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August 4th – Do I Do That?
Taking It to Work: It is said that pride is a disease which makes everyone sick, except for the carrier. One of my favorite games to watch is rugby. My sons played it in their younger years, and it was non-stop action and hustle, lots of fun, even as a spectator. One of my favorite…
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August 3rd – Higher Than Hired
Taking It to Work: If you have been a Christian for any time at all, you are already familiar with today’s scriptures. They are easy to understand, but very, very hard to truly live out. In a way, they separate the men from the boys in living out the Christian life. Colossians 3:2 says we,…
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July 31st – Chipped, Loved and Used
Taking It to Work: We have a blessing cup at home that still gets used on special occasions. I’m not sure when we got it, but for many years it would be used to celebrate special occasions in our home. Sometimes for birthdays, sometimes for Thanksgiving, Easter or Christmas dinner. We usually put carbonated grape…
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July 30th – Flowing His Favor
Taking It to Work: Have you ever experienced God’s favor in the workplace? Have you ever flowed God’s favor in the workplace? When I was sixteen, I got my first real job as a helper at a small company called, Ladd’s Air-Conditioning. I was living with my grandparents at the time after a pretty rough…
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July 29th – Bigger Than You Think
Taking It to Work: In the world of business, we strive to know the customers that we serve. The better we know them, their needs, and them as people, the better we can serve them. To do this, we meet with them, ask questions, and truly ponder how best we can help and please them.…
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July 28th – Wake Up, Look Up
Taking It to Work: I have heard it over and over again, and I have experienced the good of it over and over again. We all have hear it at one time or another – the importance of starting out your day in communion with God. It really can’t be understated. Almost every Godly person…
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Taking It to Work: Today we’re going to talk about sharing your faith at work. It’s a scary subject for most, but it does not have to be. We’re not talking about sharing the full Gospel; that may come down the line later on. We’re talking about sharing your faith, or creating the opportunity to…
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July 24th – Life Balance
Taking It to Work: Those of us with children want to provide the best for them. We work hard to do so, but sometimes too hard. We can stay so busy and entrenched in our work, that in the extra effort to give our kids more, we actually give them less, and give ourselves and…
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July 23rd – Security Guard
Taking it to Work: What makes you feel safe? It’s a loaded question isn’t it? We know that since it’s devotional time, that our answer should be a biblically-based response focusing on our faith in God’s love and provision. Although for most of us, if we are honest, our answer is counter-biblical. We feel secure…
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July 22nd – Work Flow
Taking It to Work: Are you a thief? Probably not, so you may have skipped over Eph 4:28. It starts out with the fact that we should not steal, but be involved in honest work. It is the last part that is of interest. Why does the scripture say that we should be involved in…
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July 21st – Good Teacher
Taking It to Work: It is said, “We are all teachers in the school of life,” whether we want to be or not. The truth is, when we are merely around people, they are learning from us. I remember being in a meeting with a senior engineer who was acting as a lead on a…
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July 20th – Who’s That?
Taking It to Work: Some changes are absolutely amazing. I remember as a kid, watching a caterpillar hang itself under a leaf. Right before my eyes, in maybe a matter of a minute or two, the outside of his body hardened and got sort of shiny, and the little leg he was hanging from turned…
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July 17th – Maximum Load
Taking It to Work: Do you know what the best coaches do? They push you. Any athlete worth mentioning, has had a coach, or likely many coaches, who pushed them beyond what they would have ever done themselves. Coaches made us get up early, and put more weight on the bar. They pressed us for…
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July 16th – You Already Have It
Taking It to Work: Compared to the Elon Musks and the Bill Gates of the world, whatever we have in the bank, whatever house we live in, whatever car we drive, in their eyes we’re pretty much broke. Most of us will never see the incredible wealth these guys have. We are on another level…
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July 15th – Blind Ambition
Taking It to Work: One of my favorite actors is Russell Crowe. Now I really don’t know much about him, except that whatever character he plays, it is always very, very believable, and they are not all the same. He’s very versatile and very convincing. Now, because I really don’t know Mr. Crowe, and I…
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July 14th – See the Good
Taking It to Work: Someone told me one time that a fish doesn’t know it’s wet. I feel similar to that sometimes. Like you, I am so surrounded with blessings day in and day out, yet I can go for weeks not thanking, or even thinking of how blessed I really am. One of the…
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July 13th – What’s His Problem?
Taking It to Work: Do you ever notice how we are very quick to make excuses for our own bad behavior, but tend to judge others harshly for theirs? Inside we have reasons and justifications for our situation, but others, well, there is “no excuse” for their behavior, they are just selfish or unprofessional, or…
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July 10th – Time to Be Generous
Taking It to Work: I have met many generous people, and they fit into two primary groups – those generous with money, and those generous with their time. I admire both, but I think I admire those giving their time the most. People such as: those who visit the sick even after a long day…
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July 9th – Partners
Taking It to Work: Ecclesiastes says that two are better than one. Proverbs says one man sharpens another. So why is it that partnerships, Christian partnerships, including marriages, seem to be so hard now-a-days? The answer is in Phil 2:3-4. It is the fact we don’t regard others interest above our own. The Bible says…
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July 8th – Follow the Leader
Taking It to Work: Being a leader is very highly esteemed in our culture. The more people the leader controls, the greater amount of wealth that’s controlled, the more the leader is lifted into the limelight, and the greater the world’s admiration. You may secretly wish for such a position one day, and may work…