Business Advice from Church

Often times I go to church and the pastor says the ONE thing I needed to hear that week.

Does that ever happen to you?

Well a week ago the pastor at my church was talking about Doubt.

Obviously he was talking about doubting your belief in God and how to keep the faith but I took away some nuggets I thought I’d share with you. They can apply to your business too because you have to have complete faith in yourself and your business or it won’t survive right?

But many of us do get caught up in self-doubt or doubt in general sometimes, I know, I do too. It’s not easy when you work from home alone and no one to talk to but my dog Zeke all day.

I do try to call my optimistic, big thinking friends though if it really creeps in so I don’t allow it to stick around…because that’s deadly.

So, here are 7 Observations about Doubt that my pastor shared:

Doubt-free living is impossible.
The roots of doubt are more complex than assumed.
Every human being lives by faith
As long as you have faith, you will have doubts
Doubt can lead to a healthier faith
God does not give up on us because of our doubts
Faith is ultimately known by its words and its actions

And 4 Root Causes of Doubt (categories):

Intellectual Reasons

Emotional Reasons

Psychological Reasons

Wilfull Decisions

2 Quotes from the bible that he stated:

If you don’t have any doubts you are either kidding yourself or asleep. Doubts are the ants in the pants of faith. They keep it awake and moving.
The Christian faith is bi-polar. Disciples live their life between worship and doubt, trusting and questioning, hoping and worrying.

Now whether you’re religious or spiritual or not this can still apply to your life and business.

I know I talk all the time to my clients about keeping their faith and confidence up. You have to believe in yourself, what you’re teaching, what you’re charging, what you’re worth, where you want to go and why you want to make what you want to make in order to get these things and live a truly happy life in my opinion.