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- Of Jesus' 132 public appearances in the New Testament, 122 were in the marketplace.
- Of 52 parables Jesus told, 45 had a workplace
context.
- Of 40 divine interventions recorded in Acts, 39 were in the marketplace.
- Jesus spent his adult life as a carpenter, until age 30 when he went into a preaching ministry in the workplace.
- Jesus called 12 workplace individuals, not clergy, to build his
church.
- Work is worship—The Hebrew word "avodah" is the root for the word from which we get the words work and worship.
- Work in its different forms is mentioned more than 800 times in the Bible, more than all the words used to express worship, music, praise, and singing combined.
- 54 percent of Jesus' reported teaching ministry arose out of issues posed by others in the scope of daily life.*
It's clear that God wants us to share our faith wherever we happen to be. People are watching us, and by God's grace we can add value to others lives.
Have a great day and God bless!
* Lewis and Lewis, London Institute of Contemporary Christianity
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