Christian Practice in the Workplace

Dato Daniel Tay

Introduction

Workplace appearances
*Workplace-any place we work or spend our recreation
* Most people spend a lot of time there

Workplace parables
* Manger is a workplace for shephards
*132 recorded public appearances of Jesus,122 recorded in the workplace
*82 parables recorded in the workplace including :
The parable of the talents -which shows investments
The parable of the building rock-which shows construction

Workplace emphasis
*enter the workplace

Christian practice in the workplace

Christian practice as an Employee- more bonus, salary
Christian practice as an Employer-pay employee, pay more attention to profits and productivity
Christian pratice as an Investor

Some work because of Self-esteem

What happens if your driving a nice car..chevolet..yeaa..and you saw ur bestfriend, an old aunty who has asma or your dream girl (you know that she's the one your gonna marry and have kids), who would you pick?

well..the best answer would be give the car to your best friend, take the old aunty who has asma to the hospital and stay in the house of the girl of your dreams

We have responsibility too of Jesus Christ.

1st Obligation of A Christian Employee
*please Jesus Christ
*obey our employers - except if it goes beyond what God wants us to do.
*We must have the right attitude
*We must have sincerity of LOVE
*In whatever we do, we must always work with all our HEART


A joke- Intelligent Blondes
One blond wanted to find an odd job to do, so she went around houses and asked if anyone was offering odd jobs. Then came this house, and a guy opened the door and agreed for her to paint his porch. He asked how much should he pay her and after the blond said 50 bucks, they both agreed. So, she took paint from the garage as being told and started painting. The porch was quiet big so the guy presumed that she would take a long time to finish it. An hour later, she returned to his door. He asked "Have you finished?" She replied " Yes, and i have some leftover paint for you too. " So the guy was soo happy, gave he a 50 dollar note as her payment and included a 10 dollar bill as a tip" Then the girl said " Thank you, by the way, its not a porshe, its a lexus"

Blonds or Blacks - Were blonds with responsibility- work with our whole HEART. That resembles Christianity.
Colossians 3:23 says Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as though you were working for the Lord and not for men.

Salary and bonus is not all- you will recieve inheritance from the Lord

Christian Employer
Colossians 4:1 says Masters, be fair and just in the way you treat your slaves. Remember that you too have a Master in heaven.
*To please employee- treating employees with respect- not inconsiderate
*some employees from simple and poor backgrounds accidentally spoil our machines
we can impose a small fine to remind them not to repeat the mistake but it is advisable to not put the FULL AMOUNT
*Remember your master in heaven- you must give an account on how you treat your employees when youre in heaven.
*They work and earn for us, employers. So, what do we do with the money?

they are..the treasury of the Kingdom of the World
but we must CONVERT to the treasury of the Kingdom of GOD

However, this does not mean we do not treat our families.
WE must ensure that our families are WELL PROVIDED
This is just a reminderof how we should use our money in best use.

Christian Investor
*What is the Christian Practice of an Investor?
*We may not see the needs of the people
*The love of MONEY
exp: Judas-he saw the cripple walk, the sick healed but when he came to the love of MONEY, he betrayed!
*$ is important, because we can use it to buy homes for orphans..
*$ is important, but we can also use it to buy weapons

In Conclusion
A Christian should always have:
Integrity!
*Christians need to have the highest integrity
* We are reminded to work with all our HEART

Excellence!
*A man like Daniel continued his job. Daniel was there, Daniel saw God's handwriting, Daniel was there at the 3rd reign, and he was there to bear witness of God.

Influence!
We should have full integrity and excellence.

WE must work with our whole HEART for the LORD, not men.
WE must change our attitude towards $-let us start changing our banana money (old Japanese money) into the money of HEAVEN

WE CHRISTIANS EITHER CHANGE OUR BEHAVIOUR OR CHANGE OUR NAME BECAUSE WE BEAR THAT NAME.




**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**