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“How To” Tips for Relationship with God at Work

Posted in Bible, Faith and Work, God, Prayer, Serve, Seven Pillars of Faith and Work, Small Groups, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on September 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »

For those of you that could not attend the WorkMatters Eight to Five event in early September, here are some tools to help you on your faith@work journey.

This month we are focusing on the first and most important of the Seven Pillars of Faith at Work – RELATIONSHIP. Here are seven simple “how to” tips to help you be successful in abiding with God at work:

  1. Morning bible reading and prayer - include your work!
  2. Wear a wrist band as a reminder to “think God.”
  3. Meet weekly with trusted co-workers to discuss/pray for your work.
  4. Ask God for his peace in your work.  Start watching for it.
  5. Crazy but…the privacy of the bathroom makes an awesome prayer room.
  6. Over lunch one day, fast and serve in a food kitchen or homeless shelter.
  7. Be intentional with the Seven Pillars of Faith at Work.

What suggestions do you have?

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Inspiration for Relationship with God at Work

Posted in Adversity, Faith, Faith and Work, Family, God, Influence, Jesus, Relationships, Seven Pillars of Faith and Work, tagged , , , , , , , on September 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »

We are blogging this month on the first of  Seven Pillars…Relationship. Specifically, how we can walk with God all day, every day, but especially in our work. But it’s hard, isn’t it? The menial tasks. The grind. Deadlines. Worry. Money…and the list goes on.

But God calls us to see it differently, doesn’t he?  He calls us to see our work as a blessing, not a curse. To understand that our work is a mission, or at least it can be if we let it. To treat our work as worship to Him.

Do you need some inspiration to see a higher purpose in walking with God at work? Watch this video. Watch it to the end because it’s the last five minutes that really matter.

Now…what do you do with what you just witnessed?

How can your life and your work have deeper meaning?

What does your relationship with God look like now?

It’s up to you…

“His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’  Matthew 25:23

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Why Don’t I Abide with God at Work?

Posted in Faith and Work, God, Jesus, Relationships, Seven Pillars of Faith and Work, tagged , , , , , , , , , on September 14, 2011 | 2 Comments »

As we discuss the Relationship Pillar and this idea of abiding with God at work, the first question has to be…why don’t we do it?

We talked about this question in several discussion groups at last week’s Eight to Five event. Here are some answers:

  • Fear -  it could cost us something… relationship, $, promotion, job!
  • Busyness - #1 reason? We are going 100 mph all day long.
  • Enemy - you think?
  • Guilt – can’t live up to it; I don’t need that remorse.
  • Don’t think about it - literally, we just don’t think about God at work.

What do you see in yourself or others that keeps us from abiding with God at work?

Be thinking about this powerful truth:

I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me [abide] and I in you,     you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.  John 15:5

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Seven Pillars of Faith at Work

Posted in Relationships, Seven Pillars of Faith and Work, tagged , , , , on September 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

“But, how do you do it? I understand intellectually living my faith at work, but what does that really mean? And how do I do it?”

That question, asked in a variety of different ways, is the most often asked question of WorkMatters. Last Friday, we launched a new flavor of our Eight to Five marketplace ministry focused on answering that question!

Each month we will focus on one of WorkMatters Seven Pillars of Faith at Work.

The first and most important Pillar…RELATIONSHIP…was our focus on Friday. Our relationship with God at work is crucial and it is foundational to the other six Pillars!

Join hundreds of your peers as we go deeper this month on abiding with God at work. We will talk about it here, and we will be introducing additional tools and resources to help you on your journey.

Tomorrow…we’ll discuss what keeps us from abiding with God at work.

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