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May 9th – Good Listening
Taking It to Work: Are you a good listener, or do you think you are a good listener? I have to admit, when I really pay attention to my listening skills, I’m really not very good, but I also don’t think of it as a spiritual issue. I say to […]
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May 8th – Moving Up
Taking It to Work: We have a choice at work – either strive to impress our boss, co-workers and customers, in hopes of a raise or being promoted, or we can simply strive to give our best effort to please our Lord and to truly help those we serve. If […]
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May 7th – Patient Training
Taking It to Work: I was a pretty tough father. I wanted to give my kids the best start in life that I could give them, and I decided early on that I was not going to forgo discipline, even though I knew I was not going to enjoy it. […]
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May 6th – Working Together
Taking It to Work: Our God is capable of all things. When we put faith in His capabilities, and faith in His willingness to use those capabilities on our behalf, we have the Biblical definition of a faith that pleases God, and a faith that can move mountains. Most of […]
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May 5th – Peace Be Still
Taking It to Work: There’s a story told about a famous tightrope walker named Tipsy, who was planning to walk across the expanse of the Grand Canyon while pushing a fully loaded wheelbarrow. “I’m nervous,” he said to his biggest fan. “Nonsense Tipsy!” said the fan. “You are the greatest […]
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May 2nd – Limelight or Godlight?
Taking it to Work: It is said, “Conceit is a disease that makes everyone sick, except for the carrier.” We have all met those in our lives who have that disease, especially at work, those who are self-focused, self-serving, always wanting the limelight. On the other hand, we have met […]
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May 1st – Are You A Phinehas
Taking It to Work: When I was sixteen, the Lord arranged that my first full-time job was one with a small air-conditioning company where my boss and his wife were practicing Christians. In retrospect, I’d say she practiced it a lot better than he did, but for a young man […]
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April 30th – True Life
Taking It to Work: There is a common path that God has put most of us on, that often we don’t see clearly. It involves three very top-level steps that are so large and long in duration, that they don’t even feel connected. Let’s call them school, work life, and […]
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April 29th – The Whole Truth
Taking It to Work: Deadlines, due dates, delivery promises. If there is one area where Christians habitually lie, it’s amidst our promises at work. Now that sounds harsh, but I have experienced it time and time again. Good, God-honoring men and women will promise to do something by a certain […]
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April 28th – Fear Not
Taking It to Work: Yesterday we said it is okay to take on more than we can handle alone, as long as we know His strength and guidance is with us. Today we talk about the fear that can take over the best of us, as we are forging ahead […]
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April 25th – What Wall?
Taking It to Work: How often have we said, “I just can’t handle this!”? Have you ever had the crisis of faith that comes with not understanding how a loving God could let such calamity into your life, wondering why it has to be so tough sometimes? We have all […]
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April 24th – Dumb Luck
Taking It to Work: As true Christians, we hate the “four letter words” that are fast becoming commonplace in our rapidly degrading culture. In 1939, not all that long ago, it was a public uproar that the word “damn” was released in a motion picture to the public. Although it […]
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April 23rd – The Aim of Gain
Taking It to Work: We, even as Christ-followers, are so easily tricked into thinking that the end game is just enjoying life in security and comfort. It is a common teaching of our culture, and it is very hard not to be driven by those things. Comfort and security are […]
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April 22nd – Voice Recognition
Taking It to Work: We have discussed the importance of this many times before, but it stands as one of the most important aspects of a serious Christian’s walk through life – recognizing and following God’s voice. That last sentence presents two very great challenges. First, the ability to know […]
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April 21st – The Greatest Miracle
Taking It to Work: Yesterday, in over ninety countries across the globe, Resurrection Sunday focused on the greatest miracle that the world has ever seen. A normal man, so they thought, who claimed to be the Son of God, with the self-proclaimed authority to raise himself from the dead, a […]
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April 18th – Stranger in the Hall
Taking It to Work: I remember one time when I was in high school, when my grandfather had to come to the school to see me for some reason. I remember the picture in my mind of seeing him from afar, a silhouette from the bright light coming through the […]
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April 17th – Waiting With Hope
Taking It to Work: Last Sunday everybody was celebrating Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. By Monday he was turning over tables in the temple, and being grilled about His authority. Tuesday He spoke purposely, but not so clearly, to his disciples about the end times. He emphasized being prepared. There’s […]
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April 16th – Our Faith Journey
Taking It to Work: The most difficult thing, and arguably the most critical thing, about living out our life as a Christian is actually having a real, working faith. I have often wondered why God does not make His presence known more clearly to those He loves. Why does He […]
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April 15th – Stop and Smell the Roses
Taking It to Work: I have a self-diagnosis of two simultaneous conditions that hinder me greatly in appreciating all in which God has blessed me. I’m sharing this, because I just might not be alone! What are those dual conditions? Tunnel Vision and Speeding Train Syndrome, neither of which help […]
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April 14th – Draw Them
Taking It To Work: Omnipotence. It means all powerful. Not just very powerful, it means possessing and having at His disposal all existent power. It means nothing is out of his control, past, present or future. Without exception, everything is in His complete command. It is what every tyrannical leader […]