Jesus’ 5 Instructions for Letting Him Lead Your Christian Business

About this episode

This episode discusses five clear instructions from Jesus on how to let Him lead your Christian business, emphasizing the importance of scripture and obedience.

While we desire to let Jesus lead, wouldn't it be GREAT to have clear instructions on how to do that? Many of us high-achieving Christian women are letting Jesus lead in some places but not others. And the result of carrying that weight alone often looks like burnout, broken relationships, and a faith that stays neatly contained to Sunday. There's a better way — and Jesus gives us five clear instructions for it. In this episode, you'll learn: Why meditating on God's Word (Joshua 1:7–9) is the first and foundational step to letting Jesus lead your business — and what it actually produces What it means to truly follow Jesus as a Christian entrepreneur (hint: it requires sacrifice and the surrender of self-direction) How John 15 reframes everything about productivity and accomplishment — and why "without me, you can do nothing" is not a warning but a truth wrapped in grace & love Why we seek everyone else's counsel before we seek His — and how Matthew 6:33 corrects that pattern What walking in your new self (2 Corinthians, Ephesians) has to do with how you show up in your Christian business today The powerful example of Peter in Luke 5 — and what his "at your word, I will let down…

People in this episode

Host: Erin Harrigan

Topics covered

• Christian entrepreneurship
• letting Jesus lead
• faith and business
• surrender and sacrifice
• productivity in faith
• scriptural guidance

Keywords

• Christian business
• Jesus leadership
• entrepreneurship
• faith
• scripture
• productivity
• surrender
• sacrifice

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Joshua 1:7–9, John 15, Matthew 6:33, 2 Corinthians, Ephesians, Luke 5, Deuteronomy 6:5, Matthew 22:37–38, Matthew 16:24, Romans 8:28

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