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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…
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July 3rd – Dependence Day
Taking It to Work: I often think we must look like perpetual teenagers to God. I’ve raised a few of them now, and there is a common desire in each of them for independence from their parents. Some personalities show it a bit stronger than others, but especially in my boys, the late teen years…
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July 2nd – U-Turn Permitted
Taking It to Work: When can you get somewhere faster by stopping and going in the opposite direction? The answer: whenever you have made a wrong turn. In the story of the prodigal son, that son made a very wrong turn, and his best way forward, was to go back. When he did go back,…
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July 1st – Obstacle Course
Taking It to Work: What times in your life did you grow mentally, spiritually or physically stronger? How about intellectually stronger? Good teachers know, and I have had many. They push, they challenge, they pile on the work stretching your mind to think, reason, and understand. I’ve had good coaches too, who pushed me to…
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June 30th – The Perfect Judge
Taking It to Work: We all can forget very quickly that we were not always like we are now. I remember myself. I was an arrogant and self-focused teen, with little regard for others. Even after I gave my life to Christ, it took years for my behavior to truly start to reflect that change.…
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June 29th – For You? Yes!
Taking It to Work: The Lord is pleased when we give whole-heartedly to Him. Whether it be through generosity of our time, money or talent. Producing fruit with Him and those things He has blessed us with, brings Him joy. In John 15 after explaining how important it is to be integrally connected to Him,…
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June 26th – Telling Stories
Taking It to Work: It’s easy to forget that the kind of worker we are, reflects the kind of person we are to others. When we work, we are unknowingly telling a story of who we are. People are always watching, and if we claim to be a Christian, sometimes they watch us that much…
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June 25th – One Less Storm
Taking It to Work: I was just talking in my FCCI group this morning, where about a half dozen of us business leaders get together for a weekly meeting of how to lead in our companies for maximum Kingdom impact. We were talking about trials in the workplace. It turns out, one of the common…
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June 24th – First Things First
Taking It to Work: Do you remember the first subject God spoke of when he gave the commandments to Moses? How about the answer from Jesus when the Pharisees asked Him what was the greatest, most important commandment? The answer: Nothing is to be higher than God in our lives. Anything that we serve, worship…
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June 23rd – In His Season
Taking It to Work: Just out of school, I was happy for my job. I did my best for my bosses along the way, but the high expectations that came with senior responsibility, company growth and eventually retirement planning were not near as important as they have become lately. Similarly, one of the best things…
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June 22nd – Clearing the Bar
Taking It to Work: The message today may seem more personal in nature than workplace oriented, speaking more directly to the true position of our heart with God than maybe our disposition at work, but in reality, they are very closely related. Challenging Sunday messages and the scriptures that we have today in this devotional,…
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June 19th – Grace Full
Taking It to Work: Who do you work with that, “rubs you the wrong way”? Maybe they are bossy, loud or lazy. Maybe they are arrogant, rude or vulgar. Whatever the case might be, they also may be future brothers or sisters in Christ whom God wants to extend grace, through you! We have to…
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June 18th – Glitter Bomb
Taking It to Work: I don’t know if this is Christ-like, but I love this guy, Mark Rober on YouTube. He puts packages on people’s porches as bait for these crooked thieves, known as Porch Pirates, who routinely steal other people’s packages from outside their homes. Mark very professionally and ingeniously puts mechanisms in the…
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June 17th – A Little Appreciation
Taking It to Work: In general, it is not until later in life that a son or daughter will truly appreciate what was done for them when they lived at home with their parents – Mom’s lasagna, Dad’s help with fixing things, family vacations, new school clothes, free A/C and heat, clean sheets and a…
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June 16th – The Threat of Truth
Taking It to Work: The TRUTH of God’s Word is mighty. For centuries, actually for millennia, the ungodly have feared the truth in the pages of our Bible, and that same truth when it’s on our lips. History shows, it is the truth of God that changes lives, displaces error, disarms enemies, and releases God’s…