Colossians 3:23-24 (ESV)
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- The Necessity of our work: Does it provide?
· 2 Thessalonians 3:10-12 (ESV)
· 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 (NLT)
- The Motivation of our work: Does it contribute?
1 Corinthians 10:23-24 (ESV)
Mark 10:42–45 (ESV)
“Work jumped from being a ‘material production’ to being much more about ‘identity production.’ In other words, work used to be about making things. Then all of a sudden, work was about making us.” “When our work becomes who we are, and we derive our ultimate value and meaning from it, it runs the risk of becoming our God. The thing we worship. Bow down to. Become slaves.” ~ Jefferson Bethke
Colossians 3:23-24 (ESV)
“The task may appear unimportant or trivial, but the person doing it is never that, and he or she has the opportunity to turn the job into an act of worship.” ~ N.T. Wright
Revelation 22:1-5 (ESV)
1 Corinthians 15:58 (ESV)
- The Selection of our work: Is it honest?
Ephesians 4:28 (ESV)
Two clarifying questions about the honesty of our work:
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- Is what I am doing being done to the best of my ability?
- Is what I am doing worthy of being done?
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Luke 16:10 (ESV)
- The Integrity of our work: Is it thoughtful?
Romans 12:2 (ESV)
Deuteronomy 8:17-18 (ESV)
- The Limitations of our work: Is it balanced with rest?
Exodus 20:8-11 (ESV)
Matthew 11:28-30 (MSG) and ESV
Matthew 6:9–10 (ESV)