Ideas for Making Your Faith Work at Work

There is no standard recipe for integrating your faith and your work. It is different for every person at every company. That's why it is so challenging. However, here are some excellent ideas for you to use in being in intentional about shaping your personal journey.

† Have an organized prayer life so that God will strengthen you, focus you and lead you in every aspect of your work life, especially in your efforts to influence others for Christ.

† Conduct yourself in a manner completely consistent with what God would want ... a life beyond reproach. Be strong, yet gentle, action oriented, yet patient, tenacious, yet never bowing to pressure or stress.

† Love and accept everyone that you come in contact with. This is not tolerance, but genuine, active, demonstrated love and acceptance.

† Serve your coworkers, clients, and vendors. Be a humble, consistent servant whose caring turns the heads of everyone.

† Know what you believe and why you believe it. Have and be constantly pursuing a knowledge of the Scriptures.

† Have a sensitivity for when to speak, and when to just listen.

† Be ready, willing and able to "give a defense" of any aspect of your faith, when the situation calls for a defense.

† Be a "sought after" resource for Biblical truth and God's answers to life's tough questions.

† Be consistently investing in relationships and building trusted friendships, with the intention and purpose of helping people move one step closer to Christ.

† Be willing to tell your story, in part or in whole, as a witness to what God has done in your life.

† When led by the Spirit, help your "trusted friend" to step over the "line of faith," either by leading him there personally or by bringing him to a pastor or friend who has the tools and experience to lead him into a relationship with Christ.

† Follow through with new believers to help them grow.

Source: About My Father's Business, Regi Campbell, Multnomah Publishers