HOW TO TAKE JESUS TO WORK - MISSION IN THE MIDDLE - MARK PETTUS

Main message: The sermon teaches that taking Jesus to work means integrating faith and vocation — living undividedly as a child of God, staying connected to Christ, being faithful where God has placed you, and finding your identity in Him rather than in your job.

Key points:

• Four common approaches to faith-at-work were named (live Christian values quietly, shape a Christian workplace culture, actively share the gospel at work, or fund the mission through earnings), and the speaker affirmed there is good in all of them.
• Live an undivided life: Scripture offers no sacred/secular split — work, service, and worship are connected (Paul the tentmaker in Acts 18 modeled this).
• Live a connected life: abide in Christ (John 15) so the Holy Spirit fuels your work and produces fruit (love, joy, peace, patience, etc.).
• Live faithfully where you are: faithfulness, not worldly success, is the primary calling in whatever season or job you occupy.
• Live securely in identity: your identity is as a child of God, not defined by role or performance; this frees you to work from approval, not for approval.

Scriptures mentioned: Acts 18, Matthew 5:13, Matthew 5:14, Colossians 1, John 15, Psalm 86