Business is more than strategy and income—it’s also about alignment with your values. In this episode, Kerry shares how faith based business decisions can bring peace, purpose, and clarity to your entrepreneurial journey.
You’ll hear real-life stories and practical insights on how to trust God with your business, especially during uncertain times. Whether you have a faith-based life or just searching for direction, this episode is an honest look at aligning your business with what matters most.
✅How to trust God with your business income
✅The importance of prayer in making key decisions
✅Why journaling helps you hear from God
✅Learning to wait and rest instead of rushing
✅How faith can ground your entire business journey
🔗 Grab the Joy Verse cards mentioned in the show notes to keep your mindset rooted in truth and encouragement.
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Trusting God for Business Income
Hey, everyone, Kerry Beck here with Family Ebiz, where we help families start and scale online businesses to find the freedom in their life, to do what they're called to do. Today I am taking a little different angle on my podcast and you know, I talk a lot about practical strategies. I talk about email marketing, grow your list, get the right offer, get the funnel going in the right direction.
But right now I'm sort of in the middle of a series that has a lot to do with my heart and my brain, my soul. And how do I move forward? We've been talking about focus and clarity, and that's all up here in our thoughts. And sometimes we get so worked up in our thoughts that we can't move forward.
Today I'm going to do something a little different. Let me tell you why I'm doing what I'm doing today. Most of you all know that I run some small group masterminds. And this is where 4 or 5 bloggers online business owners get together once a month, and we talk about what's going on and how we can encourage each other.
And I had just worked on these last 2 episodes on focus and clarity and making wise business decisions. And we were in a mastermind. And Pauline is one of my mastermind students, and she was talking about how she was just praying to see the direction she needed to go. And I listened to her and I went, why didn't I say that on my episodes that I've just written about?
And I thought, Kerry, faith is the center of who you are. Now, if you're not a faith-based person, that's fine. I still think you can get a lot out of this episode. But that is who I am, and I need to remember it's not just this strategy, step 1, 2, and 3. We need to always go back to God.
I don't know what your faith is. I know my faith is in God. I'm going to give you some other principles that will go along with this. But that is what I want to talk to you today about. I want my business to be aligned with my faith and my calling. And that's why we do a lot of this - we want the freedom to do what we are called to do because business is about more than strategy. It is more than just money.
It's heart values and direction, and a lot of it is really serving. You've heard me say it: serve your audience before you sell. And that is so, so true.
So what I want to do today is talk about 4 different things. Yes, they are faith-based, but some of them you can use however you want. The first one is your business income.
I personally trust God every month, sometimes every single day, because it would be really easy for me to get anxious and worried about when my income is like this. I was talking to another mastermind member, saying she hadn't had really good sales, and then, all of a sudden, in July it just shot up. And that is the truth about entrepreneurship - we have ups and downs.
How do you deal with it without being anxious and without being worried? For me personally, I trust God for my business income. I believe that he is going to take care of me. He's a good God, and I am just going to trust him. And I'll be honest, he has taken care of me completely.
Some of you know my story, some of you don't. But part of my story is that back in 2020 I lost half my income. I have been working with a nonprofit down in El Salvador every month, flying down there working with moms and ladies and teenagers, and the school and everything. And all of a sudden that was gone.
And I was like, okay, what am I going to do? God? I don't know what I'm going to do. What do you want me to do? And so I really had to press into that, and that's where I had to take a step back. And God actually took this hobby business that was only providing like half my income, and took it to a full time income that summer.
In fact, in 2 weeks or 3 weeks this year, 2025, I'll be hosting homeschool superheroes week. I started it back in 2010, ran it for 4 or 5 years and quit. We didn't really need the money, it was not that big a deal. But in 2020, as I talked to God and prayed and journaled and did some of the things I'm going to share with you, I decided to resurrect homeschool superheroes. And after that, in that August, all of a sudden, I was like, okay, God's taking care of me. He's provided, we're moving forward with my homeschool business.
So I would really encourage you: don't be anxious, don't worry. Release that control and trust. You can't control it. You've got to trust, and I personally trust in a higher being which is God Almighty. And yet I am still very diligent to work well - here I am making a podcast episode. I was working earlier on some homeschool superheroes checkout pages. So I still do the work. It's not like I'm just like, okay, God, I'll just sit here, and you can just throw the money in my bank account. I do have to trust God every single month for income to pay those bills.
Number 2 is praying. Like Pauline said she was praying about the direction of her business. And so I actually do take the time. You know I've got something that for next summer that I am already talking and praying about. I was talking to a friend, Andrew Pudawa, and one of my mastermind students, Melanie Wilson, last weekend, and I was like, that's what I'm going to do. I think that's what I'm gonna do. But now I am praying about that.
Do you ever pray about the direction of your business, or is it just pros and cons list? I believe God gives me direction. I have to tell you that about a year and a half ago I was considering buying a business called Homeschool Blogger Network. And we didn't really come to an agreement.
But I was like, okay, God, I'm trusting in you. This would be a great turn for us, I believe, for my business, but if it's not, that's fine. Then in December she came back to me again. I made an offer, it didn't work, we didn't agree. So by January I was like, okay, I'm not even gonna pay attention. I had total peace. I let it go.
All of a sudden, and I've been reading in my 5 year journal how a year ago, July, all of a sudden this offer came back. She took the offer. We moved forward, and I ended up buying a business. I had never bought a business in my life, and in August I was the new owner of homeschool blogger network and homeschool Blogger University, and had been able to grow that.
But I really believe I let it go, and I let God do whatever he wanted to do, and it ended up working out. So I think sometimes we do need to take a step back. I was fine if that didn't move forward. I had peace, I had clarity, and I had focused on doing something else. And sometimes we've got so much going on, we're just overwhelmed. We've got to let it go. I personally think trusting God and praying are 2 of the easiest ways to do it.
Number 3: Journaling. I just told you I've been reading. I have a 5 year journal, and I actually have 2 of these because I started this one in 2020 covid year. And then last year I moved into this one. And it is so cool to be going along. And the thing I like about this, you don't have to write hardly anything. So you can see they're just like 4 or 5 lines. So if you're not a real big journaler, you can just write down a lot of times. I just wrote work or good interviews.
But I do include business stuff in here. I include personal things. I include prayer requests. I include aha moments. I include all sorts of things in this five-year journal. But what I really like is now, when I was doing this one, I did a different color every year. If I were writing this I'd read what was above it, and I would see the things that had changed, or the benefits and the blessings that I had. Because let's face it, our mind needs to be grateful. If we have a thankful heart and a thankful mind, it's going to take care of all the problems. It will literally change the way you think. Gratitude changes the way you think, so journaling is a great way to do this.
Why do you think journaling helps? You see, when we take not typing, take a pen, and I use different color markers for every day, and we write it slows our mind down. And like we're writing, and those thoughts are going on in your head, and you have time to process business decisions, personal decisions. I personally believe when I'm doing this, I'm actually talking to God and listening. And when I have those thoughts in my head, I believe that's God speaking to me, and that gives me clarity and focus.
And it's been so fun to be able to see the answers to prayer. And again, if you're not a faith based person, that's fine. I personally, I gotta throw this in here, you know what I mean by faith. I mean that I believe that my Jesus died on the cross for my sins, that I am a sinner, and I don't deserve to go to heaven and be in his family. But I'm going to believe in Jesus. I don't know where you are. I believe we all have a God sized hole in our lives, and the only thing that's ever going to fill that hole is Jesus Christ.
And then the last thing is just waiting and resting, and that is the hardest thing in the United States. We want instant answers. We have instant oatmeal, we have instant cash, go to an ATM, or just use your credit card. We have instant pudding, we have instant everything. But that isn't always the way a business works. We don't always get instant answers.
So we need to wait on the Lord and not rush to execute every idea. Not everything is good, and there are things just like the Homeschool blogger network. I had to let it go in January, and 6 or 7 months later it appeared. And now I have a whole new business.
I also believe you need to rest physically. Rest, do not work 7 days a week. You need a break. Our brain needs a break from thinking about it. Our brain needs a break from social media and screens. I believe God designed us to work, but to also rest. And I think that is so important. Hustle is, I mean we call it a side hustle, but that is not what we need to do. We need to slow down. I am speaking to myself and rest, because when we get sleep, when we get rest, our brains can make better decisions.
So trust in God, pray, journal, rest in the Lord and rest. Get some sleep. You need that. Those are some of the most important things, and these are heart-centered practices. Yeah, I know that's not go set this email up and go make this offer and make this funnel. But I'm going to tell you what I'm sharing today is the foundation of my business. It is how I can move forward.
I would really encourage each of you to build a business that honors your values and gives space for you to listen for direction moving forward. I would really encourage you to possibly journal today just what's going on and what you're thinking about and where you feel like your direction is. Pray today, and just listen to God. This is just one step to invite clarity and focus from God.
Grab my Joy verses cards - little printable reminders for when business gets overwhelming. Check the show notes for the link to download them free!