Many people functionally share this belief that work has no greater meaning than the paycheck it provides. A natural consequence of this faith commitment is the belief it's okay to do mediocre work so that in your free time you can enjoy your true passions.

David Kim

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Every heart without Christ is a mission field; Every heart with C... by David Kim

Every heart without Christ is a mission field; Every heart with Christ is a missionary by vocation.

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The Great Commission will not be fulfilled with our spare time or... by David Kim

The Great Commission will not be fulfilled with our spare time or spare money.

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Faith is an indispensable part of work, whether that work is paid... by David Kim

Faith is an indispensable part of work, whether that work is paid or unpaid.

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All work flows from some underlying assumptions, and the content of that faith can dramatically change our expectations for our work.

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If there's an Internet signal, people will always have access to God's Word and for that I'm profoundly grateful for the technology and people who've made this access to life-giving words possible.

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On the flip side, when we connect our work with a greater sense of purpose and calling beyond the paycheck, we begin to see the kind of flourishing that we were called to create.

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The gospel changes how we view and work with others in a way that both humanizes our interactions with them and empowers them to work well.

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The gospel moves us to see others as people created in God's image and that can have a profound impact on people's productivity and work satisfaction.

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The gospel impacts the way we do our work in ways that hopefully brings a greater flourishing to our world.

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Because of the gospel, God is doing a new work, and he invites us to participate in this innovative work that affects the entirety of our world.

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When God created the universe, this world beautifully and gloriously revealed his unfathomable being.

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We may get a paycheck, but over time what we sense is the dying o... by David Kim

We may get a paycheck, but over time what we sense is the dying of our souls.

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If we begin to see how the gospel is able to change our work, it can have a profound effect on our sense of calling and the meaning behind the work that we do day-in and day-out.

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When the gospel enters our work in a robust way, there's a deep encouragement and renewed sense of purpose that people begin to experience sometimes for the first time.

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People not only need a gospel-inspired vision of work, but they n... by David Kim

People not only need a gospel-inspired vision of work, but they need a new vision of the Scriptures.

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The often-surprising truth for many people is that we all integrate faith into our work, but most of the time we're completely unaware of what faith underlies our attitudes and responses to our work.

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The Bible reminds people that the whole of Scriptures addresses the whole of our lives, including our work. We need to be reminded of this every time we open the Bible, so that we experience the hope and power of the gospel in our work every day.

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For various reasons, when people engage the Bible, they don't see very readily how it relates to their work.

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There's something very noble about bringing home a paycheck to provide for oneself and one's family. However, there's so much more to work than just a paycheck. This is unfortunately a very common view which I believe accounts in part for the statistic that approximately 70% of people are disengaged at work. Think about the loss of meaning and productivity and the staggering economic implications of that statistic.

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We were created for a purpose and when our underlying assumptions don't reflect this deeper purpose, we begin to whither as human beings.

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