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from Moments that Matter Bible study series

Week three of a five week study on finding our way to balance covers the topic of living contented lives. You can find the first two studies at the bottom of this week's lesson.

Did you know:
-3 in 10 employees will look for ways to steal from their employers.
-Thirty percent of all business failures are caused by white-collar crime, with 80 percent of these crimes being committed against small businesses.
-Another 3 in 10 employees will steal from their employers if given the opportunity.
-Only 4 in 10 employees are likely to remain honest if given the opportunity to commit fraud.
-By 1995, 45 of the nation's 100 largest defense contractors had been investigated for over billing the federal government.

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It remains one of my favorite workplace encounters in thirty years. Dust rag in hand, she reminded me the most effective service we offer the Kingdom of God is something everyone can do.

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by Randy Kilgore, from Moments that Matter study series

We're in the second week of a five week journey to balancing our demanding schedules. In last week's lesson, we learned the reason we exist is to be in relationship with God. Our value rests in that relationship and not in what we do. Once we understand that, we're then free to begin carefully folding in the activities of our lives. Though our value rests in being and not doing, God still expects us to be busy doing His work. And that includes tending His creation in the jobs we do.

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Here you'll find resources for pastors, which is our "shorthand" term for all members of the clergy, as well as chaplains and others who serve full-time inside churches and ministries. We plan to feature four categories of information, though we'll often add miscellaneous articles that don't necessarily fit into those categories.

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Issues that are dominating the minds and hearts of workplace Christians right now. They may be as timeless as unemployment or as timely as the subprime lending crisis. Choose from the menu on the right.

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by Randy Kilgore, from Moments that Matter study series

To find balance in our busy and demanding work life, we must know why we exist. This week's study starts a five-week journey from busy lives to ordered priorities, the foundation for discovering balance.

Why were we created? What is the central purpose in our lives, the reason we exist? Click through to discover the most important lesson in anyone's search for balance. Don't have a Bible? Use the link to the Biblegateway at the bottom of our home page.

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With nearly thirty years of combined experience in human resource management and workplace chaplaincy, we're had the opportunity to observe the difference between what workers want from their pastors and churches in their spiritual journey and what they need. We try to give voice to both their wants and needs, and to offer perspective on how pastors and churches might resonate with workers in ways that trigger cooperation between the church and the workplace. Choose from the menu on the right.

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Here we offer tools, ideas, links and even nurturing for pastors wanting to equip their congregations to serve something bigger than themselves. As with the rest of our ministry efforts, we remain committed to moving individual believers along in their spiritual journeys past the early days of consumer faith (What is God doing for me?) to service faith (What can I do alongside of God?). Choose from the menu on the right.

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When we find other websites helpful to pastors, we'll pass them along here. Competition is terrific in the marketplace, but when it comes to serving the shepherds, it's time to be unselfish. When somebody does something better than we do, or does something we don't, count on us to connect you to them! Choose from the menu on the right.

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This is a sample devotional. You can replace it with you first one.