A Prayer to Find Satisfaction in Our Labor

The calendar is about to fill back up. New school schedules, new work projects, church commitments, and the steady accumulation of fall's demands are just around the corner. Autumn is an exciting season, but it also carries a real risk of losing peace of mind to stress if we ente ...  Show more

Sometimes exhaustion goes so deep that even turning to God feels like more than the body and spirit can manage. Not a crisis of faith, not a decision to walk away — just a weariness so complete that the simplest prayer becomes a reach too far. Those moments carry a particular kin ...  Show more

How would you describe your work? Boring? Frustrating? All-consuming? If we’re honest, many of us can find our work to be discouraging, even if we’re doing something that we generally like. However, in this message from the book of Proverbs, David Platt reminds us of God’s ori ...

How can we delight in the good work we do while keeping our work in its proper place? Pastor John situates daily work within God’s larger purposes. 

When you want God to bless something, you need to give it to him first. There are several ways to do that in your job. You can care about the people you work with, exceed what is expected of you, keep learning to expand your skills, and dedicate you work to be used for God’s purp ...  Show more

If you want to be blessed in your work, do these three things: Work enthusiastically no matter where you are or what you do; understand that you are ultimately working for God; and concentrate on building your character.