Deus Misereatur

The Gospel at Work: How Working for King Jesus Gives Purpose and Meaning to our Jobs Sebastian Traeger and Greg D. Gilbert Zondervan www.zondervan.com ISBN: 9780310513971; $16.99; 2014 Reviewed by Rev. Dr. Michael Philliber for Deus Misereatur . Purpose Packed Prose - 4 stars out of 5 Are you between jobs, or disgusted by the soul-withering one you’re in now? Are you a college student about to graduate and wondering where to go and what to do vocationally? Does your job act like an all-consuming beast? Is your present occupation a source of your being frantically frustrated and feeling fruitless? Have you reached the pinnacle of “success” with your company and unsure what the next step is? There’s good news for you, whatever your present professional position, and it has come in the form of a 160 page paperback titled, “The Gospel at Work: How Working for King Jesus Gives Purpose and Meaning to our Jobs.” The authors, Sebastian Traeger, a proficient businessman ...

[Listen to the Audio File Here ] ---- Revival and Reformation Pt 3 Prayer, Faith-keeping and God-Dependence 1 Chronicles 5:18-26 O LORD God, mighty and magnificent, who hears the prayers of your people, who is FOR your people, and to whom belongs the victory: rouse our hearts to be more fully b e ney-chayil – sons and daughters of virtue and valor – in this long obedience in the same direction; and grant that your word to us this day will fortify us, in the name of your Son – raised triumphant over sin and society, death and the devil. Amen “The Fear of God makes a Hero; the fear of man makes a coward” said Sgt Alvin York . There is something in this statement that resonates with our souls. Who wants to be known as a coward? No, most of us have, or still do, day-dream about doing something heroic. Sgt York knew the way; Fear of God over anything. The same thing was said by God to Isaiah in 8:11-13. There God tells Isaiah not to be shaped by the fears of his society. ...

Blessed are you, O God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to your great mercy, you have caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for us, who by your power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. Bring us to rejoice in this imperishable inheritance, even though now for a little while, if necessary, we may be, at times, grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of our faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ (1 Peter 1.3-7). O Lord, hear our prayer. O God most high, we acknowledge that you are right and just, even when your wrath is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who often suppress your truth in unrighteousness. We l...