What role does God play in your personal and family finances?

When he lost his job during the financial crisis of 2008, Bob Lotich heard God calling him to do something crazy: make his blog his full-time job. There was just one problem: the blog was bringing in less than $100 a month. But Bob trusted God, and within nine months he was earning more than he had working for a big financial firm.

In our interview, Bob shares what God has taught him through that experience and other experiences with giving God control of his finances.

Bob Lotich is an award-winning author, podcaster, financial coach, and Certified Educator in Personal Finance (CEPF®). He has been named a top-20 influencer in personal finance, and his writing and advice have been featured in Focus on the Family, Forbes, Yahoo Finance, Inc., Beliefnet, Time, and many others. He shares his best lessons with over 52 million readers and listeners on his blog, SeedTime.com, and the SeedTime Money Podcast.

00:00-03:45 introduction
03:45-12:15 Bob’s fence-post story: turning point in his financial life
12:15-18:00  losing a job and starting a new career
18:00-22:10 building the business
22:10-27:00 one thing that financially successful people do
27:00-35:00 highlights from Bob’s book, Simple Money, Rich Life
35:00-49:25 what the Bible says about money . . . and why