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America After 250 - The Future of Work and Purpose — Colossians 3:23 · Voices Of Life

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  This is the Voices of Life podcast, a broadcast
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  of the Church for Life, where scripture shapes
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  purpose, and purpose shapes the future of America.
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  Today, in Week 10 of America after 2 .50, we
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  explore the future of work, the meaning of calling,
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  and the biblical foundation of purpose through
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  Colossians 3 .23. Your host, Pastor David. Family,
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  friends, listeners across America, welcome to
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  the Voices of Life podcast, where scripture shapes
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  purpose, purpose shapes character, and character
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  shapes the future of our nation. I'm Pastor David,
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  your host. Today we gather with open hearts and
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  expectant faith, ready to hear what God is speaking
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  into our lives for our work, our families, and
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  our future. Wherever you are listening from,
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  your home, your car, your workplace, or somewhere
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  quiet where God meets you, I want you to know
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  this. You are not here by accident. You are here
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  because God is still writing your story. So take
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  a breath, settle your spirit, and let's step
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  together into the word, into the purpose, and
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  into the future God has prepared. Colossians
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  3 verse 23. is one of the most quoted verses
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  about work and excellence. But its original meaning
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  is deeper than modern career advice. Paul wrote
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  these words inside the first century household
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  code. Wives and husbands, children and fathers,
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  servants and masters. And to the servants he
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  said, it is the Lord Christ you are serving.
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  This means the value of your work does not come
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  from the person signing your paycheck. It comes
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  from God who shaped your purpose. Think of the
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  reflections of biblical purpose and work as a
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  worship and calling in modern times. What does
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  that mean to you? Because at the end of the day,
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  we're following God's path, but we have to have
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  some meaning there too. And we have to know that
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  that meaning is good, strong, and solid. So we
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  look at... From the soul, the Greek heart of
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  work. Paul uses a powerful Greek phrase that
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  means from the soul. He is not telling believers
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  to simply work hard. He is saying whatever work
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  you undertake, put yourself into it. Because
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  ultimately you are serving the Lord. deeper than
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  just compliance, deeper than productivity, and
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  deeper than ambition. It is soul -level engagement
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  with the responsibility God places in your hands.
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  And look at this as an obedience and calling,
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  purpose beyond your career. Yes, your career
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  may flourish. Yes, you may be recognized. But
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  that should not be the motivation. Your inspiration
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  from God, is the path. It is what good you will
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  do in this world for others, for yourself, for
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  family. You know, our culture often asks, what
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  do you want to do? I know that's something I
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  used to ask people. What do you want to do when
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  you grow up? Because they may be in a job doing
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  something like, is this really what you want?
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  Now scripture asks a different question. What
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  has God given you the opportunity and responsibility
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  to do? Jobs change, careers shift, technology
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  evolves, but purpose, purpose can remain. A job
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  is a position. A career is a path. A vocation
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  is a calling. But work, work is the broader activity
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  through which we serve, create, care, and contribute.
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  And purpose is the why behind it all. A person
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  I met a few months back always looks at the why
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  if you ask him what is the why behind something
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  he'll tell you because that's something he is
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  always seeking because he wants to make some
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  sense of it and if you know the why there's diligence
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  integrity service excellence and gratitude there's
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  so many reasons but the why behind it all that
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  really matters whatever you do the dignity of
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  ordinary work And that's what God works best
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  in. Paul begins with a sweeping phrase, whatever
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  you do. It means it's all -encompassing. Not
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  whatever prestigious job you have. Not whatever
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  pays the most. Not whatever society celebrates.
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  It's whatever you do. This means Christian dignity
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  is not limited to certain occupations. A believer
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  can honor God through ordinary work. faithful
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  work, quiet work, work that may never trend on
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  social media, but is seen by the Lord. Do you
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  find meaning in your work? Ask yourself that
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  question. Is this really what your calling is?
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  And is there purpose in transitions? Sometimes
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  we try something out and it doesn't work out
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  for us. And we transition to something else.
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  Now I've known people that have transitioned
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  maybe a dozen times and they still haven't found
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  what they're looking for, but it depends on what
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  they actually set in their mind as what is their
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  purpose and if they're really truly following
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  that or they're just testing out different things
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  and they haven't really thought it out. And sometimes
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  there are people that do that. The crisis of
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  meaning in modern work. Because across America,
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  people are wrestling with a crisis of meaning.
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  This is something we see more and more, and there's
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  a lot of reasons for this. Work feels disconnected.
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  Purpose feels unclear. Identity feels fragile.
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  But scripture reminds us, meaning is not found
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  in tasks. It is found in who we work for. When
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  work is done unto the Lord, Meaning returns.
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  Purpose awakens. Identity stabilizes. And that
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  goes to your faithfulness in work and your character
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  in your career. And there's a lot of division
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  out there right now. A lot of hate being spewed
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  and a lot of people saying, we can't be working
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  for these millionaires, billionaires, these giant
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  tech corporations, whatever it is. Well, the
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  question is not, Again, who is at the head of
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  the company? It's, are you happy with the work
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  you're doing? Do you feel fulfilled with the
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  work you're doing? Is the work you're doing meaningful
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  to God? That is what really counts here. Because
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  the future of work, technology and theology,
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  there has to be a mix together, a bond. Because
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  the future of work is changing. AI, automation,
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  robotics, remote work. Gig economies, shifting
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  career paths. I think the AI one is the one I
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  focus on the most because they're worried now
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  that AI is going to get out of control. I did
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  a whole podcast that hasn't been released yet
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  on AI. And the reason I did it was because I'm
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  going back to Y2K. And I recall a couple of years
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  before, all the way up to Y2K, the year 2000.
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  There were things that went around, oh, all the
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  computers are going to stop, everything's going
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  to come to an end, the world's going to come
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  to an end. I mean, it was every doom thinking
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  that you could think of came up. And I was a
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  law enforcement officer back then, and I said,
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  you know, I don't necessarily believe it, but
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  I really want to be working during that time.
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  So there was a New Year's Eve party at our War
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  Memorial Auditorium in Columbia, Tennessee at
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  the time. I decided I was going to work it. So
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  I was with a few other deputy sheriffs. We worked
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  it. So I was in uniform, had my gun. Something
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  was going to go wrong. Here it was. Well, midnight
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  came and left. Nothing changed. When I went back
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  to the station later, the next work day, my computer
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  was working fine. So, you know, you can't take
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  all these things that are said seriously. On
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  the other hand, we need to be responsible with
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  that. which we create with AI to make sure we
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  don't do something harmful where AI gets in and
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  turns off power grids or does something like
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  that or affects our clean water. I mean, I can
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  go on and on with what ifs, but there's a million
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  what ifs. You know, we got to get past that.
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  The technological question is, what jobs will
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  humans still do? So AI comes into the place,
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  the automation, the robotics. There's still always
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  going to be a purpose for us. It doesn't matter
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  how many robots are built, how many automations
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  are done. The theological question is deeper.
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  What is human being for if technology can perform
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  more and more of the work? What are we for? Well,
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  Colossians 3 verse 23 answers it. Our purpose
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  is not defined by our employer. Our work whatever
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  it becomes, can still be an expression of our
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  service to Christ. We create these purposeful
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  communities. A purposeful community can be the
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  team you're working on at work. It could be the
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  entire company. It could be a lot of different
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  things. And workplace revival, you know, we're
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  finding so many things that stopped happening.
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  So many different types of jobs or companies
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  or businesses are reinventing themselves and
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  coming back. Sometimes they're, we call it retro,
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  meaning they're coming back and it's like, God,
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  isn't it the same thing we did 50 years ago?
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  Yep, it sure was. And those are part of purposeful
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  communities and workplace revival. A warning
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  to everybody though, excellence is not workaholism.
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  Work with all your heart does not mean work constantly.
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  It does not mean... sacrifice your family it
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  does not mean tolerate exploitation it does not
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  mean measure your worth by productivity biblical
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  excellence is not workaholism it is faithful
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  stewardship balanced healthy god honoring and
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  i wish i really thought about that back in the
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  80s and 90s i'd work 60 70 hours a week and and
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  i actually probably did that all the way up until
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  just a few years ago. I think a lot of people
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  do that. It's not so much about making the money.
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  It's more about accomplishing what you want to
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  or need to accomplish or your productivity and
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  your sign of excellence because you took the
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  time to do everything exactly the way it needed
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  to be done. And that's important. That really,
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  really is. Now let's turn our attentions to purpose
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  and how purpose shapes our identity. Because
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  that's really very important to us. Colossians
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  3 verse 23 teaches us that identity is not defined
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  by our job titles, positions, or promotions,
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  but who we work for. When we work unto the Lord,
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  identity becomes stable, purpose becomes clear,
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  and calling becomes visible. Your identity in
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  Christ, your purpose -driven living, Your calling
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  your identity. This is all interweaved and Your
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  calling directs your destiny. This calling is
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  not a career calling in is a direction It is
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  God given compass that points you or your life
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  toward impact Calling directs destiny by aligning
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  your gifts and passions your opportunities and
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  your assignments with God's purpose for your
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  life when Calling is clear. Decisions become
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  easier. Work becomes meaningful. And destiny
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  becomes intentional. But you have to really understand
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  your calling and your destiny alignment. Does
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  everything line up? And you have to ask yourself
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  that question. Work has a changing landscape.
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  And work in America is changing rapidly. Automation
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  is increasing. Remote work is expanding. Artificial
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  intelligence is accelerating. Industries are
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  shifting. But purpose does not shift when culture
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  does. Believers thrive, not because work is predictable,
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  but because purpose is eternal. The future of
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  work belongs to those who work unto the Lord.
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  You have to have your faith and know that there
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  will be changing in work. and that your purpose
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  sometime will find a transition. There is the
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  three layers of calling. Universal calling, which
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  is to love God and love people. Personal calling,
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  your unique gifts and assignments. And seasonal
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  calling, what God asks of you right now. Understanding
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  these layers help believers navigate change without
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  losing purpose. Always striving for excellence.
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  And that's the believer's advantage. Excellence
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  is not perfection. It is devotion. It is doing
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  your best because you are working for the Lord.
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  Excellence is the believer's advantage in the
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  future of work. It stands out. It elevates and
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  influences. It opens doors. Excellence is worship
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  expressed through effort. There is a purpose
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  toolkit. Every believer needs one. It's habits
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  that keep calling clear and work meaningful.
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  Here are five tools every purpose -driven believer
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  must carry. First is reflection, reviewing your
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  direction. There's prayer, aligning your heart
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  with God. There's skill development, stewarding
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  your gifts. There's community. encouragers surrounding
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  yourself with people that really care about you
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  and want you to progress and they keep encouraging
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  you that's your own community and finally consistency
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  which is showing up faithfully that's all you
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  have to do you just have to show up be faithful
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  to your work do your work with all you have.
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  These tools strengthen calling and stabilize
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  identity. And you know, when we talked about
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  America after 250, purposeful citizens. So imagine
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  an America where believers carry purpose into
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  every sphere of influence. where calling shapes
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  careers, where excellence shapes industries,
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  where integrity shapes leadership, and where
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  devotion shapes culture. Purposeful citizens
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  build strong nations. This is the future of work
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  for the people of God. It is part of being a
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  purposeful citizenship. And it's also connected
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  to that work revival we talked about. The prophetic
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  declaration for purposeful believers means that
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  America will rise through these people. Believers
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  who work unto the Lord, believers who carry calling
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  into their careers, believers who bring excellence
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  into everyday assignment, and believers who reflect
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  Christ in every sphere of influence. This is
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  the future of work. This is the heart of what
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  we're talking about this week. Now let's look
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  at how calling shapes influence. Influence is
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  not a platform. Influence is the fruit of calling.
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  When believers work with excellence, when they
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  serve with devotion, when they lead with integrity,
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  influence becomes inevitable. Calling shapes
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  influence because calling shapes trust. People
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  follow those whose character is consistent and
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  whose purpose is clear. And you gain your influence
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  through service and leadership through your calling.
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  Purposeful leaders carry five marks that distinguish
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  them in every environment. There's clarity, meaning
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  they know who they serve. There's courage. They
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  act when others hesitate. There's compassion.
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  They care for people deeply. There's conviction,
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  when they stand for what is right. And then there's
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  consistency. They show up faithfully all the
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  time. These marks prepare believers to lead in
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  the future of work and the future of America.
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  And be clear, the future of work requires character.
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  Technology can accelerate tasks, but it cannot
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  accelerate character. AI can write reports, but
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  it cannot write integrity. Automation can perform
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  labor, but it cannot perform devotion. Robotics
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  can execute assignments, but they cannot execute
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  calling. The future of work. will reward those
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  whose character is anchored by Colossians 3 verse
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  23. There is that mesh of character and technology
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  and that purpose and innovation. There's influence
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  in every sphere of society. Believers are called
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  to carry out influence throughout the world.
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  Homes, workplaces, schools, government, healthcare,
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  business, military, digital spaces. Wherever
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  God places you, purpose follows you, and wherever
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  you... your purpose goes influence grows purpose
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  has to be exhibited in everyday life influence
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  through purpose is your guide america after 250
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  also set a vision for purposeful leadership imagine
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  an america where believers lead with character
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  where calling shapes culture where excellence
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  shapes industries where integrity shapes institutions
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  and where devotion shapes communities. Purposeful
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  leadership is the foundation of a strong nation.
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  This is the future of work for the people of
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  God. We could look so much back at schools, colleges,
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  universities, indoctrinating our children, placing
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  ideology ahead of responsibility and just plain
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  learning. The basics, reading, writing, arithmetic,
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  history, social studies, geography. All these
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  things mean so much because it gives a total
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  vision of the world to our children. But when
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  we speak, well, not us, but when teachers or
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  professors start speaking ideology, it derails
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  them. It puts them on a different path. A pathway
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  from Christ, a pathway from integrity, a pathway
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  from a purposeful future, and certainly a pathway
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  from workplace revival. So the purpose question
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  that changes everything here is, if your job
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  disappeared tomorrow, would your purpose disappear
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  with it? So if a company closes tomorrow, does
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  that mean your purpose disappears with it? Colossians
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  3 verse 23 teaches us that purpose is not tied
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  to your occupation. It's tied to obedience. Jobs
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  change, careers shift, industries evolve. But
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  calling remains. So you have to look at purpose
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  beyond the career. And the calling as you are
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  in transition. So today we declare America will
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  rise through leaders of character. Believers
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  will lead with integrity. Believers will influence
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  with compassion. Believers will serve with excellence.
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  Believers will reflect Christ in every sphere
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  of influence. This is the future of work. This
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  is the heart of what we're speaking to today.
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  So now as we get into our final segment for today,
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  we talk about work as a spiritual assignment.
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  Segment 4 brings us to the heart of work as a
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  spiritual assignment. Colossians 3 verse 23 reminds
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  us that every task, every responsibility, every
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  assignment is an opportunity to honor God. Work
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  is not secular. Work is sacred. Especially when
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  it's done unto the Lord. We have to reflect that
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  there's sacred work, there's work as a calling,
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  and there's purpose in labor. We have to understand
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  those and have the meaning attached to it. We
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  have to believe it. And we have to experience
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  it as we do our work. If we have hesitation,
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  we need to clarify that hesitation. To find out
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  the why, we hesitate. Excellence is not a personality
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  trait. It is a culture. A culture that honors
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  God, a culture that elevates communities, a culture
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  that strengthens families, and a culture that
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  inspires others. When believers work through
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  excellence, they raise the moral tone of every
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  environment they enter. We have to keep that
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  excellence culture always ahead of us, where
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  we're going. And excellence and witness, this
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  is all part of our devotion to God and where
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  we move forward in our lives. Purpose. is not
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  limited to ministry or leadership. Purpose is
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  expressed in everyday sphere of influence. We
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  spoke about before about homes, workplaces, schools,
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  communities, digital spaces. And let's talk about
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  digital spaces for a minute. It's the social
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  media posts we do. It's the things we write.
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  It's the reports we make. It's the emails we
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  send. It's all of that. Wherever God places you,
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  purpose follows you. Purpose in everyday life
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  is so important because influence through your
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  purpose can affect someone else's life in such
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  dramatic ways. And the future of work in America
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  will be shaped by believers who carry purpose
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  into their assignments. Technology will evolve,
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  industries will shift, and roles will change,
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  but purpose will remain. Calling will remain,
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  excellence will remain, devotion will remain.
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  Believers will thrive because they work unto
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  the Lord. Now here are five commitments for purposeful
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  workers. Devotion, working unto the Lord, integrity,
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  aligning actions with values, excellence, honoring
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  God with quality, humility, serving without spotlight,
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  and consistency, showing up faithfully. These
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  commitments shape the future of work for believers
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  across America. And purpose also serves as a
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  national stabilizer. When people work with devotion,
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  when families work with unity, when communities
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  work in excellence, and when believers work with
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  integrity, the nation becomes stronger. It becomes
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  less divided. Purpose strengthens civic life.
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  Purpose strengthens culture. Purpose strengthens
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  identity. Now, that doesn't mean that everybody
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  is going to become a Christian. It doesn't mean
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  everyone is going to become Jewish. It doesn't
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  mean everyone is going to become a Buddhist.
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  What it means is there are commonalities within
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  communities, and communities are made up of many
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  different people from all walks of life. Now,
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  there are some parts of life or beliefs in life
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  that are not compatible with what we do, and
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  they're not compatible because of They're destructive.
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  They're not compatible because they assume if
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  another person doesn't share their belief that
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  the other person's belief is wrong. We don't
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  say that. Christ never said that. So we don't
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  believe that. That's not how we work. But we
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  will not allow another belief or religion to
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  try to destroy the good work and the faithfulness
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  of Christ. That's something we must defend, no
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  matter what. So let's look at a vision for purposeful
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  work. Imagine an America where believers carry
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  purpose into every assignment, where work becomes
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  worship, where excellence becomes normal, where
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  calling becomes visible, where devotion becomes
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  cultural. This is the future of work for the
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  people of God. So today we'll declare America
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  will rise through the purposeful work. Believers
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  will work unto the Lord. Believers will carry
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  calling into their careers. Believers will bring
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  excellence into assignment. Believers will reflect
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  Christ in every sphere of influence. This is
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  our calling. This is the future of work. Let
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  us pray. Father, we come before you at the close
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  of this week's session. Grateful for your word,
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  grateful for your calling, and grateful for the
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  purpose you place within every one of us. Lord,
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  teach us to see work the way you see it. Not
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  as a burden, not as a competition, not as a measure
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  of worth, but as a sacred opportunity to honor
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  you in everything we do. Strengthen our hands
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  for assignments ahead. Steady our hearts when
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  work becomes difficult. Guard our minds when
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  culture becomes confusing. And anchor our identity,
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  not in titles, not in positions, and not in achievements,
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  but in Christ alone. Awaken purpose in every
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  listener. Let calling rise. Let excellence shine.
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  Let integrity lead. Let compassion guide. Let
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  devotion define the way we work, the way we serve,
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  and the way we live. As America steps into the
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  future of work, let your people be the ones who
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  carry the light unto every workplace, hope into
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  every industry, and character into every sphere
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  of influence. We dedicate our labor to you. We
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  dedicate our gifts to you. We dedicate our future
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  to you. And we declare with faith, whatever we
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  do, we will work with our heart as unto the Lord.
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  In Jesus' name, amen. As we close today's broadcast,
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  I want to speak directly to your heart. God has
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  placed purpose within you. Not a small purpose,
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  not a fragile purpose, but a calling strong enough
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  to carry you through every season and shine through
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  every assignment. Whatever lies ahead this week,
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  decisions, responsibilities, challenges, opportunities,
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  you do not walk into them alone. The God that
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  called you goes before you, walks beside you,
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  and strengthens you from within. So step forward
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  with confidence, work with devotion, lead with
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  integrity, serve with compassion, and remember,
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  your life is part of something God is building
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  in the nation and in this generation. Until we
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  meet again, may the Lord bless you, keep you,
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  and guide you in every step of your purpose.
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  I'm Pastor David. Thank you for joining us for
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  Week 10 of America after 2 .50. The story continues.
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  Work is worship purpose, is calling excellence
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  is devotion. Join us next week as Pastor David
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  continues the journey into Week 11 revival in
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  a divided age.