“The society as a whole and individuals in particular

are dying because they do not have the revolutionary

old biblical doctrine of work.”

British essayist, Dorothy Sayers in Why Work?

1. A Transforming Monday Morning Faith extends

redemption to the details of my particular work.

Luke 3:7-14 John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized

by him, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the

coming wrath? 8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And

do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our

father.' For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up

children for Abraham. 9 The ax is already at the root of the

trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be

cut down and thrown into the fire."

10 "What should we do then?" the crowd asked. 11 John

answered, "The man with two tunics should share with him

who has none, and the one who has food should do the

same." 12 Tax collectors also came to be baptized. "Teacher,"

they asked, "what should we do?" 13 "Don't collect any more

than you are required to," he told them. 14 Then some

soldiers asked him, "And what should we do?" He replied,

"Don't extort money and don't accuse people falsely—be

content with your pay."

What were they in effect saying?

“I hear the Sunday morning message but I

need the Monday morning meaning.”

Work Family

Church Government

Big Work Myths

Big Myth #1: “Monday morning integration comes

naturally if you are a follower of Jesus.”

1. Give yourself a baseline score on:

Evidence Calling

Deliver Skill

Display Character

Model Serving

2. Identify the unique “kingdom drivers” in your particular

business.

3. How equipped and prepared are you to lay out the

gospel if asked? What can you do to “button up” your

ability to present the gospel?

My Monday Faith Work Lab

2. A Transforming Monday Morning Faith is

motivated for excellence primarily because God’s

name is on the line.

1 Samuel 17: 25 Now the Israelites had been saying, "Do you

see how this man keeps coming out? He comes out to defy

Israel. The king will give great wealth to the man who kills

him. He will also give him his daughter in marriage and will

exempt his father's family from taxes in Israel." 26 David asked

the men standing near him, "What will be done for the man

who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel?

Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the

armies of the living God?" 27 They repeated to him what they

had been saying and told him, "This is what will be done for

the man who kills him."

Col 3: 22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and

do it, not only when their eye is on you and to win their favor,

but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord. 23

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for

the Lord, not for men, 24 since you know that you will receive

an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ

you are serving.

Big Work Myths

Big Myth #1: “Monday morning integration comes naturally

if you are a follower of Jesus.”

Big Myth #2: “I am the central customer of all my hard

work.”

1. What are the horizontal levers that best motivate

you?

2. How performance-driven are you in your approach

to life and work?

3. What can you do every day to keep the audience of

Jesus in front of you? Write and post a prayer to

help with this.

4. What can you do to make sure you aren’t slipping

into mediocrity?

My Monday Faith Work Lab

3. A Transforming Monday Morning Faith believes it

is very possible to have job satisfaction in an

unsatisfied society.

Ecclesiastes 3:12 I know that there is nothing better for men

than to be happy and do good while they live. 13 That

everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his

toil—this is the gift of God.

Ecclesiastes 2:24 A man can do nothing better than to eat

and drink and find satisfaction in his work. This too, I see,

is from the hand of God.

Big Work Myths

Big Myth #1: “Monday morning integration comes naturally

if you are a follower of Jesus.”

Big Myth #2: “I am the central customer of all my hard

work.”

Big Myth #3: “People at the top are always satisfied.”

1. How does a satisfied/fulfilled life reflect the reality,

power, and presence of God?

2. Identify the most fulfilled/satisfied worker you

personally know.

My Monday Faith Work Lab

4. A Transforming Monday Morning Faith sees my

work-life as a determinative ingredient in sustainable

kingdom impact.

1 Thessalonians 4:11 Make it your ambition to lead a quiet

life, to mind your own business and to work with your

hands, just as we told you, 12 so that your daily life may

win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be

dependent on anybody.

Big Work Myths

Big Myth #1: “Monday morning integration comes naturally

if you are a follower of Jesus.”

Big Myth #2: “I am the central customer of all my hard

work.”

Big Myth #3: “People at the top are always satisfied.”

Big Myth #4: “Monday is always ‘runner up, a permanent

second place’ relative to meaning and spiritual significance.”

“In nothing has the church so lost her hold on reality as

in her failure to understand and respect the secular

vocation; she has allowed work and religion to become

separate departments…she has forgotten that secular

vocation is sacred.”Dorothy Sayers in Creed or Chaos

1. How does a satisfied/fulfilled life reflect the reality,

power, and presence of God?

2. Identify the most fulfilled/satisfied worker you

personally know.

My Monday Faith Work Lab

“The works of monks and priests, however holy and arduous

they be, do not differ one whit in sight of God from the works

of the rustic laborer in the field or the woman going about her

household tasks, but that all the works are measured before

God by faith alone…Indeed, the menial housework of a

manservant or maidservant is often more acceptable to God

than all the fastings and other works of a monk or priest,

because the monk or priest lacks faith.”

Martin Luther