I M SAFE

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I M SAFE

• Christians _at_ Work

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Christians _at_ Work

• Coming soon - Bible series on God in the
  Marketplace
• Balanced vs Integrated Life
• Balanced?
• Life compartmentalized
• Imply differing conduct for each phase of life
• Equal weightage for each?
• Integrated?
• God is the core
• Christian conduct consistent in all phases of
  life
• Success is measured by progress in our faith, not
  by progress in our jobs

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Christians _at_ Work

• What is work? It is to give yourself a target
  that you want to reach. It is finding materials
  to build a house or to produce tires. You think
  that you are building a house or a company. And
  in the final analysis, it is yourself that you
  are building.
• Francois Michelin, CEO Michelin Tyres
• Work is a place where you live out your faith,
  reflecting what God is doing in your life
• About My Fathers Business
• Christian daily walk out checks
• I M SAFE

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Integrity

• Integrity is what we do, what we say and what we
  say, we do - Don Galer
• Integrity is doing the right thing, even if
  nobody is watching
• Cost and consequences for lack of integrity
• People lives affected
• Melamine, Madoff examples
• Aircraft incident
• Business affected
• Tuao - Rice weighing machine
• Impact on ones credibility and trustworthiness
• Reputation - what you do
• Character - who you are
• Incur Gods wrath
• Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 51-10)
• The man of integrity walks securely, but he who
  takes crooked paths will be found out (Prov.
  109)

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Integrity

• Are you trustworthy?
• Purloining - Embezzle, withdraw covertly and
  appropriate for ones own use (Titus 29-10)
• Taking liberties with organizations time and
  resources
• We are called to Gods higher standard
• Not when people are watching or to win favour but
  with sincerity of heart and reverence for the
  Lord (Col. 322)

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Motivation

• What are you working for?
• 3 Ps - Pleasure, Position, Possessions
• Parable of the rich fool (Lk. 1216-21)
• Folly of striving for the earthly things
• Cannot serve God and mammon (Mt. 624)
• Motivation is to glorify God
• whatever you do, do it all for the glory of
  God. (1 Cor.1031)
• In all things, God may be praised (1 Pet. 410-11)

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Source

• yin shui si yuan
• When drinking water, remember the source
• Remember the source of your abilities,
  opportunities, help and blessings
• God not a spectator but actively involved
• Praise be to the Lord, to God our Saviour, who
  daily bears our burden. (Ps. 6819)
• for He guards the course of the just and
  protects the way of his faithful ones. (Prov.
  28)
• Succeed due to the Grace, Wisdom and Faithfulness
  of God

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Source

• Bible caution on pride and arrogance
• Example of Uzziah (2 Chron. 2616)
• Church at Laodecia (Rev. 317)
• Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit
  before a fall. (Prov. 1618)

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Attitude

• Miracle worker?
• Mediocre or excellent worker depends on ones
  attitude
• Cruising along? Angry at work?
• Work with all your heart as working for the Lord.
  (Col. 323-24)
• The extra mile attitude (Mt. 541)
• Will God be pleased with your attitude at work?

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First Things First

• Priorities - God or Work first?
• Work God around our plans or work our plans
  around God?
• Seek first kingdom of God (Mt. 633)
• Eternal vs Temporal (2 Cor. 418)
• With purpose, the choice is clear (Dan. 18)
• Your priorities will determine your actions
• Action expresses priorities - Mahatma Gandhi
• For where the treasure is, there your heart will
  be also. (Mt. 621)

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Example

• Light of the world - shine your light wherever
  you are (Mt. 514-16)
• Therefore go and make disciples of all
  nations(Mt. 2819)
• Example - where our actions and speech match our
  beliefs (Jas. 222)
• Unique opportunity God can use you to tell others
  about Him
• Be wise in the way you act towards outsiders
  make the most of every opportunity. (Col. 45)
• Good behaviour not enough. Need to verbalize the
  gospel. (Rom. 1014,17)

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Christian Walk Out Checks

• Integrity
• Motivation
• Source
• Attitude
• First Things First
• Example

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Invitation
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