I used to cringe looking at my credit card balances. Seeing debt would set me into a state of depression. I'd binge on Mcdonald’s for a week, be super unproductive at the office, and disconnect from my morning time with God and my writing. That's the power that SEEING a credit card bill had over me. Crazy. However, I learned to change the way I see debt. I used to see it as slavery, but now I see it as freedom. I smile when I see my credit card bills because I know the debt is because I'm building a business that will (eventually) pay the debt off. That simple shift in my view has reduced my stress and helped me push forward with my ideas, even if I didn't know how long it would take to pay it off. I can rest assured that God is working in my life to become the entrepreneur that is faithful with a little and thus can be trusted with more. How could I go from depression to excitement over the same credit card bill? The only explanation is that the enemy has one plan for our lives, and God has a totally different (and opposite) plan. We Christian entrepreneurs can apply this type of mental opposition awareness to almost every area of our business and personal lives. The enemy that dwells in our mind has one goal - for us to feel pain. So how do we battle this enemy? How do we go to war with it so we can finally defeat its negative thoughts that send us into periods of depression? What I've come to learn is that our job isn't to battle the enemy. Jesus already did that and won. Our job is to know it exists, simply observe it, smile at it, and NOT follow where it wants to take you. The Bible says Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. (Ephesians 6:11-17 ESV) Notice how God's plan is to shift the mind into metaphorically protecting the body (where the holy spirit dwells), thus escaping the mental cycle that the enemy exists in. After you realize that the enemy dwelling in your mind (1 Peter 5:8) is causing you pain, preventing you from truly running your business in the present, you need to detach yourself from your mental cycle. How? To separate yourself from the grips the enemy has on your mind, you must become fully conscious of it and the power it has over you. Otherwise, you’ll never understand the countless small and subtle ways the adversary influences your thinking and behavior – and, therefore, your happiness. The Bible wants us to see the enemy as something we must battle against, thus the imagery of putting on the armor of God. Through observing yourself as a soldier standing firm in your faith, you’ve managed to create a gap in the enemy's flow of thinking. The great news is that you don't actually have to go into any battle. You're simply partnering with God (who is the armor), and He battled the enemy so you can run your business freely. That's why I can run my business with confidence, even in the face of the enemy taunting me because of my credit card debt. If you apply this concept to different business areas, you’ll start to notice how much you are usually occupied by the continuous attacks from the enemy in your mind. And you’ll have found the primary tool for interrupting the enemy and thus separating from it. HALLELUJAH! Another method I use to battle the enemy in my mind is to simply observe it without judgment. For example, I don't judge my debt as a failure, not getting rich fast enough, others being better than me, or being irresponsible with my money. Judging is itself an act of the enemy. He has us question everything, and usually, the judgment doesn't lead us anywhere good. So if we judge something, we are back to being controlled by our mind again. The counterattack to this is to use your physical body in a certain way. Some people will speak the enemy away. Others will just smile at it and accept that it exists. Our body knows what's good for us because that's where our Holy Spirit dwells. By doing these tactics, we'll learn to notice the enemy in our mind without having to follow it wherever it’s trying to lead us on our entrepreneurial journey. #TrustOnGod

The pandemic has caused many to face uncertainty, which has caused anxiety to build up within you, and You may try and think positive thoughts about your tomorrow, but the heaviness of anxiety cripples you If you are facing anxiety or struggling with it, here are two prayers to help you through: Dear Heavenly My God and My Lord, I am struggling with anxiety where its weight is too heavy to carry. Bless me with Your rest and refresh my soul from all anxiety.

A 3-Day Business Bible Study to Throw Off the Shackles of Anxiety and Live in Freedom COURSE HERE Do you struggle with moments of fear and anxiety in your business? I'm going to help you understand where anxiety in business comes from, what purpose it actually serves None of these anxieties are surprises to God. They all find precedents – and hope – in the Bible.

The reason why we have stress and anxiety about money is that we’ve attributed good things in our business Anxiety and stress make me forget. For me, it’s my antidote to stress. Do this, and see how your anxiety level about money changes.

(Philippians 4:6) The key to overcoming anxiety in business is simply to not let yourself be caught in a state of PERPETUAL anxiety. You can't remove anxiety, but you can TRANSFER the anxiety to Him so you don't have to carry it. of perpetual anxiety. #GodpreneurRule: Anxiety comes with business, but doesn't have to dominate us in our businesses.

There’s a pathway out of the valley of the anxiety and stress of entrepreneurship. Anxiety doesn't believe you received it. Stress doesn't believe you received it. Anxiety and gratitude can't share the same heart inside of an entrepreneur. Your anxiety will begin to fade as you write because anxiety and gratitude refuse to share the same heart God will help you pull out the roots of your anxiety.

I’ve uncovered the root of my anxiety. Their action doesn't cause them anxiety, our reaction to their action is what causes it. The situation we're in doesn't cause our anxiety; our reaction and response bring the anxiety. We understand anxiety when it's right there on the edge when it’s close because we’re not sure. When you know and declare the outcome, anxiety leaves you.

My anxiety goes through the roof, I don’t know how I’m going to get out of this low, and I want to quit

When we want something, it makes us stressed and gives us anxiety.

While at a men's retreat, the speaker talked extensively about depression and anxiety. He then explained that anxiety is when we're stressed or worried about something in the future. Anxiety over things we cannot control or out of our reach makes no sense (Matthew 6:27). His context here is about the emotions of fear and anxiety.

Your anxiety has taken complete control. What does all this anxiety mean to a business owner? Christian entrepreneurs battle anxiety. Jesus did. Jesus battled anxiety. Anxiety did not win, and this is God's plan for you too!

Back then, when fear, anxiety, and doubt ruled my thoughts, I thought self-control and “positive thinking ponder and plan in 2020 was a gift for some, but for many, including myself, the space to think led to anxiety