God and the rest of the week Work

God and the rest of the week Work as Worship Prov 11: 1, Ps 15: 1 -3, 2 Cor 8: 9, Gen 4

2 ways you worship God while you work 1. Worshipful Work Fulfils God’s Purposes in Creation 2. Worshipful Work Pursues the Highest Standards of Excellence

Our Primary Goal To Glorify God!

3 more ways you worship God while you work 3. Worshipful Work Reflects the Highest Standards of Ethics "Flee at once. All is discovered. "

Worshipful Work Reflects the Highest Standards of Ethics • Work that worships God will conform to the highest standards of ethics, because it seeks to demonstrate the justice and integrity of God. • Proverbs 11: 1, "A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is his delight. “ • Psalm 15: 1 -3

3 ways you worship God while you work 4. Worshipful Work Makes Blessing Others Its Bottom Line • 2 Corinthians 8: 9 • Those who experience the Gospel become like it. • That’s what you do when you follow Jesus!

Worshipful Work Makes Blessing Others Its Bottom Line • You think about more than personal profit in your bottom line. • "I know we can make a profit from this, but is it genuinely helpful to people? " • How can I use this business not just to enrich myself, but to bless others?

How can I be an effective witness for Jesus in the workplace? • 1 Peter 3: 15 • We are to live in such a way. . . that people ask about our motives. • Fulfilling God’s creation plan; • With excellence, integrity, and to bless others.

How can I be an effective witness for Jesus in the workplace? • Do you work so hard, with such excellence, integrity, and grace that people sense the reality of a hope and an invisible kingdom that they just have to ask you about it?

3 ways you worship God while you work 5. Worshipful Work Seeks to Advance Jesus’ Mission Where It Can • Work done by disciples of Jesus should be done with a view toward the Great Commission • "Do what you do well for the glory of God and do it somewhere strategic for the mission of God. "

A Word of Warning • Worship God, Not Your Work • Instead of being something we pursued to glorify God and serve others, work became one of our primary sources of identity and idolatry. • Genesis 4

A Word of Warning • Cain • His descendants developed agriculture, music and were metal workers (Gen 4: 20 -22). • "Look at God and worship Him, " • "Look at me, and be impressed. " • Seth • “Those who began to call upon the name of the Lord" (Gen 4: 25).

A Word of Warning • Work is a terrible god; • God is a great God

Work as Worship • Work matters to God; • God matters to work!