UNITY Notice a Need and Meet It Part

How much do you enjoy your work? Why do you enjoy it, or not

Our flesh’s default setting is to seek to secure earthly treasure. Matthew 6: 19

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy

but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Our flesh’s default setting is to be anxious about life and sustenance. Matthew 6:

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will

The Spirit’s default setting is to seek God’s kingdom above all Matthew 6: 31

Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat? ’ or ‘What shall

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above,

Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on

When Christ Who is your life appears, then you also will appear with Him

In order to seek God’s kingdom in our work, we must see it as

The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden

And to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your

thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the

In order to see our work as worship, our work must be redeemed by

1. Work becomes worship when we connect it with God Ecclesiastes 2: 24 -26

There is nothing better for a person that he should eat and drink and

For to the one who pleases Him God has given wisdom and knowledge and

2. Work becomes worship when we use it to serve Christ Colossians 3: 22

Bondservants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing

3. Work ceases to be worship when we see it simply as a job.

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the

He who is a hired hand not a shepherd, who does not own the

He flees because he is a hired hand cares nothing for the sheep.

What are some ways that the “thorns and thistles” of your work have taken

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UNITY Notice a Need and Meet It Part 4 (Work is Worship) Colossians 3: 22 -24

How much do you enjoy your work? Why do you enjoy it, or not enjoy it? How do you understand your work, what is its purpose? Do you see your work more as a job or as a ministry?

Our flesh’s default setting is to seek to secure earthly treasure. Matthew 6: 19 -21

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,

but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Our flesh’s default setting is to be anxious about life and sustenance. Matthew 6: 25

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

The Spirit’s default setting is to seek God’s kingdom above all Matthew 6: 31 -33

Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat? ’ or ‘What shall we drink? ’ or ‘What shall we wear? ’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Matthew 6: 33

Colossians 3: 1 -4

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

When Christ Who is your life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

In order to seek God’s kingdom in our work, we must see it as worship

The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. Genesis 2: 15

Genesis 3: 17 -19

And to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it, ’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;

thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return. ”

In order to see our work as worship, our work must be redeemed by God

1. Work becomes worship when we connect it with God Ecclesiastes 2: 24 -26

There is nothing better for a person that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God, for apart from Him who can eat or who can have enjoyment?

For to the one who pleases Him God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He has given the business of gathering and collecting, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

2. Work becomes worship when we use it to serve Christ Colossians 3: 22 -24

Bondservants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.

3. Work ceases to be worship when we see it simply as a job. John 10: 11 -13

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

He who is a hired hand not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.

He flees because he is a hired hand cares nothing for the sheep.

What are some ways that the “thorns and thistles” of your work have taken the joy out of your work? What are some ways can you seek God to redeem your work so that it will become more of a part of your daily worship to Him?