God wants us to be abundant.
* How having abundance enables us to do more of what God calls us to do.
* The difference between money and the love of money being “the root of all evil.”
* Handling the difficult choice of staying on the path God has called you to or going back to doing what makes money when times are financially tough.
* Dealing with the IRS when you have tax issues.
* The difference between having faith and exercising faith.
* The story about two farmers and which one exercised more faith.
* The importance of recognizing that everything we have belongs to God.
* How money is “neutral” and what we can do to “put God’s Spirit on it” by giving back to Him.
* How developing the habit of giving prepares us to willingly respond to God’s promptings when He needs us to give in specific situations.
* God’s word talks about money more than any other topic in the Bible.
* How money makes you more of who you already are.
* Using music, people, and the things you expose yourself to ion order to be pickled in the Gospel and become a person who will make right choices because of the influence and spirit you are under all the time.
* Why it's important to get yourself financially and spiritually fit so you can go out and do God’s work.
* When it comes to money, God wants us to be not like a sieve or strainer but like a funnel so that when He pours wealth into our lives, He is able to direct where it goes. We do that by 1) making a budget, 2) giving back to God, 3) saving money, 4) creating an emergency fund, 5) starting to eliminate debt. In other words, don’t pray for money on the one hand and then be irresponsibly spending or wasting it on the other.

Scriptures Quoted or Referenced:
 

Jeremiah 29:11: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (NIV)

Genesis 22:13: “Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son.” (NIV)

Ephesians 6:10-17:  “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.  Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers,