This lesson is the first in a series about "Work" - both a physical perspective and a spiritual perspective. This lesson primarily deals with the Bible foundations to work and discusses the question, "How should we view work?"

2. “When man loses the
sacred significance of work
and of himself as a worker,
he soon loses the sacred
meaning of time and life.”
Carl F. H. Henry, Aspects

4. Work
•Exertion of strength or faculties; physical
or intellectual effort directed to an end;
industrial activity; toil; employment;
sometimes, specifically, physically labor
http://www.brainyquote.com/words/wo/work240463.html#TQ9WrwZgceKD

5. 168 Total Hours
56 hours of sleep
40 hours of work/school
20 hours on media
10 hours on eating
4 hours on church

6. “In all toil there is profit,
but mere talk tends only to
poverty.”
King Solomon, Proverbs 14.23

7. Entitlement Generation
•the group born between 1979 and 1994
who believe they are owed certain rights
and benefits without further justification
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Entitlement+Generation

8. “…the laborer deserves his
wages.”
Jesus, Luke 10.7

9. “…to work and keep it.”
(Genesis 2.15)

10. “…cursed is the ground
because of you; in pain
you shall eat of it all the
days of your life; thorns
and thistles it shall bring
forth for you; and you
shall eat the plants of the
field. By the sweat of
your face you shall eat
bread, till you return to
the ground, for out of it
you were taken…”

11. “Six days you shall labor,
and do all your work...”
God, Exodus 20.9

12. “If anyone is not willing to
work, let him not eat.”
Apostle Paul, 2 Thessalonians 3.10

13. “Then I considered all that my hands had
done and the toil I had expended in doing
it, and behold, all was vanity and a
striving after wind, and there was nothing
to be gained under the sun.”

14. “Whatever you do, work
heartily, as for the Lord and
not for men…”
Apostle Paul, Colossians 3.23

15. “God give me work till my
life shall end and life till my
work is done.”
Winifred Holtbry