"work" Tagged Sermons
Faith-Shaped Work
This message will explore the ways in which our faith shapes how we live each day with our work, establishing godly habits, entering into rhythms of work and rest, and letting God shape our use of time. Matthew 28:18-20 Sermon Outline Which word best describes your work situation: demanding, wonderful, meaningless, frustrating, satisfying, non-existent, stressful, joyful or other? Now, what word would Jesus use to describe your work? Our work becomes most disoriented when we forget who has ultimate authority,…
A Crash Course in Christ-Centered Relationships
Paul now applies the calling to live worthy of Christ by putting of the old self and putting on the new self to the sphere of relationships. Drawing upon the common household codes of his time, Paul reframes the basic social unit of the household with the Gospel calling of selfless love and consideration of the other. Thus, husband-wife, parent-child, and master-servant relationships are transformed through Christ as His people live by the Holy Spirit in the attitude of mutual…
Labor
Unless God is at the center of all that we are, whatever we are doing is in vain. This will include some exploration about work, effort, vocation, and worship. Psalm 127 shows us that our work is a gift from God. No matter what work we are doing, we should treat it as a joy because our work can be a reflection of worship unto God, if we give glory to God in our work then He will bless our…
Opportunities at Work
This week ranges through the ways that the Gospel transforms our aim with work. We will look at our sense of calling and vocation, our understanding of how all work joins with God’s work, the sense of common grace, and how we can live out our faith in word and deed in our different types of work. Key passage: Colossians 3:23-24. SERMON OUTLINE “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human…
Love at Work
This week explores the need to reorient our lives around Christ and to submit everything to him, including our work. We will specifically explore topics of the way in which we do our work and how Jesus shows us the way to work. This includes ethics, the way we treat others, and learning to appropriately love our coworkers. Key passage: Mark 12:28-34. SERMON OUTLINE “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all…
Difficulties at Work
This week focuses on the difficulties we develop with work, including fruitlessness, selfishness, meaninglessness, and idolatry from Genesis 3, Ecclesiastes, Genesis 11, and Exodus 34. SERMON OUTLINE Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.” (John 5:17) The Fall: Unclothed (Genesis 3:7, 17-19) Jesus: The Messiah Who Works (Luke 22:39-23:49) Yielded to God in work (Luke 22:39-46) Disappointed by others at work (Luke 22:47-62) Accused by others at work…
God at Work
This week explores work from the perspective of God’s plan from creation for work (Genesis 1-3; 1 Corinthians 7:17). It will address God’s overall intent in work, the dignity of work, then work as dominion and cultivation and service. SERMON OUTLINE “God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves…