The Bible doesn’t specifically address the current-day concept of retirement, which is a relatively new idea. … Someone who brags about working 70 or 80 hours (or more) a week probably thinks he is the master of his job-but in reality he has become its slave.” 5. He never meant for His people to be workaholics.īilly Graham wrote, “ Our work was never meant to become the center of our lives. Just as God created work, He also created rest.
Most of us live in a culture that ignores this commandment. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates” (Exodus 20:8-10). Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. The fourth commandment says, “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Whether you’re making peanut butter sandwiches for little ones, typing emails in a cubicle, or scrubbing toilets, your hard work brings glory to God. Paul wrote, “ whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31). The Bible tells us that all Christians are ultimately working for the Lord. These words can be especially encouraging-and challenging-if you don’t like your job or have trouble getting along with your boss. You are serving the Lord Christ” (Colossians 3:23-24). The Apostle Paul said, “ Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. This was instead directed at people who had every opportunity to work-but refused to do so.” 3. Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living” (2 Thessalonians 3:10-12).īilly Graham once wrote about this passage, saying, “ Please note that this wasn’t spoken to people who couldn’t find jobs. For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies. “For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. In one of the Apostle Paul’s letters, he seemed to be scolding some Christians who refused to earn their keep: Those who are able to work should do so.īoth the Old and New Testaments of the Bible speak highly of work and condemn laziness. That means you can view the act of working as a gift, even if you don’t love your job. Since the beginning, work has been part of God’s plan for humanity. “ The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it” (Genesis 2:15). These five Biblical ideas-along with insights from Billy Graham-can help you view work in a new light, whether you love your job, hate your job or you’re looking for work. The attached document, in MS Word format, contains an example of each of these three options.The Bible offers an abundance of wisdom on the topic of work.
Now you can open a word processor document and click the Edit pull down in this program and select Paste. ( This places a picture of the current window on the Clipboard. Take a screen snapshot of the Parallel Versions Window (PVW) in BibleWorks, just open the desired PVW, and then press Alt+PrintScreen. Insert a table containing one row for each verse into a word processor and copy each parallel text into a separate column of the table.ģ. Copy the text into a word processor and then set up the resulting document to use parallel columns.Ģ. BibleWorks does not format the text into columns for the word processor since each word processor uses different programming to format columns. The print feature in BibleWorks does not support a printing of this parallel layout from the program itself, but one can copy the texts or a screenshot of the Parallel Versions Window to a word processor in order to print the desired texts in the parallel format.
#BIBLEWORKS 7 VIEWING PASSGAES SIDE BY SIDE WINDOWS#
The Parallel Versions Window (see the Tools menu) is a feature that displays multiple Browse Windows in a side by side format.