Your true purpose must be put to work. In this episode, Brantley, Dan, and Howard discuss how those who follow Jesus have a distinct advantage in making their purpose practical for everyday life and work.

Everybody is talking about purpose. Harvard Business Review says we must have a purpose behind our purpose. In this week’s podcast, Brantley, Dan, and Howard discuss where true purpose comes from, and how our purpose is designed to be life-giving fuel for all of our life and work.

In this week’s podcast, Brantley, Dan, and Howard discuss how God shapes our hearts to desire exactly what He wants for us. The discussion is practical and revealing about how we may not want what we currently desire, and how God uses our imperfect desires to shape us so that we may know His love and mercy in new ways. 

Verses covered 

Psalm 37:4

Joshua 1:7-9

Romans 8:14-16 

Romans 12:1-2 

Ephesians 1:3-6 

Links 

Desires of the Heart  - https://www.thecentermemphis.org/blog/desires-of-the-heart

Renovation of the Heart  — https://www.amazon.com/Renovation-Heart-Putting-Character-Christ/dp/1615216324

In this week’s podcast, Brantley, Dan, and Howard discuss how we can know God’s will for our work. They have an in-depth discussion about how God’s will applies to both big and small decisions in life and at work. They also share examples of good work, broken work, and finally how God calls us to be redemptive agents in everyday life and work.

Links: 

The Center Memphis - thecentermemphis.org

Work Is Very Good  - https://www.thecentermemphis.org/blog/work-is-very-good

Every Good Endeavor - https://www.amazon.com/Every-Good-Endeavor-Connecting-Your/dp/1594632820

In this week’s podcast, Brantley, Dan, and Howard discuss how every moment is spiritual and an opportunity to worship God. Many of us will spend 90,000 hours of our lives at work. Knowing how to glorify God at work is essential to being who God made us to be. 

thecentermemphis.org

In this week’s podcast, Dan and Howard discuss how too often we as leaders can treat people like objects — or means to end — as we try to achieve personal and corporate goals. At the same time, we can be tempted to treat money as a personal god as we desire independence and control. You will hear examples about how to detox from shellfish ambition (Philippians 2:3-4), while caring for our coworkers, friends, and family in a way that gives life and honors them as image bearers of God.

Andy Crouch - Money Has Power - From Faith Driven Investor Conference

https://youtu.be/RETf-je6lKY

‘Great Attrition’ or ‘Great Attraction’? The choice is yours —McKinsey Quarterly

https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/great-attrition-or-great-attraction-the-choice-is-yours

Love At Work — The Center-Memphis 

https://www.thecentermemphis.org/blog/love-at-work

Getting Right with God and Each Other, sermon by John Piper

In this week’s podcast, Dan and Howard discuss how we are made to bear fruit in business. You will hear how God cares about maximum fruit production and gives us everything we need to be fruitful. You will also learn about a new book from Praxis, Redemptive Business, that is a an excellent guide on how to bear fruit at work. 

In this week’s podcast, Dan and Howard discuss how everyone is a witness to something. We are all made to be witnesses. You will hear real life examples of the struggles of being a witness and truth from God’s word about how to be a faithful witness. You will most importantly hear what it means to live as a child of God and to be a witness to the King in all of your work.