Can welding a gatepost bring glory to God? Does ironing your children's uniforms help you grow as a disciple? Will your new crime prevention strategy do anything to further the kingdom? To all three Ian Coffey says a resounding 'yes'. With lively Bible teaching and drawing on a wealth of real-life stories, he shows how work was part of God's good plan for men and women - given to us so we can make a creative contribution in his world. Whatever your work, God is interested in it, God can transform it, and God wants to use it - for his glory.

Ian Coffey

WORKING IT OUT

Acknowledgments

Series preface

A time for courage

Big ears

Introduction: My journey to work

For further thought...

1. Curse or blessing?

God's character

God's command

God's call

2. What does God do on Mondays?

Who is my boss?

What is my job?

How should I tackle my work?

3. I hate my job!

Wrong job?

Right job, wrong attitude?

Daniel's circumstances

Daniel's dedication

Daniel's progress

4. ‘On yer bike!’

Thessalonica

A pastoral problem

A pastoral prescription

Lessons of life

Making a difference

5. Like a candle in the wind

Success at work

Stress at work

How Work Affects Life5

Strength at work

Pursuing excellence

6. When I’m sixty-four

Time for everything

7. With a little help from my friends

With a little help from my friends

Being willing to share – and to listen

A different kind of church culture

For those who lead

God in my Workplace

A journey of a thousand miles

8. Milking cows for Jesus?

Wealth

Meaning

Work without God

Work with God

Finding fulfilment in our work

9. Where do I fit in?

What are spiritual gifts?

Where do spiritual gifts come from?

How do spiritual gifts operate?

How can I discover my spiritual gift(s)?

How do spiritual gifts fit into my work life?

Postscript: Notes from a pastor’s casebook

Integrating two worlds

Workaholics Anonymous

'I'm a nobody'

Promotion – or not?

Disabled by disappointment

Ministries-R-Us

Growing and learning

Notes

Introduction

Chapter 1: Curse or blessing?

Chapter 2: What does God do on Mondays?

Chapter 3: I hate my job!

Chapter 4: 'On yer bike!'

Chapter 5: Like a candle in the wind

Chapter 6: When I'm sixty-four

Chapter 7: With a little help from my friends

Chapter 8: Milking cows for Jesus?

Chapter 9: Where do I fit in?

Postscript: Notes from a pastor's casebook

Resources

Books and Booklets

Other resources

Websites

"Whether we are a tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor or candlestick-maker - lawyer, church leader, office worker, stay-at-home mum or dad - this book can not only transform the way we look at our work, but also helps us understand how God sees it." Rob Parsons, founder, Care for the Family

The Good Book Stall

For many of us the world of work dominates so much of our lives and involves a significant proportion of our time. Coffey opens this book with a telling quote of a man who told him ‘I often sit in church after a hard week at work handling all kinds of pressures and I sit there thinking “This is completely irrelevant to my life. You simply haven’t got a clue about living in my world.”’ We divide the world of secular and church life with little or no opportunity to merge the two for fear that we will become tainted but Coffey skilfully sets out to undo this unhealthy myth. God is passionate about our daily lives and the way we live them and Working It Out is one most of us should take to heart.  
It is rare to find an effective, practical book that is infused with healthy reality and quality biblical teaching that can be put into use by anyone. This book will give the individual confidence and inspiration to take their Christian lifestyle into the world of work. It will provide the small group leader a quality resource for a season’s Bible studies that are rooted in the world where their folk spend so much of their life. It is also a book that could be used as a well-spring for a sermon series to prevent what is taught on a Sunday being irrelevant for the rest of the week

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