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10 Commandments |
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How to
be a Godly Employee based on the Ten Commandments
By Drew M. Crandall, Northeast
Christians at Work
10 Commandments
for the Workplace
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Trust in God only.
Trust in
no one but God. People will disappoint you. God created you, He loves
you, and has a wonderful plan for your life. He is too good to do
wrong, and too wise to make a mistake, even when the “fur is flying.”
Let His peace abide in you.
(Proverbs
3:5-6)
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Worship God only.
Don’t make
your career, your company, or your boss a god. If you do, you will
provoke Him to jealousy and will end up fighting Him. In fact, He may
hinder you from achieving what you want until you are broken of the
idolatry.
(Exodus 20:5)
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Use God's name reverently.
Don’t swear! Clean words come
out of a clean heart. If your co-workers know you’re religious, but
they hear the Lord’s name used in vain, cursing and swearing coming out
of your mouth, you will give the appearance of being a hypocrite.
(Matthew 15:17-19)
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Work six days and rest on the seventh.
Before you
beg for more vacation time, ask yourself a couple of questions: do you
honor the Sabbath? God has already given you 52 days (over seven weeks)
of time off. Are your expectations for work, vacation, and retirement
realistic, or are you living in fantasyland? By resting one day a week,
you can avoid burnout.
(Genesis 3:17-19)
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Respect and obey your boss.
You should
respect and obey your boss, because you don’t know what it’s like to be
in his/her shoes. Plus, your ultimate boss is the Lord. Serve Him
faithfully on the job, and He will bless you! However, if your boss
commands you to do something illegal or immoral, you must make a stand
and obey God rather than man.
(Ephesians
6:5-8)
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Protect and respect human life.
Emotional,
mental, spiritual, and physical manipulation, abuse, and violence have
no place in the workplace…or any place. You do not have the right to
use and abuse your boss, your co-workers, your employees, your
customers, or your suppliers.
(2 Thessalonians
3:1-2)
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Be true to your spouse.
If you’re
not getting the kind of attention and affection that you feel you
deserve at home, it’s common to seek it with someone at work. Honor
your wedding vows by avoiding company romances! They are very real,
very tempting, and very common. They’re also very wrong and very
destructive.
(Matthew 19:8-9)
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Don't take what belongs to others.
Stealing
at work can take many forms. You can choose to steal materials, money,
time, productivity, and joy from your employer, co-workers, customers,
and suppliers. Don’t remove your integrity by stealing.
(2 Corinthians
7:1-2)
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Do not lie about others.
Do not
fabricate stories about your boss or co-workers, and spread gossip for
the sake of company politics. You’re here to be salt and light, not
pepper and darkness! Truth always rises to the surface, and eventually
you will be ashamed and rebuked if you lie.
(2 Peter 2:10-13)
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Be satisfied with what you have.
Contentment
doesn’t mean that you can’t pursue God-given goals…but it does mean
that you’re content with what He has provided you with day by day.
Contentment is a rare quality in today’s culture…but it is extremely
liberating! Materialism, striving for rank, and discontent leads to
emotional, mental, financial, and spiritual bondage.
(1 Timothy 6:6-11)
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