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Could they say that about us and our workplace? As we do business with people in the marketplace, could they say, I'd rather deal with a Christ follower than anybody else in the workplace? Getting back that kind of reputation, not for ourselves. Remember, look at what he says. They may see your good deeds and do what? Glorify who? Your father in heaven. Not you, your father in heaven. You're not doing this to elevate yourself. If you are, it's not gonna come across the right way. But if you do it to bring glory and honor to god, that will show. [00:44:33] (38 seconds)  #GlorifyGodInWork

Oh, and guess what? Somebody's already there that's supposed to be what? and light. This is a member of Lakeshore Christian Church that's working in that place. Shouldn't they be taking light and salt into that place that they're sitting there complaining about right now, criticizing, tearing down about how bad it is? Where do you need light the most? In the darkest places. [00:50:30] (28 seconds)  #BringLightToDarkPlaces

Your vocation is your ministry location. You say, work from home. Well, that's where you ought to start, right, with with your ministry is in the home. But you also even if you work at home, you have to interact with people outside the home, right, if you're doing your job. So your workplace, your vocation is your ministry location. So you don't know where I work, pastor Andy. I don't have to. I know who you serve. I know whose name you wear. [00:45:43] (35 seconds)  #VocationIsMinistryLocation

So whatever job you have, whatever function you are participating in in this world, that is your ministry location that God has put you in. Now understand this. That doesn't mean you have to stay in that location for the rest of your life. That's where he has you now. And while you're there now, that's your ministry location. That's where you are to be doing ministry. It's right where you are right now. [00:46:49] (31 seconds)  #MinistryRightWhereYouAre

I wanna clarify a couple of things here. One is, he says that your higher purpose is to be salt and light. So if you're not making that the focus of who you are, then when salt loses its saltiness, what happens to it? It's worthless, isn't it? It's just thrown out and trampled underfoot. It's not good for anything. You could be the best person at your company as an employee or an employer and still totally miss god's plan and purpose for your life because he put you there to be salt and light. [00:40:39] (36 seconds)  #HigherPurposeSaltAndLight

Christian young people to work in their restaurants. And they were asked and interviewed about this on several occasions. Why is it that you wanna hire Christian people? And they couldn't just, you know, they couldn't be discriminatory. They had to be fair about how they hired, but they loved it when they couldn't hire somebody who was a Christian. And they were asked why about that. And they said because when they're really truly followers of Jesus, they're the best workers we could have. That's why. [00:44:05] (27 seconds)  #ChristianHireForCharacter

I know that when you go into that setting, whether it's online or in person with others, when you go into that setting, you go as someone who wears the name of Jesus, who represents him. And you say, well, I wasn't called into the ministry, but you were. We all are. We're all called in the ministry. Ministry, that word translated ministry in scripture doesn't mean just the preachers. It means all servants of Jesus. We're all called into ministry. [00:46:18] (31 seconds)  #EveryoneCalledToServe

And so whether you get the promotion or the raise or the title or not, whether you advance in your career the way you want, there's something more important than that. Now, those things aren't bad. Know, having those things, being blessed with those things, they're not bad things. But understand that your worth and your value and your purpose on this earth is greater than those things. Those awards and those certificates that you might get and those titles that you might have, by your name, they're all gonna go away one day, and we're gonna stand before our creator. [00:38:17] (36 seconds)  #WorthBeyondPromotions