iWork4Him PowerThought

A company we love, and one you may have heard of, called Dayspring, helps direct their branding by asking the question, "what do we want people to walk away feeling after they've encountered a Dayspring product?" Do we want them to feel seen, loved, or encouraged? And what can we do to make customers want to return after an encounter with our products? These kinds of branding questions aren't just...

We all have a calling, have you heard this before? Some of us get called to the pulpit and some to the foreign mission field but most of us get called to our cubicles, construction sites, care facilities or whatever your job site may be. Your Workplace, It's your mission field and in that mission field, you and me, we may be the only Jesus our co-workers, employees and bosses may ever meet. That J...

I heard recently from a retired army guy that he was taught to run TOWARDS the problem, not away from it. .... I wonder how many of us run towards OUR work problems vs. away from them .     Perhaps we think "confrontation" is un-Christ-like…but how did Jesus deal with problems?    With the woman at the well, He confronted her, asked and answered questions. In the temple, He confronted with over-tu...

Have you ever tried to ignore God and His direction in your work or career? Trie d to go your own way, and kept run ning into roa dblocks, un-ending NO's and shut doors? Sometimes in our career, we try to LOGIC our way towards our calling, to where WE want to be, but God has His plans .   R eme mber the Israelites? It took them 40 YEARS to make a 14 day journey. That's 14, 600 days of blindness, v...

Businesses always seem to be searching for "the magic bullet" that will propel them into the "big leagues ".    We've heard hundreds of stories of eternally successful companies and their practices and believe we know the secret. It's excellence . Excellence as unto the Lord .   Not being great at what you do, but EXCELLENT. .... It's the very top level. Consider these synonyms for excellence :  h...

Whether w e're aware of it or not, temptation is all around us at work. It d idn't get left at home when we left for work today. As we take God to work with us, we should also be aware that the enemy will be working there too. Starting our day with the Lord in p rayer, and putting on the FULL armor of God (Ephesians 6), are some of the best ways to keep the door shut on temptation. 1 Corinthians 1...

Workplace politics. If you're working, you're involved in them. And as Christians, we don't have to disengage just because the term is distasteful. "Workplace politics" are the strategies people use to gain advantage for themselves or to support a cause. What if, we employed  biblical wisdom and strategies to deal with the politics? .... such as Matthew 10:16,   " I am sending you out like sheep w...

How many times have we said to ourselves. "I wish I had time to go on a mission trip." Well guess what, you DO !   Your workplace IS your mission field. Your daily commute IS your mission travel. And your workplace has been crafted perfectly by God, specifically tailored to you, and your giftings. We can all begin to view  our  workplace and every co-worker as "the mission ". We can prepare, pray,...

Have you ever encountered a salesperson that wouldn't stop pushing you to buy an item because they were on commission? It's obvious in these situations that the salesperson is more interested in reaching their numbers than about meeting the needs of the customer. They have become producers rather than servers. As followers of Christ, we can end up doing the same thing when we focus only on our out...

Sacrifice . It's defined as surrender of something for the sake of something else. We are called to do it in our life as a Christ follower, just as He did. 1 Corinthians 13:3 If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn't love others, I would have gained nothing .   What does love-based sacrifice look like in our workplace? ....  We sac...

When God created Adam, he didn't place h im in the Garden of Eden for an extended vacation – No! God created A JOB for him. In Genesis 2 it says, "T he Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to WORK it and TAKE CARE of it… and the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them... "...

Have you ever met a salesperson or a marketer who offered you something that seemed too good to be true… and then it turns out it WAS too good to be true? Although overpromising may increase sales and conversions on the front end, underdelivering on those promises alienates customers and creates a bad reputation. Similarly, overpromising and underdelivering in your relationships at work and at hom...

Why is it that the grass always looks greener on the other side? Well, in today's world i t's because the grass p robably has a photo filter on it! Did you know that the average person spends two and a half hours scrolling through social media per day ?! T hat's more time than it takes to workout, make dinner, and clean the house! T his constant access to the edited highlights of our friends' and...

Have you ever been afraid to share the gospel because you might not know all the answers? Well, here's the good news: we don't need to argue people into Christ, we just need to invite them to encounter Him! What a relief - God is the one who does the heavy lifting… not us! When you set out to simply do good, work with excellence, and love people… others will be drawn to the light of Christ inside...

1 Corinthians 6:19 says, " do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is IN YOU, whom you have received from God? " Whoa! Think about that for a moment: the Holy Spirit… the very presence of God… lives INSIDE of our bodies! How crazy is THAT! The God of the universe has taken up residence inside of us, where He not only guides us as a wise counselor but also intercedes on...

Have you ever felt stuck in a rut? Like all you do is go to work, come home, eat, and sleep, just to go back to work and do it all over again the next morning? This endless cycle can feel maddening! But did you know that God never intended for our work to be a burden? In fact, God gave Adam the job of caretaker of the world as a GIFT – as an opportunity to partner with Himself! And guess what? Jes...

Have you ever looked at your current job and wondered, "how did I end up here?" The good news is, you didn't end up there on accident! God has strategically placed you exactly where you are for a REASON – to share the good news of Jesus Christ with your coworkers, employees, bosses, and clients! 2 Corinthians 5:20 says, " We are Christ's ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. " So next...

When I graduated from high school, I had my life all planned out. For years I had felt God calling me into ministry, so naturally I planned to attend Seminary…. But then God asked me to take a right turn in my vocation - He asked me to go into business. At the time I didn't understand how I could feel called to ministry AND the marketplace, but today I can look back and see that all those years WE...

Your work matters to God, and God has strategically placed you in your workplace to be his representative. But what exactly does it mean to be a representative of God? 1 John:4 says, that God IS love. So, when we genuinely love people, we are giving them a taste of who God is – it's as easy as that! Being a representative of God in the workplace doesn't mean that you need to be a pastor, an evange...

I almost finished a 500 piece puzzle the other day, but one piece was missing. I searched high and low but I couldn't find it anywhere. In the end, I couldn't complete the picture with just 499 pieces… I needed the last one. 1 Corinthians 12:27 says, " You are the body of Christ. Each one of you is a part of it. " YOU are a part of the body of Christ and YOU bring something unique to this world -...

So often , we notice the people we work with are struggling .   We can see that they're down and out and that they sometimes just need a hug .   Since h ugging isn't always acceptable at work, the second best thing we can do is ask them how they're doing .   I t opens up a door of opportunity for us to listen .   But even after that opportunity to listen, comes the opportunity to pray .   When som...

When we start to pray, I mean really pray, it changes our lives .   When we realize that God isn't looking for just prayers over meals or on Sunday morning during church, God is looking for a conversation that is ongoing in our minds, souls, and lips all day .   When we start to incorporate talking with our heavenly father all day long, our lives will never be the same .   That's what God intended...

I grew up struggling with bitterness and anger .   I don't know about you, but I never was taught how to process my feelings .   Pretty much most men in America have been told not to have feelings .   Let alone how to process them .   So , I had a lot of bitterness in my heart ; then , I was challenged to start praying for the people I was against .   The people I had bitterness in my heart toward...

I grew up thinking that prayer was like praying to a genie or putting things on my Christmas list for Santa .   I thought that prayer would open the door to getting the things I wanted.   Growing up in my faith as a teenager and into my 20s, I realized that my prayer life was pretty weak.   But then I started praying for other people .   And when I began praying for other s, I saw that God opened...

I think we underestimate the power of prayer .   Some of us grew up in churches where prayer was boring, repetitive, used big words , and was often meaningless .   However, the disciples saw something different about prayer .   They experienced prayer while walking alongside the savior of the world .   They saw prayer as a powerful thing .   They did not see prayer as a ritual but as an interactio...