Lessons about Our Work and Our Calling

We are now studying a new book named “No More Dreaded Mondays”. The author is Dan Miller - business and life coach.

We started our discussion by asking the audience “to raise their hand if they wake up and say “Thank God, it’s Monday.

We then asked the audience if they believed that God included “Mondays” in the scripture below -

Psalm 118:24 This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

We all agreed that Monday should be the day that we rejoice and we are to be glad in it. If so, what is the problem.

Many times it is because we have missed or lost the essence of our calling. Our calling should be integrated with our work. Some of our group discussed how they enjoyed their work but there were aspects of it that made it hard to appreciate Mondays. We discussed how the detriment of lost lives in the healthcare field can be tiring and draining; how corporate politics can hinder and Christians may feel as though they are managing behavior that is deceitful in nature rather than using their God-given talents to meet their goals; how being in the wrong position in the right field can cause you to count the days when the assignment is over.

As a result of these things, we can become complacent.

The bible gives us a clear warning about complacency. Complacency should never be your choice. Proverbs 1:32 says:

32 For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;


If you are not excited on Monday mornings, we have to find or re-ignite God’s calling in our life. For those who are in healthcare, there is a calling on your life to help restore a person to health here on earth and remind all of the assurance that we have in Christ of spending eternity with Him when our life is over here on earth. I just completed reading the book named "Heaven is for Real" by Todd Burpo. It is the compelling book that gives us the story of a little boy's trip to heaven and back. I would encourage you to read it and perhaps share it as the Lord leads you.

We know that the enemy will always try to put obstacles in our way but we must constantly seek to follow the words given to us in 1 Peter 4:10.

1 Peter 4:10 Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms.


Be encouraged today to see your work as a ministry given to us by the Holy Spirit so that others may see the light of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, receive His grace and glorify our Father who is in heaven.

Lessons about Pain - Onward How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul

This week we studied "Pain" which can be a scary topic. I don't find many people who volunteer for a season of pain but "Pain" doesn't wait or expect volunteers. As we review this chapter in the book, we see pain shows itself when it becomes necessary for Schultz to close 600 Starbucks stores as a result of the decrease in sales and the economical downturn.

As Christians, we know that pain can come to us in the form of discipline by our Lord. Hebrews 12:5-13 tells us that God disciplines all of His children and He disciplines us because He loves us. It is important to remember that His discipline is painful for a while but in the end we share in His holiness. We can share in His righteousness if we are trained by the discipline.

During the class, we discussed how our motives, our attitude, and our actions can be renewed by our training. We shared how we had complained about having to go to work on Mondays. Some of us lost our job and experienced great difficulty in finding new work that would pay close to our previous salaries. Many have found new work and now we are thankful and our attitude is different and our words express "Thanksgiving" for His blessing. We now thank God for Mondays.

Let me share a word of caution. Please note that the enemy may attack you and try to counterfeit God's discipline. Please note that Satan's attack never yields sharing of God's holiness. Satan is only about condemnation. You must pray and ask for God's wisdom about what you may be going through.

How about you? If you are going through a painful time and you are Christian, God has “holy” results planned for you. We are told to be encouraged although it is painful. Your relationship with Him will be stronger.

Please feel free to share your experiences of how your relationship has been strengthened or how you have been trained as a result of God's discipline. Please add them to our comments section. You are an encouragement!

God's blessings to you,

Theresa