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By Rob Genin Everyone appreciates a good value. We all hear stories of amazing investments – for example, if you bought 100 shares of Apple stock at $22 a share in 1980, today you would have 22,400 shares, worth a total of approximately $4.3 million. However, if we care about value, the scriptures tell us…

By Rob Genin What is our motivation for work? There are many possibilities. We might work to feed our families or to grow professionally and gain new opportunities for other work. We might work to buy luxuries or (ironically) work so we don’t have to work. It could be joy of the work or fear…

By Rob Genin Who am I? The business world, like every community in our world, is concerned with questions of identity. That is natural; the work we do reflects our identity; as a farmer, we take great pleasure and significance from cultivating the land and watching it grow.  A carpenter or metalworker looks at their…

By Chris Jones, YBL Small Group Coordinator Rebekah his wife conceived.The children struggled together within her, and she said, “If it is thus, why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the Lord.  And the Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb,and two peoples from within you shall be divided;the one shall…

I imagine this subject is a stumbling block for nearly every man, woman and even child at this time in history.  We all feel it, now we need to do something about it.  The author gives some very practical tips to move in a new direction. Read more here: How to Stay Spiritually Focused in…

But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.  So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. – Matthew 6:33-34 Pray For YBL and WBL Leadership Pray for YBL & WBL Leadership, Rob, Drew, Sharon,…

By Drew Narmour, Executive Director, YBL Jackson One of the hardest sayings of Jesus is the command to, “love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” (Matt. 5:44). But who are these “enemies” and “persecutors?” It wasn’t hard to know who these were for the Israelites in ancient Egypt as the chariots of…

Paul McCartney tells a story about writing the song Yesterday. He didn’t believe he had actually written it. The song felt so timeless and perfect that McCartney was convinced that Yesterday was some old standard he had heard as a child and forgotten about. I feel similarly about this article. It’s so perfect for our…

The end of all things is near. Therefore, be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray. Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. – 1 Peter 4:7-8 Pray For YBL and WBL Leadership Pray for YBL & WBL Leadership, Rob, Drew, Sharon, and Chris: Pray…

In an age where our work often becomes just a means to selfish ends, Christians can recall what scripture has to say about working with enthusiasm, enjoyment, excellence, and integrity.  Consider the following on The Theology of Work and be fueled to “do the good will of God from the heart”. The Theology of Work…