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"There is no fatigue as wearisome as that which comes from lack of work"

C.H. Spurgeon (1834 - 1892)

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"Christ's work both in the church and in the hearts of Christians, often goeth backward that it may go the better forward."

Richard Sibbes,  The Complete Works of Richard Sibbes, p.85

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"Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God, cannot long retain it."

Abraham Lincoln,  Letter to H.L. Pierce, April 6, 1859

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"Experience is not what happens to you.   It is what you do with what happens to you.   Don't waste your pain; use it to help others."

Dr. Rick Warren,  The Purpose Driven Life

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"Without doubt, persons may very honestly and commendably be employed in following their respective callings, but yet, if they are engaged so deeply in these, as to hinder their working out their salvation with fear and trembling, they must expect  the same sentence with their predecessors in the parable, that none of them shall taste of Christ's supper: for our particular calling, as of this or that profession, must never interfere with our general and precious calling, as Christians."

George Whitefield,  Worldly Business No Plea for the Neglect of Religion (sermon)

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"The proper rewards are not simply tacked on to the activity for which they are given, but are the activity itself in consummation." 


C.S. Lewis,  The Weight of Glory, p.27

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"A Christian theory of leisure is rooted in the nature of the world that God created and in human nature as created by God to live in that order. At the heart of God's creation is something gratuitous - an exuberant going beyond what is strictly necessary to maintain life"

Leland Ryken, Redeeming the Time: a Christian Approach to Work and Leisure, p. 182

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"It is quite natural - actually quite easy - to be enthusiastic if your work is prominent, but less natural the more hidden it is, as the conductor of a great symphony orchestra revealed when asked which instrument was the most difficult to play. 'Second violin', he answered. 'We can get plenty of first violinist but to get someone to play second violin with enthusiasm - that is a problem!' "

R. Kent Hughes, Disciplines of a Godly Man, p. 153

Quote of the Week

"You may feel you are in a nothing job. Because of the Curse, your job may involve painful toil and little satisfaction. But you can glorify God where you are by your heart attitude. You may feel your job is not holy but it is if you see it so and do it for God's glory."

R. Kent Hughes, Disciplines of a Godly Man, p. 151

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"Your work is a sacred matter. God delights in it, and through it he wants to bestow his blessing on you."

Martin Luther, 1493 Exposition of Psalm 128.

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"There are no first-class and second-class Christians because of their varying jobs. All work is sacramental in nature, be it checking groceries, selling futures, cleaning teeth, driving a street sweeper, teaching or painting trim. Everything we do, ought to be done to the glory of God."

R. Kent Hughes, Disciplines of a Godly Man, p. 151

Quote of the Week

"Deep and lasting security, resilient hope, and sturdy rest of heart and mind can only be found vertically. You will only know the rest for which you seek when you begin to embrace the astounding reality of who you are as a child of God. If you are God's child, you are the object of love of the Person who rules everything there is to rule."

Paul Tripp, A Shelter in the Time of Storm: Meditations on God and Trouble

Quote of the Week

"Think about this: the advertising industry spends untold billions of dollars each year trying to steal your time by making you believe that recreation, not work, is the ultimate source of personal fulfillment... a life free of responsibilities...not working, not investing yourself in others... not making the most of every opportunity, as the Bible teaches us"

Tullian Tchividjian, Unfashionable: Making a Difference in the World by Being Different

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"Learning to pray doesn't offer you a less busy life; it offers you a less busy heart."

Paul Miller, A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World.

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"Love of neighbor - grounded in our love for God - requires us to work for good in the City of Man, even as we set as our first priority the preaching of the gospel - the only means of bringing the citizens of the City of Man into citizenship in the City of God."

Al Mohler, Culture Shift

Quote of the Week

"Christians are called to be exiles from the world, however personally painful that exile may be. they are supposed to be aliens to the world's darkness as they seek another city, "whose builder and maker is God" (Heb. 11:10)."

David F. Wells, God in the Wasteland: The Reality of Truth in a World of Fading Dreams, p.41

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"...scripture speaks of conduct of business ... as a corollary of the cultural mandate which posits a good creation, once corrupted by sin and Satan, now partially redeemed, and into which God calls his people to serve. This means that business is a legitimate part of undertaking the stewardship of creation to make a human imprint on the earth."

R. Paul Stevens, Doing God's Business: Meaning and Motivation for the Marketplace, p. 22-23.

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"The ideal human existence is not eternal leisure or an endless vacation - or even a monastic retreat into prayer and meditation - but creative effort expended for the glory of God and the benefit of others."

Nancy Pearcey, Total Truth, p. 48

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The truest lengthening of life is to live while we live, wasting no time but using every hour for te highest ends. So be it this day.

C.H. Spurgeon, Faith's Checkbook, June 22

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"It is not what a man does that determines whether his work is sacred or secular, it is why he does it. The motive is everything"

A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God, p. 127