The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People

Summary The Jesus Life Coach book by Laurie Beth Jones helped me as a life coach to understand how to help my agents infuse their spiritual values into their personal lives and at the work place. The book displays four key principles of infusing the spiritual life to create a balance, formulate goals, enjoy productivity, as well as attain fulfillment of one’s personal goals and heavenly success. Jones’ (1798) book has a wealth of information and inspiration that will motivate one to excel and enjoy all walks of life. Jones uses spiritual values to get you thinking, working, and achieving all your goals and dreams.

Stapleford presents a strong analysis of economic issues with a Christian perception that aligns with Biblical truths. He urges his audience to avoid the temptation of idolatry and materialism but to live a selfless life of sacrifice. Stapleford claims that “there is sanctity in all of labor, and without God’s involvement human labor is futile. In whatever we do, Christians are to do it heartily as unto the Lord, for we do not labor for the food that perishes but for the food that endures to everlasting life” (Stapleford, 2009).

According to Duzer (2012), In pursuit of God’s purpose, people need to understand the ethical limitations embedded naturally in design of the God’s creation. It is not enough too simply align our businesses purposes with God earthly design, without limitation we still fall short of Gods expectations. God’s creation purpose for business includes businesses that serve the community in a positive way that strides to serve all citizens according to God’s plan. For example, a business might be able to produce more goods and services that would enable the community to flourish. It might create more vocationally rich jobs for its employees by disregarding its duty to provide return to its shareholders (Duzer,

This strategy should focus on the vision, mission and culture of the company in a Christian perspective. Managers should focus their company principles on integrity and excellence. Companies with integrity concentrate their goals in doing the right thing instead of work for a profit from their customers, these organization with integrity will make its business decisions based on the standards and principles of God righteousness, truth and honesty. Companies that focus on excellence as their main point has a commitment to offer an excellent service to their customers and make them feel valuable to the company, this type of strategy make them extremely successful in the business world. Therefore, organizations with these types of Christian principles is more likely to success. Their purpose of doing the right thing for their communities give them an advantage on the business market. Also, the appreciation of hard work is rewarded in different areas as fair compensation, performance recognition, and providing growth opportunities, both professionally and personally to their workers. It has been determined that organizations that recognize the needs of their people and create opportunities for them to fulfill those needs are able to bring out the very best in

Every Good Endeavor, by Timothy Keller, throughout chapters three and four, hit several important topics about the acts of work. Initially, Keller talks of culture and how it's a biblical principle to fill and subdue the earth we live in. Merely reproducing is not what defines culture, but the acts of work that bring civilization. The word itself, subdue, means a real assertion of will. Basically, placing work where able. God himself designed the word to need work, the fruit of work brings us riches and potential. Work also brings growth, not only for others but for ourselves. God sees work as to Him and to our neighbors. In terms, work is essentially an act of worship. God gives us all the resources we need to cultivate the earth. In example,

The certain morality of the lawful pursuit of wealth gives businessmen both a clear conscience and the ability to employ motivated workers who themselves constantly labor for the glory of God. The businessmen’s conscience is further cleared by the thought that the unequal distribution of goods is part of God’s plan – it is God’s secret choice to bestow grace as he wishes. The workers “calling”, in contrast, is to labor regardless of the wage, striving to glorify God and secure status as the elect. The ascetic lifestyle of a poor worker is also glorified, as the worker lives as the apostles once did. The attitudes of both the businessmen and the worker in the modern economic relationship naturally flow from ascetic Protestantism.

In Timothy Keller's Every Good Endeavor, we learn in chapter one, "The Design of Work,” that work is not a necessary evil, but a necessity to survive and a key to living a full life. Work allows us to discover our talents, abilities, and gifts in order to help us better understand who we are. Keller also pointed out the importance of rest. While we should not mistake our days of rest as days of laziness and work as a burdensome command, we should neither allow work to rule over our lives either. God designed us to work, to have jobs, but He also designed us to rest. He designed us for rest not simply to strengthen us back up for the job again, but because He too rested. Rest and what we do while we rest is a life-giving experience, while work

The book, “Business for the Glory of God”, By Wayne Grudem, is a book that gives insight to how business as a whole can be a blessing to the world. God gave His people abilities to conduct business in order to glorify Him. Grudem explains that business and the attributes of business are “fundamentally good” and provides many opportunities for glorifying God, but also many temptations to sin. He gives a biblical and moral standing point

Going back to our anchor text, Jesus Christ in this parable addressed the labours’ complaints; He asked, “Did you not agree? take what is yours and go your ways”. My dear brothers and sisters, our relationship with God should be never be based on what we think of our entitlements as born-again Christians; but rather, be based on our absolute trust and dependency on His grace. Jesus decided to pay those labourers who agreed and worked 12 hours, and those who waited 11 hours but worked one hour only, with exactly the same amount of rewards. The argument of having worked more hours, as presented by the labourers of 12 hours’ work-shift was not given any merit by Jesus Christ. Therefore, maybe God is telling us in this parable that the

Through these nine key concepts, Dr. Grudem illustrates how a variety of business techniques, when implemented in a Godly manner, allow those to pose certain characteristics of God. Grudem isn’t naïve, though. He does, after all, explain that in every aspect of business there are multiple layers of opportunities to give glory to God, as well as multiple temptations to sin (Grudem, 2003, p. 17). He is also aware about the easy ways these activities can be perverted and used as a means to sin ("Business for the," 2003). This book is tailored to echo God’s glory in relation to correlation with employees, co-workers, customers, and other businesses involved in the business unity. Furthermore, it does not only promote a positive impact within the business realm, but also in the personal realm of one’s life in business.

While Christians can debate on whether or not true ownership or profits are applicable to the Biblical Worldview, most disciples of Christ recognize that working or employment is an esteemed proposition. With this being said, Grudem offers the concept that employing people is not contrary, but a way to give God glory (pp. 31-34). Since the Bible explicitly speaks of how masters (employers) should treat their servants (employees), there is a strong indication that this practice can be both moral and immoral. Grudem contends with the theory of Marxism, capitalism leads to oppression, and affirms that when one gains a profit by employing another individual, this practice is not in itself exploitation (p. 32).

1984 "So stay in that house, eating and drinking the things they provide, for the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not be transferring from house to house." {NWT Luke 10:7} [But this Scripture verse speaking against house-to-house work, is not quoted in the index of the 1984

Thus, work is for Protestants an act of justification of their faith, a mean to struggle against evil and sin, and a way to get to after-life. This explains why labour has the utmost importance in Protestant’s faith. It is believed that God helps those who help themselves: by working hard, Protestants create their own salvation.

Timothy Keller brings the entire idea of work into a perspective that I have never considered to explore. The fact that work was not a product of the fall of man really didn't cross my mind until Keller highlighted it as a product of God himself.

The belief that work is morally good is the definition of work ethic provided by The American Heritage Dictionary. Work can mean different things to different people. Usually, when we first think of a word and its meaning, we look at its definition. When defining what is morally good, one must remain open to past societal meanings of what was considered moral. Work ethic has developed and changed through different cultures over centuries. Historians and philosophers have developed great insights and theories pertaining specifically to the meaning of work ethic and its meaningfulness in today's modern employment, while some have praised it and some have cursed it. Which leads us to the question, do workers today have a calling or