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Explain how serving Christ in the workplace can be just as powerful as serving Christ in the church or the mission field.
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Your colleagues can see the difference in your actions, how you will handle the situations and your attitudes towards others. Your actions speak for your faith and are the most powerful witness to others.
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You may be the only Bible people ever read. Someone in the workplace may not be familiar with God or the Good News. They may have a barrier up at first and something may be keeping them from seeking and knowing God. If you serve Christ in everything you do, people will notice that and that will glorify God. It will lead people to seek God.
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God has given us gifts to bring him glory and this can be achieved by and through our work. Colossians 3:23 teaches us “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters.” People in our workplace need to see what a life transformed by Jesus looks like and life in the workplace is full-time Christian service.
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Both are the same in that we are serving Christ where we are. We can provide witness with our words and actions towards others and when an opportunity arises to discuss why it is that live the way we do we can provide our testimonies and share the gospel, just as Christ has commanded in the great commission
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The focus is ministering the love of Jesus to lost souls. Also a mission field is not defined as Africa. It is the store you frequent, the bus you take daily, the gym, your workplace, your neighborhood. It’s anywhere where people need to be ministered to.