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Total God: Work and Calling

Discover the biblical perspective on work and calling in Genesis and Colossians for a fulfilling life in Whitfield Parish. Embrace loving Jesus, each other, and your town as you find joy in your work.

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Total God: Work and Calling

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  1. Total God: Work and Calling Genesis 2.8–15, Colossians 3.22-4.1 Whitfield Parish Loving Jesus – Loving each other – Loving our town

  2. Whitfield Parish Loving Jesus – Loving each other – Loving our town

  3. 8Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. … 15The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. (Genesis 2:8,15)

  4. 19 Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. (Genesis 2:19-20)

  5. 17To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life. 18It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. (Genesis 3:17-19)

  6. 19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.” (Genesis 3:17-19)

  7. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. (Colossians 3:17)

  8. employees, obey your earthly managers in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to curry their favour, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord. (Colossians 3:21)

  9. employees, obey your earthly managers in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to curry their favour, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord. (Colossians 3:22 – editions in italics)

  10. 23Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, 24since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. (Colossians 3:23-24)

  11. Whitfield Parish Loving Jesus – Loving each other – Loving our town

  12. Do you enjoy your work? Whitfield Parish Loving Jesus – Loving each other – Loving our town

  13. Do you enjoy your work? Do you feel you are in the place God wants you to be? Whitfield Parish Loving Jesus – Loving each other – Loving our town

  14. Total God: Work and Calling Genesis 2.8–15, Colossians 3.22-4.1 Whitfield Parish Loving Jesus – Loving each other – Loving our town

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