Learning Why Work Matters
Too many Christians still separate their work and their faith. Faith is the thing that happens on Sunday. Work and life happen the other six days of the week.
Of course, in our heads, we know this isn’t true. But saying that our work matters to God is different from believing it and living it each day in our jobs and families.
We need regular reminders: work is not a curse! Adam worked the garden before the fall. Working is an important part of what makes us human—whether we earn a pay check or not. And God cares about our work.
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If you only learn one thing here . . . >
by Howard Butt, Jr.
What you do, each and every day, matters to God.
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Why Work Is Holy >
by Dave Williamson
You will spend over 100,000 hours of your life working. This is more than anything else you'll do except sleep.
What Really Matters to God >
by Mark D. Roberts
READ Psalm 50:1-23 I have no complaint about your sacrifices
or the burnt offerings you constantly offer.
But I do not need the bulls from your barns
or the goats from your pens.
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Working in the Image—and the Presence >
by Dave Williamson
The creation story says that humankind was created in God's image and immediately assigned a task: "Let them have dominion" (Gen. 1:26–28). Human creatures received responsibility and resources. The Creator invited the creature into a partnership to…
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God Wants You to Work Like a Dog >
by Bill Peel
Our two border collies often remind me of the connection between satisfying work and energizing joy.
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Set Apart in the Workplace >
by Camy Tang
Some of us could recite the Ten Commandments in our sleep. But often, we forget the refrain: We are a people set apart.
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God's Secret (to Contentment at Work) >
by Heather Goodman
"I don't deserve to be treated like this," the patient yelled at me. Neither did I.
