How to Love what you do! Winning at work lunch

2. 1. Doing what you’re good at

3. 1. Doing what you’re good at
– Proverbs 18:16 - A man’s gift makes room for him,
And brings him before great men.

4. 1. Doing what you’re good at
– Proverbs 18:16 - A man’s gift makes room for him,
And brings him before great men.
– Deuteronomy 8:18 - You must remember the LORD
your God, for he is the one who gives ability to get
wealth; (NCV)

5. 2. Work as worship unto God

6. Only one-third (30%) of churched adults
can clearly see how the work they are
doing is serving God or a higher purpose.
Over two-thirds lack clarity on how their
work connects with God’s purposes
(Barna/LeTourneau)

7. Col. 3:22-25
Servants, do what you’re told by your earthly
masters. And don’t just do the minimum that will get
you by. Do your best. Work from the heart for your
real Master, for God, confident that you’ll get paid in
full when you come into your inheritance. Keep in
mind always that the ultimate Master you’re serving
is Christ. The sullen servant who does shoddy work
will be held responsible. Being a follower of Jesus
doesn’t cover up bad work. (The Message)

8. • Is compromise optional?
– Prov. 2:7 - He stores up sound wisdom for the
upright; He is a shield to those who walk in
integrity,
– Prov. 19:1 - Better a poor man who walks in
integrity than someone who has deceitful lips and
is a fool.

9. • Is excellence optional?
– 2 Peter 1:5 - add to your faith excellence
– Prov. 12:24 - The hand of the diligent will rule, But the
lazy man will be put to forced labor.

10. • Is serving optional?
– Matt. 20:28 - the Son of Man did not come to be
served, but to serve,

11. • Is giving optional?
– Prov. 3:9-10 - 9 Honor the LORD with your possessions
and with the first produce of your entire harvest; 10
then your barns will be completely filled, and your
vats will overflow with new wine.

12. • Is your witness optional?
– I Cor. 9:19-22 – 19 For though I am free from all men, I have
made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more; 20 and
to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those
who are under the law, as under the law, that I might win those
who are under the law; 21 to those who are without law, as
without law (not being without law toward God, but under law
toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law; 22
to the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I
have become all things to all men, that I might by all means
save some

13. • Is it about people?
– 1 John 4:10,11 - 10 In this is love, not that we loved God,
but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the
propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us,
we also ought to love one another.