You Can THRIVE Vocationally Series – THRIVE – Part 6 Pastor Chuck Bernal – 02-08-15
Much of our activity these days is nothing more than a cheap anesthetic to dull the pain of an empty life. YOU KNOW YOU ARE HEADED FOR TROUBLE WHEN . . . You’re completely focused on success: Work is the ________________________ thing in your life You’re continually getting depressed: Work is the ________________________ thing in your life You’re continually becoming obsessed: Work is the ________________________ thing in your life WE MUST RECOGNIZE THE NATURE OF WORK Then the Lord God planted a garden in the east, in a place called Eden. He put the man he had formed in that garden . . . The Lord put the man in the garden to care for it and work it. (Genesis 2:8, 15)
VIEWPOINT 1: Work is a ____________________________________ (It is our _____________________________________ for sin) VIEWPOINT 2: Work is a ____________________________________ (It is our ___________________________________ for living) VIEWPOINT 3: Work is a ____________________________________ (It is our ___________________________________ from God) . . . it is good for a man to enjoy his work whatever his job may be . . . to enjoy your work and to accept your lot in life . . . that is indeed a gift from God. (Ecclesiastes 5:18-19)