1. Work as
What if your goal and purpose in life was to gain 1000 points and make it to the golden city? You’d probably have a few questions: 1) How do I gain points? 2) How many points do I have so far? 3) How do I get to this city?
Worship
Sept 16, 2018

2. Divine pleasure
Have you ever worked hard on something and felt pleasure as you looked back on it?
Project, art work, exercise, house/yard work
Sense of joy, satisfaction
Even if no one else saw it
Perspective and Purpose

3. Work as
What if your goal and purpose in life was to gain 1000 points and make it to the golden city? You’d probably have a few questions: 1) How do I gain points? 2) How many points do I have so far? 3) How do I get to this city?
Worship
Sept 16, 2018

4. Perspective and Purpose
Perspective – How you see your work
Gloom vs Glory
Purpose (Motivation) – Why you do your work
Gift vs Bribe

5. Many forms of work
Work isn’t just going into an office or building things at a construction site.
Your work may be taking care of children if you are a stay at home parent.
Your work may be school work if you are a student.

6. Video Presentation RightNow Video
All church has / can have access
JD Greear – Summit Church, Raleigh NC
Video begins and talks about the perspective of being a Christian at work, but really it applies to each person, whether you believe in Jesus or not.

7. Worship What is worship? Showing the worth of something – worth + ship
Bringing glory to God

8. Work a blessing, not a curse
Genesis 2:2 – God worked to create – “good” , “very good”
Genesis 2:15 – Adam to work and take care of garden (before curse)
John 5:17 – Father and Son working to this day
Colossians 3:23 - Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters

9. Work Perspective
Perspective – What is work? - Living out God’s nature of creation and serving
Gift of God
God is working
Serving God by serving others – My work can be an answer to someone’s prayer
God takes pleasure in seeing his masterpieces express what they were made for (flowers – beauty; you – using the gifts and abilities he gave you to enhance the lives of others and enhance the world)
Question: How can I maximize God’s glory through my work?

10. Work Purpose
Purpose (Motivation) – Why/How? doing work to the glory of God
Doing as an act of service
Question: How can I serve those who God has put into my life?

11. Next Week
Work Characteristics
Excellence
Integrity
Service