“The society as a whole and individuals in particular
are dying because they do not have the revolutionary
old biblical doctrine of work.”
British essayist, Dorothy Sayers in Why Work?
1. A Transforming Monday Morning Faith extends
redemption to the details of my particular work.
Luke 3:7-14 John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized
by him, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the
coming wrath? 8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And
do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our
father.' For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up
children for Abraham. 9 The ax is already at the root of the
trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be
cut down and thrown into the fire."
10 "What should we do then?" the crowd asked. 11 John
answered, "The man with two tunics should share with him
who has none, and the one who has food should do the
same." 12 Tax collectors also came to be baptized. "Teacher,"
they asked, "what should we do?" 13 "Don't collect any more
than you are required to," he told them. 14 Then some
soldiers asked him, "And what should we do?" He replied,
"Don't extort money and don't accuse people falsely—be
content with your pay."
What were they in effect saying?
“I hear the Sunday morning message but I
need the Monday morning meaning.”
Work Family
Church Government
Big Work Myths
Big Myth #1: “Monday morning integration comes
naturally if you are a follower of Jesus.”
1. Give yourself a baseline score on:
Evidence Calling
Deliver Skill
Display Character
Model Serving
2. Identify the unique “kingdom drivers” in your particular
business.
3. How equipped and prepared are you to lay out the
gospel if asked? What can you do to “button up” your
ability to present the gospel?
My Monday Faith Work Lab
2. A Transforming Monday Morning Faith is
motivated for excellence primarily because God’s
name is on the line.
1 Samuel 17: 25 Now the Israelites had been saying, "Do you
see how this man keeps coming out? He comes out to defy
Israel. The king will give great wealth to the man who kills
him. He will also give him his daughter in marriage and will
exempt his father's family from taxes in Israel." 26 David asked
the men standing near him, "What will be done for the man
who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel?
Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the
armies of the living God?" 27 They repeated to him what they
had been saying and told him, "This is what will be done for
the man who kills him."
Col 3: 22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and
do it, not only when their eye is on you and to win their favor,
but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord. 23
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for
the Lord, not for men, 24 since you know that you will receive
an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ
you are serving.
Big Work Myths
Big Myth #1: “Monday morning integration comes naturally
if you are a follower of Jesus.”
Big Myth #2: “I am the central customer of all my hard
work.”
1. What are the horizontal levers that best motivate
you?
2. How performance-driven are you in your approach
to life and work?
3. What can you do every day to keep the audience of
Jesus in front of you? Write and post a prayer to
help with this.
4. What can you do to make sure you aren’t slipping
into mediocrity?
My Monday Faith Work Lab
3. A Transforming Monday Morning Faith believes it
is very possible to have job satisfaction in an
unsatisfied society.
Ecclesiastes 3:12 I know that there is nothing better for men
than to be happy and do good while they live. 13 That
everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his
toil—this is the gift of God.
Ecclesiastes 2:24 A man can do nothing better than to eat
and drink and find satisfaction in his work. This too, I see,
is from the hand of God.
Big Work Myths
Big Myth #1: “Monday morning integration comes naturally
if you are a follower of Jesus.”
Big Myth #2: “I am the central customer of all my hard
work.”
Big Myth #3: “People at the top are always satisfied.”
1. How does a satisfied/fulfilled life reflect the reality,
power, and presence of God?
2. Identify the most fulfilled/satisfied worker you
personally know.
My Monday Faith Work Lab
4. A Transforming Monday Morning Faith sees my
work-life as a determinative ingredient in sustainable
kingdom impact.
1 Thessalonians 4:11 Make it your ambition to lead a quiet
life, to mind your own business and to work with your
hands, just as we told you, 12 so that your daily life may
win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be
dependent on anybody.
Big Work Myths
Big Myth #1: “Monday morning integration comes naturally
if you are a follower of Jesus.”
Big Myth #2: “I am the central customer of all my hard
work.”
Big Myth #3: “People at the top are always satisfied.”
Big Myth #4: “Monday is always ‘runner up, a permanent
second place’ relative to meaning and spiritual significance.”
“In nothing has the church so lost her hold on reality as
in her failure to understand and respect the secular
vocation; she has allowed work and religion to become
separate departments…she has forgotten that secular
vocation is sacred.”Dorothy Sayers in Creed or Chaos
1. How does a satisfied/fulfilled life reflect the reality,
power, and presence of God?
2. Identify the most fulfilled/satisfied worker you
personally know.
My Monday Faith Work Lab
“The works of monks and priests, however holy and arduous
they be, do not differ one whit in sight of God from the works
of the rustic laborer in the field or the woman going about her
household tasks, but that all the works are measured before
God by faith alone…Indeed, the menial housework of a
manservant or maidservant is often more acceptable to God
than all the fastings and other works of a monk or priest,
because the monk or priest lacks faith.”
Martin Luther