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Today on MoneyLife

Friday, August 22, 2008

Doug Spada: Finding Congruency Between Work and Calling

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MoneyLife host Chuck Bentley opens the program explaining that the workplace is where making money and fulfilling God’s calling for your life converge.

As believers, we would like everyone to be doing the work God made them to do. Jesus made many public appearances in the marketplace.

Many of the parables Jesus taught are about work. He called his disciples out of the workplace. Christ should be totally integrated into our lives, so that He goes wherever we go.

In the second segment, Chuck introduces today's guest, Doug Spada, Founder and President of His Church at Work, a ministry that seeks to extend the influence of the local church in the workplace, where God's people spend most of their time.

Doug shares his background, how God taught him ownership and stewardship. He relates how God led him to start His Church at Work.

Doug and Chuck discuss why Christians struggle to align their work with what God has called them to do--confusion, churches haven’t helped them see work as a mission field or equipped them to minister in it.

Work is worship unto God. We should work with excellence to earn the opportunity to share Christ with others. That doesn't mean forcing ourselves on others, but rather loving them. We should pray for and in the workplace.

Chuck and Doug continue their discussion in the third segment. They focus on things to avoid in the workplace related to sharing your faith:

Don’t use company time
Avoid being against things
Avoid forcing anything on people
Earn the right to share
Be compassionate

Many Christians think that pastors alone are called to serve the Lord. Doug shares that the mission of His Church at Work is to grow the cultural influence of the church through the work lives of believers.

We can do that by raising awareness and educating Christians about the mission field of the workplace. We can work with local churches to equip believers. Doug says God wants local churches to be in the marketplace and anyone can become a catalyst in his or her church.

Chuck gives his closing thoughts in the fourth segment:

When you go to work, you’re being who God made you to be
Work unto the Lord
When we’re in the workplace, we represent the Lord
To be involved in workplace ministry, work hard for your employer and give your best
Focus on what you’re for more than what you’re against
Show compassion to your co-workers and others
Consider Colossians 3:23-24, "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving."

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