065 | Are you selling from FEAR or from FAITH? | Christian Entrepreneur

Are you overthinking every post, DM, or offer because you’re afraid of rejection or failure?

 Do you feel guilty or anxious after promoting your business, wondering if you’re being pushy?

✨ Inside this episode:

• The difference between striving and surrendering in business
• How fear subtly shows up in your sales conversations
• Faith-based mindset shifts to bring peace and purpose back into selling
• Encouragement to trust God’s provision and timing in your business

Transcript

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Hey, hey, hey! Welcome to the Faithfully Confident Podcast with Christian Confidence Coach Courtney Berry. That's me. This podcast was created for those of you who God called to become entrepreneurs and you desire the confidence, pursue a business. If you're starting on your journey and want to learn all things faith, confidence, marketing, and sales, you are in the right place. If you enjoyed today's episode, share this episode on your social and tag me at She BloomsFaithfully on Instagram. I'll catch you later and enjoy today's episode. Oh, and don't forget to subscribe. Hey, hey, hey friends! Welcome back to Faithfully Confident Podcast. Okay, so we're getting real today because I know firsthand how easy it is to say you trust God with your business, but you're secretly still panicking over your sales and your income in your business. Like I see you praying for clients, you quote the scriptures, but when it's time to actually post your offer or follow up with that lead, suddenly you're questioning everything. Was that too pushy? Should I have said that differently? Why hasn't anyone replied yet? Oh my gosh, you left me on red. And before you know it, you're operating out of fear instead of faith. Hands up if that's you. Not that I can see your hands. Anyway so today we're breaking that down. The difference between striving and surrendering, what fear-based selling actually looks like, and how to shift your heart to sell from peace and faith instead. So let's invite God in before we begin and let's pray. Lord, I thank you for every single person listening right now, for the calling that you've placed on their life and business. You've trusted them to steward. Father, we know that fear is not from you, it is from the enemy, Lord, and we don't want to be shackled by fear. So right now, we lay down every ounce of anxiety, every ounce of striving and self-doubt that has tried to attach itself to our business and our work. Lord, we surrender our goals, we surrender our launches, our numbers, our timelines, everything with our business to your feet, Lord. We give it to you. Father, remind us that you are the ultimate provider, not the algorithm, not the inbox, not our next sale, not our next conversation. Lord, you are the one who opens doors that no one can shut. So I pray that you would renew our minds today, Lord, that you would teach us to sell and serve from a place of confidence and knowing that we are simply the vessel you're using to reach the people you've already chosen. When we start to cling too tightly, Lord, just gently remind us that surrender is where peace is at. Lord, we want to be entrepreneurs who move with faith, not fear, who trust the process because we trust the one who called us to this purpose, the one who equipped and qualified us. Lord, that is you, and we want to trust you in the process of building this business. So have your way in our hearts, Lord, in our businesses today, and guide us and lead us. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. I'm gonna tell you something today that is going to hit a home. It's something that we all know, but we don't really actually know. Like we know it it's true, but we don't really process it. And that is that fear and faith can't coexist in the same breath. Kind of like how you can't be angry or happy in the same moment. You can't be fearful but be faithful at the exact same time. You're either believing in God's promises or you're believing in your fear. Now, don't get me wrong, this doesn't mean that you'll never ever feel fear again because we are human beings, fear is natural for us. It just means that you don't let it make your business decisions anymore. So here's how to tell if you're selling from fear, and you're probably going to either feel you align with all of these and this all hits home, or it might be just a few of them. But either way, we have all been there. You are not alone, and fear is very sneaky, and it often disguises itself as being strategic or being humble, but underneath it's really controlling you. So some things might be you constantly second guess your pricing, you're, you know, oh, is this the right price? Oh, I should make it higher, I should make it lower. And you're just constantly thinking about the pricing when really you just need to price it once. Go with your guy, go with what God told you to price it at and go with it. You don't need to change it constantly and second guess yourself because you're just wasting time. Something else is you change your offer every week because you think, oh, this is the one that will finally people will buy. Stop changing your offers, you guys, and just make that offer, master it, and sell that offer. That is how millionaires are made is they master that one program, they master that one strategy, and they just keep repeating it. So stop reinventing the wheel. God already has equipped and qualified you, He's already placed that desire on your part, your part, your heart. He's already given you that program, he's already given you that price. So just get out there and do it. Stop selling from fear and changing every single little detail. You maybe spend more time refreshing your analytics than resting in God's presence. I know I've done that before. I sometimes still do that, and I catch myself when I do it and go, wait, no, it doesn't matter. God's gonna, you know, push this to whoever needs to see it. Doesn't matter if, you know, 10 people see it or 10,000 people see it. God is going to put it in front of the people that need to see it. Ah, something else. You feel guilt or shame after promoting your offer, even though you know it's there to serve people, you know it's there and it might be the answer to someone's prayer. Selling from fear is so sneaky. You're when you're selling from faith, that energy shifts entirely. You move slower, you show up with peace instead of that fear. You follow up because you care, not because you're desperate, not because you need that sale, not because you need to have an answer today. You can rest after you post rather than spiraling out of control and wondering if you should delete that post, or maybe you should reword it, or maybe you should post at a different time, maybe your audience isn't available right now. God is going to put your content in front of the people that need to see it when they're ready to see it. Okay, God is going to put those people in your path when they are ready, when you are ready. It's not the algorithm, it's not like it's God. It's God, okay. But, anyways, so before I go on a tangent, let's get back to where we were. So selling with selling through fear or selling through faith. So faith says, I trust that God's already spoken to those that need what I offer. And your fear says, I need to convince them, or I'll miss out. I need to convince them, or I'm going to miss out. You just you. This is why I do what I do, you guys. I need you guys not to do that. Um, so another thing, faith says, I'm showing up to serve. And fear says, I'm showing up to prove my worth, I'm showing up to prove my value. And you can feel the difference between those two, especially in sales conversations, as the person on the other side, they can feel it. They know, they know when you're just trying to convince them or you're gonna miss out on a sale. They know, they can feel that. So the truth is you can't faith your way into peace. If your actions are still rooted in fear, you can't pray for that provision and refuse to rest. You can't expect the supernatural results when you're operating in fear. So here's your reframe for today. Faith doesn't mean doing less, it means doing what God's called you to do with that right heart. It's not about abandoning strategy, it's not about, again, doing less. It's about aligning that strategy with surrender. It means showing up for your shift for the day in your business and praying to God and saying, How can I serve today? What do you need me to do today? Father, guide me, lead me, bless my path with those people who I can help today. So you need to talk about like start, not talk about, sorry. You need to invite God as the CEO of your business into your business that day. That's why I love starting these podcast episodes with prayer because I'm inviting God into this conversation with us. So with that said, like that's something we do inside the Confident Sales Academy. It's that new membership I just created. And it's not another space about, you know, how to sell more programs. It's a space where we can bring both the practical and the spiritual together. It's where you're gonna learn how to confidently show up, how to share your offers and just sell in a way that feels like worship and not work, not salesy, not icky. We talk about how to invite God into your sales process, how to handle rejection without losing that confidence, you know, when you get those no's or not right now, or let me talk to my husband, you know, let me follow up with you in a bit. Anyways, how to follow up without fear, speaking of follow-up, because when you are spirit-led, your sales flow from peace, not from that pressure, not from just following up because you need to follow up because you need that sale. There's no pressure when you lead this way. So if you've been selling from a place of anxiety or you feel like your results are dependent on you alone, I would love, love, love to see you inside. So you can start with a 30-day free trial right now. You just go to confidencealesacademy.com forward slash membership. That's confident salesacademy.com forward slash membership. There's no pressure, there's no strings, just a space to grow in faith and confidence within your business and your sales process. Because you don't need to sell harder, you need to sell, as they say, holier. You need to sell holier. You need to invite God into your sales process. All right, my friend. So before you go, let's just take a second to reflect today. So where am I striving instead of surrendering? If you can name it, you can change it. Bring it to God, ask him to show you a new way to sell, one led by his peace. And if this episode encouraged you, could you please take 30 seconds just to leave a quick review on iTunes? It helps more faith-driven entrepreneurs to find this show, and it seriously makes my whole day to hear how these episodes are speaking to you. I love the other thing I do before I write a podcast episode is I go and I read my reviews because they are just they light me up. I love hearing what you guys think of the podcast. And with that being said, we are going to end this episode again, confidence salesacademy.com forward slash membership. If you are ready to shift from fear-based selling to faith-based confidence in your sales process, this is for you. Free 30 days. All right, I will see you inside the academy or I will see you next week. Go sell with faith, my friend. God bless. Thank you for tuning in to today's episode. I pray it brought blessings and inspiration to your day and in your business. If you enjoyed the podcast, I would be grateful if you could take a moment to share your thoughts with the review on iTunes. Your reviews uplift my spirit and help others discover this Faith Center community. Until our next episode, may you continue to be surrounded by grace and inspiration, and I pray for blessings to you on your journey. See you around.