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This is a five-study set designed to help workers make the shift
from driven ambition (a focus on self) to a healthy work ethic (the ability to
focus on something bigger than ourselves). These sets, containing five Bible
studies in each set, are designed to help you systematically discover Biblical
principles for tackling one of at least six journeys every Christian should
make in their lives.
Why We
Matter
The Reason We
Exist
The answer is easy. Keeping that
answer in the center of our consciousness isn't. We were created to be in
relationship with God. To fellowship with Him, engage in prayerful
conversation, and get to know Him. Contrary to what we're often taught, we were
not created to do things for God; we were created to commune with Him. Once we
know Him, then we not only know what He wants done, but how He wants it done.
Keeping
Our Focus
No
Distractions
In the first lesson of this series we
learned the reason we exist is to be in relationship with God. Our value rests
in that relationship and not in what we do. However, once we understand that,
the next thing we must learn is that God expects us to be busy doing His work.
And that includes tending His creation in the jobs we do. In fact, the Creation
account in Genesis teaches us that as human beings God assigns us to care for
the world (see Genesis 1:26-31; 2:15; 2:19-20).
Contentment
Living in the
Black
In Lesson One of this series we
learned the reason we exist is to be in relationship with God. What effect can
the temptation of our ever-increasing perks have on this relationship? In
Lesson Two we learned we must guard ourselves carefully to avoid being
distracted from the central mission in each particular season of our life. Here
in this third lesson, we learn some of the temptations and pitfalls that face
Christians as we learn to turn human ambition into Kingdom service, and discover
why contentment is a key to service.
Stewardship
Stewards of
Two Economies
Christians are required to live life
aware of two realities: (1) the tangible world where they live and work, which God
created; and (2) the spiritual world with its eternal perspective, which God
also created. We are not permitted to retreat permanently from one to meditate
on the other; nor are we allowed to compromise the principles of the eternal in order to prosper in the
tangible. In the face of cultural norms that challenge our spiritual
principles, we must find ways to adhere to those principles. And, while doing
so, we must also serve diligently, competently, and admirably in the workplace
and the society at large.
Leisure &
Rest
Rediscovering
Leisure
In a world where the pace is
constantly quickening, what role do leisure and Sabbath play for workplace
followers of Christ?
