recovering the truth about work teen challenge training resourcecourse 517.02 6-2009
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Recovering the Truth about Work
Teen Challenge Training Resource Course 517.02 6-2009
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The Lord said in the Fourth Commandment, "Six days shall you labor" (Exodus 20.9)
Work is obedience to the God's Word. 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 …if anyone will not work, neither let him eat.
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Col 3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Col 3:23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men.
1Thes 4:10-12 But we urge you, brethren, to excel still more, and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you; so that you may behave properly toward outsiders and not be in any need.
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Work is not any less spiritual, or less important, than study, preaching, praying, singing worship songs, or any other pious religious activities.
Zech. 14 “In fact, all the pots and pans in all the kitchens of Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to God-of-the-Angel-Armies.”
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Responsibility Exercise leadership Demonstrate good character Use gifts or skills Exercise initiative Confront stereotypes
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Ruth Graham, Billy Graham’s wife, had these words at her kitchen sink.
Early Church saw no divisions between work and worship, study and prayer.
We must be careful not to compartmentalize and be sure our view of worship to includes all that we do.
Rom 12:1 I urge you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, {which is} your spiritual service of worship.
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We are not training for: high-paying jobs to gain a spirituality that is divorced from
the real world
We are training for: serving others in physical and practical
ways serving the Nations
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