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<v Speaker 1>This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope, the audio broadcast ministry

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<v Speaker 1>of Pastor Rick Warren.

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<v Speaker 2>Well.

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<v Speaker 1>Today we begin a series called Doing Business with God.

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<v Speaker 1>In this series, Rick helps you understand why you work,

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<v Speaker 1>what you should be working for, and how God can

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<v Speaker 1>use you in your workplace. Right now, here's Pastor Rick

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<v Speaker 1>with part one of a message called the purpose of Work.

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<v Speaker 2>In your lifetime, you're going to spend one hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>fifty thousand hours of your life at work. That's about

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<v Speaker 2>forty percent of your life working. Work defines our lives.

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<v Speaker 2>Work describes our lives, It dominates our lives, It identifies

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<v Speaker 2>our lives. And that's why we're going to do a

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<v Speaker 2>series on it now for the next several weeks. What

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<v Speaker 2>is God's will for your work? A recent study showed

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<v Speaker 2>that about two thirds of people say if I could

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<v Speaker 2>have a different job, I would I'm not satisfied, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not fulfilled. I don't think I'm in the right job

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<v Speaker 2>after all. And so what we're gonna do during this

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<v Speaker 2>series is look at what the Bible says, God's word

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<v Speaker 2>about work, and we're going to look at questions like

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<v Speaker 2>what do I do when I get laid off? How

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<v Speaker 2>do I get a promotion? What is the best job

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<v Speaker 2>for me? What should I be doing with my life?

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<v Speaker 2>How do I even know what's the best kind of

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<v Speaker 2>job for me? What do you do when you've got

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<v Speaker 2>a bad boss and you've got conflict going on? What

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<v Speaker 2>do you want to do if you want to start

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<v Speaker 2>a new business? The Bible actually has a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>material to answer all of these questions. Today. To kick

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<v Speaker 2>us off in this series, I'm calling doing Business with God.

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<v Speaker 2>I want us to look at the fundamental question, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's this why why work? What is the purpose of work?

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<v Speaker 2>And it's not a new question. Thousands and thousands of

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<v Speaker 2>years ago. Solomon asked this question in Ecclesiastes chapter three,

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<v Speaker 2>Look on your outline. The Bible says this Ecclesiastes three nine,

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<v Speaker 2>What do people really get for all their hard work?

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<v Speaker 2>What if people really get, what's the benefit? What's the payoff?

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<v Speaker 2>What's the purpose of all the hard work? If I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to spend forty percent of my life working, what

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<v Speaker 2>in the world is the reason for that? Now? I

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<v Speaker 2>know some people think that actually work is punishment from God,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's not. They said, But doesn't the Bible say

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<v Speaker 2>that after sin inate of the world. God cursed the ground.

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<v Speaker 2>He kicked him out of garden of Eden and said,

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<v Speaker 2>now you're going to have to work by the sweat

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<v Speaker 2>of your brow. Yes, that's true. But even before sin

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<v Speaker 2>entered the world, God had work for Adam and Eve

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<v Speaker 2>to do. He gave them assignments. The Bible says in

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<v Speaker 2>Genesis chapter two, verse fifteen, it's here on the screen.

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<v Speaker 2>God put the man in the garden of Eden to

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<v Speaker 2>work it and to care for it. To work it

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<v Speaker 2>and to care for even in paradise. Work was a

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<v Speaker 2>part of God's plan. So the result of sin is

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<v Speaker 2>not work. The result of sin is work is harder,

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<v Speaker 2>it's more difficult, it's more disappointing, it's more demeaning. It

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<v Speaker 2>has drudgery, it has disappointments. These are the things that

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<v Speaker 2>are brought on by work. Work is painful. But the

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<v Speaker 2>fact is, the Bible says God works. In fact, God

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<v Speaker 2>is working all the time. Jesus said it like this

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<v Speaker 2>on the screen. My Father is always at his work,

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<v Speaker 2>and I too am working. God is constantly working, So

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<v Speaker 2>it's not a sin to work. In fact, the reason

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<v Speaker 2>we work is because we're made in God's image and

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<v Speaker 2>God says he's working all the time. I hate to

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<v Speaker 2>tell you this, but you're going to work in heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, Oh no, what'd you think you're going to do?

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<v Speaker 2>Sit around and play a harp all day. No, God

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<v Speaker 2>has work for you to do. Only it's good work.

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<v Speaker 2>It's fulfilling work. There are no mosquitoes in heaven, no

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<v Speaker 2>bad bosses in heaven, no gossip, no inter office politics

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<v Speaker 2>in heaven. And so the good thing is you'll have

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<v Speaker 2>work to do, but it'll be fit your shape, and

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<v Speaker 2>it will be fulfilling and it will be fun. But

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<v Speaker 2>you're not just going to lay around because you weren't

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<v Speaker 2>made to do nothing, and so there will be work

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<v Speaker 2>in heaven. I talked the other day to a guy

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<v Speaker 2>and I said, why are you working? He says, I

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<v Speaker 2>work to retire. And I said, now, haven't you got

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<v Speaker 2>that a little bit backwards? I'm going to spend all

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<v Speaker 2>my life doing something I don't want to do, so

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<v Speaker 2>in the last couple of years I can do what

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<v Speaker 2>I really want to do. Shouldn't you be doing what

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<v Speaker 2>you really want to do all along? Isn't that beginning

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<v Speaker 2>it backwards? You're going to use your best energy, your

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<v Speaker 2>best mind your best physical health to do something you

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to do, and then when you have lost

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of your strength, that lost a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>your energy, then you're going to do what you really

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<v Speaker 2>want to do. There's got to be a better purpose

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<v Speaker 2>for work than simply in order to retire, and there is.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, the Bible gives us six purposes of work.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to look at them this weekend, and they're

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<v Speaker 2>actually like levels of motivation, from the least important to

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<v Speaker 2>the most important. Number one, the most basic motivation for

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<v Speaker 2>work is necessity, and that is to meet my needs.

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<v Speaker 2>I work to meet my needs. That's the principle of necessity. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>this is the most obvious basic reason, and I've spent

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<v Speaker 2>a whole lot of time on it. We work to

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<v Speaker 2>stay alive. This is the survival mode reason for work.

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<v Speaker 2>If I don't work, I don't eat. I owe I owe,

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<v Speaker 2>so off to work I go. Proverbs twelve, verse eleven

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<v Speaker 2>says in the message, the one who stays on the

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<v Speaker 2>job has food on the table. This is really pretty simple.

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<v Speaker 2>I work in order to be able to stay alive.

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<v Speaker 2>I work out of necessity. I work to meet my needs. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible says, not only are we to provide for ourselves,

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<v Speaker 2>we are to be self sufficient if at all possible.

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<v Speaker 2>There are times when we can't be self sufficient, but

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<v Speaker 2>if we are able to, we are to be self sufficient.

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<v Speaker 2>And the Bible also says that we are to provide

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<v Speaker 2>for our own family, particularly our own immediate family. That's

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<v Speaker 2>our responsibility. It's not the government's responsibility. It's not somebody else's,

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<v Speaker 2>it's my responsibility. If I'm able to work. Now, as

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<v Speaker 2>I said, sometimes I'm not able, But when I am,

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<v Speaker 2>I am responsible for the needs of my family. One

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<v Speaker 2>Timothy chapter five, verse eight says this if anyone does

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<v Speaker 2>not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family,

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<v Speaker 2>he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

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<v Speaker 2>WHOA that's pretty strong words. God says that providing for

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<v Speaker 2>those in my family is my spiritual responsibility. That we

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<v Speaker 2>are to take care of our own families as best

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<v Speaker 2>as possible. Now, there are many people today who don't

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<v Speaker 2>actually believe this. They think if I don't want to work,

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<v Speaker 2>I shouldn't have to work. I'm not talking about can,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not talking about inability. I'm talking about no desire.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to work, so I shouldn't have to work,

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<v Speaker 2>So the government should pay for me, or you should

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<v Speaker 2>pay for me, or somebody else should pay for me,

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<v Speaker 2>simply because I don't want to work. I want to

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<v Speaker 2>read to you an editorial in the La Times. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not making this up. It's almost too hard to believe it.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody actually wrote this in the La Times. Quote. There's

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<v Speaker 2>been a lot of criticism of people lately who do

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<v Speaker 2>not want to work, especially when they're collecting welfare. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>most people prefer to work, and that's fine for them,

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<v Speaker 2>but others may prefer to sit in the park, or

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<v Speaker 2>go to the beach, or observe the wonders of nature.

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<v Speaker 2>Those who dislike working should not be penalized by depriving

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<v Speaker 2>them of the benefits of all of our society. There's

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<v Speaker 2>plenty for all of us. Everyone does not feel the

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<v Speaker 2>same way about working. Some people actually have built in

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<v Speaker 2>feelings about work that could make it very unpleasant for them.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh really, really, when they're required to work. Now, these

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<v Speaker 2>feelings could be looked upon as a handicap. We do

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<v Speaker 2>not punish others with handicaps. Instead, our society provides for them,

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<v Speaker 2>and we should do the same for those with a

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<v Speaker 2>natural dislike for work. Why can't we all just live

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<v Speaker 2>and let live with each other, living in his own style. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>can you believe that this guy is recommending that lazy

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<v Speaker 2>lists categorized as a disability? Now, the point is that

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<v Speaker 2>I want to make this. Wherever you have freedom, you

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<v Speaker 2>have free loaders. Somebody out to tweet that. Okay, wherever

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<v Speaker 2>you've got freedom, you've got free loaders. You know, the

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<v Speaker 2>Pilgrims when they came to America that found this country

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<v Speaker 2>made a rule right off the bat, and it was this,

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<v Speaker 2>whoever is unwilling to work doesn't share in the meal

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<v Speaker 2>they had a common meal. If you don't work, you

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<v Speaker 2>don't eat. Now where in the world would they get

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<v Speaker 2>an idea like that from the Bible? Look at the

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<v Speaker 2>next verse on your out second Fessalonians three tens. Is this,

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<v Speaker 2>whoever doesn't want to work shouldn't be allowed to eat? Now,

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<v Speaker 2>circle of the word doesn't want the phrase. No, he's

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<v Speaker 2>not saying you can't work. Sometimes you can't work. Sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>you're disabled, sometimes you're sick. Sometimes you've got extenuating circumstance.

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<v Speaker 2>You're caring for somebody who's sick, or you've got little

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<v Speaker 2>kids at home, or all kinds of different. Whoever doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>want to work should not be allowed to. Not that

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<v Speaker 2>they can't work, it so that they won't work, God says.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody who can work is supposed to work. There's no

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<v Speaker 2>free lunch, no loaves for loafers. But that's not you

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<v Speaker 2>or me. What about when all my needs are met?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, if the first purpose of work is simply

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<v Speaker 2>to meet my physical needs. Once I've got enough to

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<v Speaker 2>just meet my physical needs, isn't it okay that I

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<v Speaker 2>just stop working because I've got enough to meet my

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<v Speaker 2>physical needs. Isn't that okay for me stop? The answer

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<v Speaker 2>is no, because there are five other purposes of work

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<v Speaker 2>besides meeting your physical need. God did not put you

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<v Speaker 2>here on earth just to take up space, breathe air,

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<v Speaker 2>live for yourself, and die. If you're alive, God expects

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<v Speaker 2>you to be making some kind of contribution with your life.

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<v Speaker 2>It may not seem significant to you, but your life

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<v Speaker 2>has a contribution to make, and God will always have you.

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<v Speaker 2>Whether you're making money or not making a contribution with

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<v Speaker 2>your life. You're not free to just do nothing for

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<v Speaker 2>the rest of your life. Simply because you can afford

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<v Speaker 2>to do nothing the rest of your life. If you're

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<v Speaker 2>not going to do anything with your life, got you

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<v Speaker 2>ought to just kill you and take you on to heaven,

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<v Speaker 2>because He didn't leave you here to be selfish. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible says this Proverbs thirteen, verse four. They're on

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<v Speaker 2>your outline. Let's read this aloud with great enthusiasm. All right,

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<v Speaker 2>lazy people want much but get little, But those who

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<v Speaker 2>work hard will prosper and be satisfied. Circle the word

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<v Speaker 2>prosper God is not opposed to prosperity. God is opposed

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<v Speaker 2>to selfishness. God is opposed to greed. God is opposed

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<v Speaker 2>to self centeredness. But God is not opposed to prosperity.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, many of the greatest saints in the Bible

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<v Speaker 2>were very, very wealthy people Job Abraham, David, Moses, Lydia,

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<v Speaker 2>I could go through the whole list. Many of the

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<v Speaker 2>people in the Bible were actually quite wealthy. God's not

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<v Speaker 2>opposed to prosperity. He is opposed to selfishness. And Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>actually praised businessmen who used business skills to make a profit.

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<v Speaker 2>Prophet is a good word. It's not a dirty word.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a good word. You want your life to be profitable.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus commended the two men who doubled their return on

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<v Speaker 2>The fact is the Bible is filled with principles for

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<v Speaker 2>forty percent of your life in. Now you may be

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<v Speaker 2>than somebody who's working simply nine to five. But everybody

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<v Speaker 2>has some kind of work in their life. The second

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<v Speaker 2>purpose of work is not necessity, it's identity. And the

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<v Speaker 2>purpose of identity is to express my talent. God wants

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<v Speaker 2>you to work work so you can express what He

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<v Speaker 2>He expects you to use them. He's given you certain personality.

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<v Speaker 2>We call this your shape, shape, spiritual gift, heart ability, personality, experiences.

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<v Speaker 2>And God doesn't want you to hide those things. God

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<v Speaker 2>wants you to use them. Work is a place to

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<v Speaker 2>create beauty. Work is a place to make a difference.

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<v Speaker 2>Work is a place to give back. And God says,

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to express your identity, to express your

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<v Speaker 2>talent through your work. Now that means the best work

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<v Speaker 2>for you is the work that best expresses your talent.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of you are in jobs it's not doing that.

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<v Speaker 2>this in detail next week, in depth. But the truth

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<v Speaker 2>is God has wired every one of us to do

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<v Speaker 2>something different. And the reason we all like to do

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<v Speaker 2>different things is so everything gets done. I mean, if

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<v Speaker 2>we all like to do what you like to do,

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<v Speaker 2>then there'd be a lot of things left behind. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>some of you you're really good at numbers. You're good

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<v Speaker 2>at math, You're really good at that. Some of you

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<v Speaker 2>you suck at math. Okay, you're terrible at You're just

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<v Speaker 2>bad bad. Some of you are good with words, and

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<v Speaker 2>you're good at writing and composing. And some of you

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<v Speaker 2>you you're really good with physical things. You have good

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<v Speaker 2>core hand eye coordination. Some of us are very uncoordinated physically.

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<v Speaker 2>You may be good with mechanical things, or you may.

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<v Speaker 2>Some of you have a supernatural ability to empathize with people.

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<v Speaker 2>And people who do hospice, people who are nurses, people

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<v Speaker 2>who are preschool teachers who have an amazing ability to serve,

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<v Speaker 2>and the rest of us we're not like that. Some

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<v Speaker 2>of you are by nature super organized. And if we

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<v Speaker 2>were to go and look in your closet, all your

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<v Speaker 2>blue shoes are together, and you think everybody has a

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<v Speaker 2>clause of like that. None of us have claousets like that.

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<v Speaker 2>You're the only one. But you have a natural ability

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<v Speaker 2>to organize. And what you are good at you think

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<v Speaker 2>everybody else is good at. They're not. We're not. But

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<v Speaker 2>we need people doing different things so everything gets done.

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<v Speaker 2>turn to the person next to you right now and

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<v Speaker 2>say thank you for not being like me. All right,

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<v Speaker 2>Just go ahead, thank you for not being like me.

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<v Speaker 2>All right. It's very important. So we only need one

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<v Speaker 2>of you in this world. One of you is enough now. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>when you do what your shape to do, and your

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<v Speaker 2>work matches your shape, that's a whole lot of fun.

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<v Speaker 2>How do you know if the job you have is

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<v Speaker 2>right for you? How do you know if you're shaped

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<v Speaker 2>for the job you're in. You are successful and you

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<v Speaker 2>are satisfied, you're fruitful, and you're fulfilled. You're good at

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<v Speaker 2>it and it feels good at it. That's how you know. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>if you say, well, I'm not really that successful what

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<v Speaker 2>I'm doing, or I don't really fulfilled by what I'm doing,

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<v Speaker 2>you're in the wrong job. And I don't care how

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<v Speaker 2>much money you're making. You're in the wrong job. Your

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<v Speaker 2>life is too important to waste. I want you to

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<v Speaker 2>write this down. Meaning matters more than money. Meaning matters

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<v Speaker 2>more than money. And if you're in a job that

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<v Speaker 2>you don't find meaningful, you're in the wrong job for you,

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<v Speaker 2>and you need to do whatever it takes, even if

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<v Speaker 2>you have to look your standard of living. You have

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<v Speaker 2>to buy a smaller home, meaning matters more than money.

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<v Speaker 2>When you get to heaven, God isn't going to ask

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<v Speaker 2>you how much money did you make. He's going to say,

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<v Speaker 2>did you make your life count? Did you express the

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<v Speaker 2>talents that I gave you? Well, no, I was busy

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<v Speaker 2>making money. Wrong answer. I gave you talents and you

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<v Speaker 2>didn't use them. No, I was busy making money. This

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<v Speaker 2>job paid more. The Bible says in one Peter four

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<v Speaker 2>to ten, each of you has been blessed with one

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<v Speaker 2>of God's many wonderful gifts to be used in the

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<v Speaker 2>service of others. So use your gift well. And how

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<v Speaker 2>do you know if you're using your gift well? As

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<v Speaker 2>I said, you're successful, successful, and you're satisfied now when

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<v Speaker 2>you do what your shape to do. And we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to cover this in more detail, it gives you respect,

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<v Speaker 2>self respect, and it gives you dignity. It feels good,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know what, it's okay to feel It's okay

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<v Speaker 2>to have pride in doing a job well done. When

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<v Speaker 2>you have pride over a job well done because you

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<v Speaker 2>know God gifted you in a certain way, wired you

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<v Speaker 2>to do it, and you're flat out good at it,

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<v Speaker 2>that's okay. That kind of pride is okay as long

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<v Speaker 2>as you don't compare yourself to somebody else. The moments

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<v Speaker 2>you start comparing yourself, well, I'm better than that person,

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<v Speaker 2>now it becomes a sin. Look at the next verse

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<v Speaker 2>Galatians six 's four. Be sure to do what you should,

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<v Speaker 2>in other words, what you're wired to do, what you're

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<v Speaker 2>made to do, what God purposed for you to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Be sure to do what your shape to do. For

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<v Speaker 2>then you will enjoy the personal satisfaction of having done

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<v Speaker 2>your work well. Why because you're good at it. Having

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<v Speaker 2>done your work well, and you won't need to compare

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much for listening to Pastor Rick's Daily Hope.

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<v Speaker 2>Hi, everybody, thanks so much for listening today. You know,

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