Integration of Faith and Work

Sermon notesChurch at Work: Integration of Faith and WorkRev. Reuben FoncardasScripture: Colossians 1:15-20, 3:22-4:1“The task may appear unimportant or trivial, but the person doing it is never that, and he or she has the opportunity to turn the job into an act of worship.” —N.T Wright———How do you integrate your faith with your work?1. Change your MINDSET: Learn to work WITH Christ!• What we do is connected with what God is doing.• "...and through him (Jesus) to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross." (1:20)• EXPERIENCE God in your everyday life.2. Change your MOTIVE: Learn to work FOR Christ!• What we do is connected with who God is.• "Is it he Lord Christ you are serving." (3:24b) "The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation." (1:15)• EXALT God in everything you do.3. Change you MANNER: Learn to work LIKE Christ!• What we do is connected with who God is.• "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for ht human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward." (3:23-24a, 1:20)• EXCEL in the output of your work and in the outcome of your walk.