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Previous
Reading@Work quotes for the month until August 2007
|
Month |
Quote |
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January 2005 |
“We are convinced that Towards the
conversion of |
|
February 2005 |
“Whatever you do, work at it
with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know
that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward.” Colossians 3.23-24 |
|
March 2005 |
“Billy Graham’s research
reveals that the average person who comes to Christ has had 31 significant
exposures to the gospel. Where are
people likely to get all those significant exposures to the gospel? Most non-Christians aren’t in
church. They’re at the next
desk. And there is something we can
do.” WorkWise
issue 5
|
|
April 2005 |
“Lord, I’m bored. Lord, I’m bored. Help me to get stuck in and do a good
day’s work.” Andy Brookes, insurance manager, Pocket Prayers for Work |
|
May 2005 |
“Overall, is it not better to
fail when seeking to minister in love than succeed in pride?” Beverley Shepherd, ‘Being a Christian@Work’
Reading@Work seminar April 2005 |
|
June 2005 |
“Whether we like it or not,
people will be evaluating our gospel and our church by the way we live and
behave at work” Bishop Stephen Cottrell, ‘Evangelism in the
Workplace’, Faith in Business Quarterly Vol. 9 No. 1 Spring 2005 |
|
July / August 2005 |
“People will not care about what
we know until they know we care” Rick Warren, ‘Purpose Driven Life – Small group
studies |
|
September 2005 |
“He was a mighty hunter before
the Lord; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before
the Lord.”” Genesis 10.9 |
|
October 2005 |
“Our jobs may seem to offer little
scope for heroism. But all of us have
opportunities to live a distinctly Christian life.” Helen Parry, Workwise Issue 15
|
|
November /
December 2005 |
“Too many Christians worship
their work, work at their play and play at their worship.” Barbara Knight, Transforming
your life at work |
|
January / February
2006 |
“I do not know what the future
holds but I know who holds the future.” Chris Ledger, LLM
|
|
March / April 2006 |
“How do you make a day
holy? By seeing that it is holy already
and behaving accordingly.” Joy
Davidman, Smoke on the Mountain |
|
May / June 2006 |
“Life is never about golf. Golf is what I do. I don’t want to be defined as a
golfer. I want to be defined by my
character as a person.” Tiger
Woods, Workwise April 2006 |
|
July / August 2006 |
“When a person is wrapped up in
himself, he makes a very small package.” John Ruskin, Workwise June 2006 |
|
September / October
2006 |
“Work is part of what God
redeems when he saves us in Christ” Chris
Wright, Workwise July 2006 |
|
November /
December 2006 |
“We ought to be in the top one
or two percentile of the most industrious, productive, value-adding people at
our work sites because of who we ultimately work for.” Bill
Hybels, Senior |
|
January / February
2007 |
“We make a living by what we
get, but we make a life by what we give.” Winston
Churchill, Workwise December 2006 |
|
March / April 2007 |
“The place God calls you to is where your deep gladness and the world’s deep
hunger meet.” Frederick
Buechner, Wishful Thinking: A Theological ABC, Workwise January 2007 |
|
May / June 2007 |
“We must not grow weary of doing
little things for the love of God, who looks not on the great size of the
work, but on the love in it.” Brother
Lawrence, Weavings, Workwise January 2007 |
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July / August 2007 |
“Many believers feel motivated to
serve God wholeheartedly in church services and religious activities but lack
passion about their daily work in the world.” Scripture Union LifeBuilder Series
‘Spiritual Gifts’ |
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