Lance Brown

This week, we going to look into what it takes to build a pattern of success at work.  In short, it involves your intrinsic motivation, your work attitudes, your work “energy,” and your work relationships.  The Bible gives us clear guidance on how these things work together to help us truly succeed in our work.

If you work a forty hour job, the majority of your Monday-to-Friday waking hours are invested there. Our work ethic tells us a lot about our character, as we’ll see this week. While working for diligence, we want to avoid things like slothfulness, laziness, and being a sluggard.  But how?

People seem to approach their work from one of three paradigms.  “I’m passionate about what I do. Either it clearly serves a good purpose and/or I get to utilize my passions and skill.” -OR- “I’m glad I have a paycheck. It provides for my family.” -OR- “I can’t wait til Friday.” This week we’ll look…

Every day we get to choose whether we are going to follow the road to ‘wisdom’, or whether we will follow the road to ‘folly’. This week we are talking about Giving and Receiving Spiritual Correction and the why behind it. It really comes down to humility, teach-ability and a desire to become wise.

Giving to God’s work is one of the great opportunities and paradoxes of life. We can’t out give God. In fact, the return on what we give will last for all eternity! More importantly, we have an opportunity to leave a legacy in the lives of real people, for all eternity!  This Heart Attitude is one of…