WORK
1 Thessalonians 4:1, 9-12 | 06/06/2021
WHAT IS WORK?
Work is the
There is a kind of work that arises from a life and heart at
2 PRACTICAL GUIDELINES
1. Work is an expression of
• The first reason you should do any job is because it
2. Work is an expression of
• Look
• Look
• Find the intersection of the inside and outside, and you can find quiet and rest.
2 COMPELLING MOTIVATIONS
1. You have to see that your work is an
2. We should work in order to
• But this does not mean we are to
• To “live in order to please God” is to live for the sheer
PASSAGES
1 Thessalonians 4:1, 9-12
1 As for other matters, brothers and sisters, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more…
9 Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other. 10 And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia. Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, 11 and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, 12 so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.
PRAYER
A Liturgy for One Who is Employed
by Douglas McKelvey 2017
SONGS
Holding Nothing Back
Verse 1
I am chosen I am free
I am living for eternity
Free now forever
You pick me up turn me around
You set my feet on solid ground
Yours now forever
Pre-Chorus
And nothing’s gonna
hold me back
Nothing’s gonna hold me back
Nothing’s gonna hold me back
Chorus
My chains fell off
my heart was free
I’m alive to live for You
I’m alive to live for You
Amazing love how can it be
You gave everything for me
You gave everything for me
Verse 2
You’ve washed my sin
and shame away
The slate is clean
a brand new day
Free now forever
Now boldly I
approach Your throne
To claim this crown
through Christ my own
Yours now forever yeah
Bridge
And I’m free to live
free to give
Free to be
I’m free to love You (Lord)
CCLI Song # 4879277
Way Maker
Verse 1
You are here moving in our midst
I worship You I worship You
You are here working in this place
I worship You I worship You
Chorus
(You are) Way Maker
Miracle Worker
Promise Keeper
Light in the darkness
My God that is who You are
Verse 2
You are here touching ev’ry heart
I worship You I worship You
You are here healing ev’ry heart
I worship You I worship You
Verse 3
You are here turning lives around
I worship You I worship You
You are here mending every heart
I worship You I worship You Lord
Tag
That is who You are
That is who You are
That is who You are
That is who You are
Bridge
Even when I don’t see it
You’re working
Even when I don’t feel it
You’re working
You never stop
You never stop working
You never stop
You never stop working
CCLI Song # 7115744
Nothing But The Blood
Chorus
Oh precious is the flow
that makes me white as snow
No other fount I know,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
Verse 1
What can wash away my sin?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
What can make me whole again?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
Verse 2
Nothing can for sin atone,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
Naught of good that I have done,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
Verse 3
This is all my hope and peace,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
This is all my righteousness,
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
Give Me Jesus
Chorus
Give me Jesus give me Jesus
You can have all this world
But give me Jesus
Verse 1
In the morning when I rise
In the morning when I rise
In the morning when I rise
Give me Jesus
Verse 2
And when I am alone
When I am alone
When I am alone
Give me Jesus
Verse 3
And when I come to die
When I come to die
When I come to die
Give me Jesus
CCLI Song # 2907237