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- Recognize that God created you to be productive. “And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.””
- Know that Jesus requires a return on your life. The Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25:14-30 tells us that Jesus wants us to make the best use of our time for his sake.
- Seek after living productively because this is important to God. “Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.
- Acting in God’s power, work for the peace and prosperity of all. “But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.”
Sep 11, 2024 · Believers in Jesus Christ can leverage the skill of personal productivity to bring glory to God in at least three ways. 1. Personal productivity helps believers glorify God by making us more intentional in bearing the fruit of good works. In John 15, Jesus uses the metaphor of a vine and branches to teach His disciples how good works are a ...
Jan 25, 2016 · Characteristics Of Effective Ministers (Colossians 1:24-29) “Now I rejoice in what was suffered for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church. I have become its servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness ...
Jun 11, 2013 · Through our work God brings forth food and drink, products and services, knowledge and beauty, organizations and communities, growth and health, and praise and glory to himself. A word about beauty is in order. God’s work is not only productive, but it is also a “delight to the eyes” (Gen. 3:6).
Jun 2, 2016 · We work because our Creator works, and we’re made in his image, to reflect him. According to one Bible dictionary, God has infused “the act of work with meaning and divine significance, enjoining upon humans an obligation to engage in work even as God works.”. In Genesis 2:15, “The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden ...
Aug 12, 2020 · 1. Seek justice, faithfulness, and love. We please God when we show God-like justice, faithfulness, and love. We do justice to all, and with particular attention to the weak and defenseless, to widows and orphans. We are faithful when we endure, instead of giving up, when we face opposition or sabotage.
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As you’re praying in your car or by your bedside in the morning, opening your life to the presence of God, it doesn’t stop when you get to work. Jesus really is present there in your workplace. He is just as much Lord there as he is anywhere else. 6. You are not 'Making a Living.'. God is Giving You Life.
