Our Actions, Attitudes, And Reactions, Make A Difference

Good Morning!! O.K., one last look at inventorying our lives,...let's think about choices in the workplace. Sometimes we tend to live by a different set of standards in our career or business,...but God wants us to be guided by His principles in every area of our lives. It's especially important to consider our motives for doing what we do, at work. Are we motivated mostly by our desire to move up the ladder and make more money,...or is honoring our Lord still our most important motivator?

In taking inventory, make a list of questions to ask yourself, like these:

• Have I been swept into a competitive mode that causes me to try to get ahead even at the expense of hurting others?  
• Do I base business decisions solely on my desire to succeed, or do I first consider the integrity of my choices?  
• Has my work become so all-consuming, that I am putting it above my focus on my family?  
• Am I participating in workplace gossip, and complaining?  
• What kind of influence am I having on those around me?

All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the Lord. Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.—Proverbs 16:2,3 (NIV)
Honestly inventorying our attitudes, and actions, in the workplace is the first step toward correcting any bad behavior, or problem areas. As we confess our failures to God, He will forgive us and help us to chart a better path,...His path.

Only as we choose to do things God's way, will we find real success,...the kind that lasts for an eternity. 

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Lord Jesus, help us to clearly see our motives for all we do in the workplace. Forgive us for letting our own desires to get ahead of, or overshadow our desire to honor the Father, in all we do. We pray above all, that our employer and co-workers will see Jesus in us,...and that You would use us to encourage them, and influence them, toward You, Amen.

" If we are to have life ever lasting,...we must be born again."