Title: Transforming Your
1- Transforming Your
- Workplace for Christ
2How do we define the workplace?
Government
Home
Business
Education
Wherever you work!
Social Society
Media Entertainment
3Problem?
- Lack of understanding that our work is a calling
and ministry.
4Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart,
as working for the Lord, not for men, since you
know that you will receive an inheritance from
the Lord as a reward. Colossians 323,24
- What the Bible says though is
5- May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon
us establish the work of our hands for us--yes,
establish the work of our hands. -
Ps 9017 - Take your everyday, ordinary lifeyour
sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and
walking-around lifeand place it before God as an
offering. Romans 12 1,
(The Message) - God has called you and me to reveal His glory
through our work!
6Brother Lawrence monk, dishwasher
- For me the time of activity does not differ
from the time of prayer, and in the noise and
clatter of my kitchen, while several persons are
calling for as many different things, I possess
God in as great a tranquility as when upon my
knees at the blessed Sacrament.Practicing the
Presence of God, 1600s - He found no urgency for retreats, because in
the common task he met the same God to love and
worship as he did in the stillness of the desert. -
7The Future
- We will begin to see corporations take a more
proactive acceptance of faith and work issues. - We will see prayer begin to impact the
workplaces. - We will see our cities transformed because those
in authority will be impacted with the gospel and
will become active and passionate about their
faith where they work.
8Future
- We will begin to see faith expressed in
government agencies, the entertainment
industries, education and corporate workplaces.
We will see more Christian-based initiatives as a
result. - We will hear of miracles in the marketplace
because the movement will be led by Christians
who are willing to move in faith and obedience
into arenas that previously were seen as taboo.
9- Where did Jesus spend most of His
Time? - Of 52 parables Jesus told, 45 had a workplace
context. - Of 40 miracles in the book of Acts, 39 were in
the marketplace. - Jesus equipped 12 from the workplace.
- Jesus spent more than 50 his adult life as a
carpenter before he went into a preaching
ministry in the workplace.
10What is your perception of what defines a
Christian in the workplace?
11 4 Attributes of the Workplace Witness God
Is Raising Up Today
1. Excellence
4.Signs wonders
2.Ethics/Integrity
3.Extravagant Love/Service
121. Excellence
- It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to
rule throughout the kingdom, with three
administrators over them, one of whom was Daniel.
Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the
administrators and the satraps by his exceptional
qualities that the king planned to set him over
the whole kingdom. (Dan 61-3). - cib
132. Ethics/Integrity
- Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts,
and in the hidden part You will make me to know
wisdom (Ps 516).
God is raising up a new kind of leader that has
great anointing and great integrity.
143. Extravagant Love Service
- whoever wants to become great among you must
be your servant (Mt. 2027). -
154. Signs Wonders (in the marketplace)
- The apostles performed many miraculous signs
and wonders among the people. And all the
believers used to meet together in Solomon's
Colonnade. (Acts 512). -
- They were not done in a corner, but among the
people, who were at liberty to enquire into them,
and, if there had been any fraud or collusion in
them, would have discovered - it. Matthew Henry
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164 Types of Christians in the Workplace
- 1) Christian who simply tries to survive in the
workplace. - 2) Christian who applies biblical principles in
the workplace. - 3) Christian who works in the power of the Holy
Spirit. - 4) Christian who transforms their workplace for
Christ. - Ed Silvoso, Anointed for Business
17BezalelThen Moses said to the Israelites,
See, the LORD has chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the
son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,and he has
filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill,
ability and knowledge in all kinds of crafts--to
make artistic designs for work in gold, silver
and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in
wood and to engage in all kinds of artistic
craftsmanship.
18Arthur Guinness
- Irish businessman at turn of the century
- Sought God about problem of alcoholism in Ireland
Make a drink good for them -
- Guinness Beer - Heavy iron content
- Barnardos childrens home
- Hudson Taylor
- Built a college to train missionaries
- Brought changes to legal system in England based
on biblical principles
19William Wilberforce
- 69 world-changing initiatives
- Abolished slavery after 50 years of work
- Almost went into the ministry, John Newton,
author of Amazing Grace convinced him to stay in
politics
20You are Called to Transform Nations
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- Therefore go and make disciples of all nations
- Matt 2819
21 What does transformation look like?
Newspaper Headlines
- CNN announces new program on how faith impacts
the workplace. - ATT renounces gay policy.
- Wall Street begins each day with prayer on the
exchange floor. - Churches pool money together to
- begin youth center in downtown
- area.
22What is the key to transformation?
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