David Kim famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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The Great Commission will not be fulfilled with our spare time or spare money.
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Every heart without Christ is a mission field; Every heart with Christ is a missionary by vocation.
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Because of the gospel, God is doing a new work, and he invites us to participate in this innovative work that affects the entirety of our world.
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The gospel has brought a new identity in Christ that then allows our work to no longer be the source of our identity but the rightful expression of it.
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Faith is an indispensable part of work, whether that work is paid or unpaid.
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The gospel moves us to see others as people created in God's image and that can have a profound impact on people's productivity and work satisfaction.
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On the flip side, when we connect our work with a greater sense of purpose and calling beyond the paycheck, we begin to see the kind of flourishing that we were called to create.
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When people criticize our work, whether that work is a spreadsheet, a coffee, or our children, we take it very personally as if they were attacking us. This response shows how instead of taking criticism in ways that help us in our work, we become easily defensive and negative.
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If you think your work is ultimately about a paycheck, then that will affect the quality of your work as well as the quality of your own life.
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When we try to find our sense of security, value, worth from our work, we'll find ourselves anxiety-ridden and burdened.
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All work flows from some underlying assumptions, and the content of that faith can dramatically change our expectations for our work.
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The often-surprising truth for many people is that we all integrate faith into our work, but most of the time we're completely unaware of what faith underlies our attitudes and responses to our work.
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There's something very noble about bringing home a paycheck to provide for oneself and one's family. However, there's so much more to work than just a paycheck. This is unfortunately a very common view which I believe accounts in part for the statistic that approximately 70% of people are disengaged at work. Think about the loss of meaning and productivity and the staggering economic implications of that statistic.
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Many people functionally share this belief that work has no greater meaning than the paycheck it provides. A natural consequence of this faith commitment is the belief it's okay to do mediocre work so that in your free time you can enjoy your true passions.
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One of the unique aspects of the Bible is that it is primarily a story illustrated by teaching and not primarily teaching illustrated by story.
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When we think of our world today with all of its interconnectedness and complexities, the scope of gospel renewal includes systems and structures that are far beyond what we might consider day-to-day.
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Many Christians understand the Bible to be a collection of stories without an overarching narrative.
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Economic and political structures that have a far sweeping impact on the lives of billions is not outside the purview of the gospel's redemptive influence.
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When economic structures and policies allow people to have access to capital, it releases a host of productivity that could humanize many bringing a greater flourishing to our society to the glory of God.
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I encounter many Christians who've been raised in the church but never realized that there's a cohesive storyline from Genesis to Revelation.
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Our work is connected to much larger structures and systems that can be influenced and changed to align with God's intention to bring order and fruitfulness into the world.
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The fast paced nature of our technologically-driven world seems to create issues that would appear to be foreign to ancient civilization.
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When we think about our work it deals with our motivations, our desires, our sense of security, purpose, and status. Our work deals with a whole host of relationships. Work impacts the flourishing of individuals, communities, and nations.
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One reason why people find applying the Bible to work so difficult is that the world of Scriptures seems so distant from our modern world today. Many established realities we encounter daily, like non-profit and for-profit corporations, did not exist in the ancient world.
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