Taking It to Work: What we get paid is important. We work for a paycheck . . . most of us anyway, and the amount of money we get for each hour or week or month is something most people track, at least to some extent. We don’t want to feel undervalued, and a healthy paycheck can make the hard Read more…
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 often seem silent or distant when we need Him the Read more…
Taking It to Work: Can we make the Lord smile? In Nehemiah, it says, “The Joy of the Lord is our strength.” Now the popular interpretation of what that is saying to us, is that the joy given to us by the Lord is a source of strength for us. I believe this to be one-hundred percent true, but there Read more…
Taking It to Work: I have often considered why I like dogs better than cats, and I think it is biblical. I know that might be disturbing to some cat lovers out there, but bear with me. I’ve noticed this same logic applies to my children, and also to most of my favorite people. There is a quality that they Read more…
Taking It to Work: It seems that there is an art to living peaceably with others. There is also an art to sharing truth with others in a non-offensive way. There is also an art to knowing when we should share, and when it is prudent not to, even if the truth would theoretically help the situation. The Bible says, Read more…
Taking It to Work: We have heard it many times, “There is strength in numbers.” It’s true in every corner of the animal kingdom, in the kingdoms of men, and it is also true in the Kingdom of God. We are better, stronger, smarter, and usually behave a lot better when we are surrounded by other strong followers of Christ. Read more…
Taking It to Work: How many times have you said to yourself, “I want to be stronger in my spiritual walk; I want to grow”? We all desire it, but we have all experienced times in our lives when we let our time with God, which brings about a huge part of that growth, fall to the wayside. Our daily Read more…
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 in history was after, and what many world leaders are Read more…
Taking It to Work: Our Father in heaven is pleased to see His reflection in us. That reflection is not just one of love, grace and mercy, but one of inner strength. When we look at the life of Jesus, we remember the stories of His love, grace and mercy, and we also remember the great stand against Satan in Read more…
Taking It to Work: Our relationship with an all-knowing God gives us access to His great counseling Spirit. There is no problem too hard in our life, including our work life, that He can’t help us with. We have been taught that, right? He is the Lord of our life, and much of our life is spent in the workplace. Read more…