This week, Jeff and DW get down to business. That’s right. Jason and Mike are back to talk about the purpose of work in our life. We were all created to work. What work is meaningful? Why should we be glad to work? Does God care about the things we put our hands to? Is our work our source of meaning and significance? Or is it more than that? Listen in and share your thoughts on the TweetBack.
“Work fulfills our nature; it is part of who we are, and we can never be fully satisfied without it. At the same time, however, work is not the sum total of who we are.” (breakpoint.org)
“Our jobs are not necessarily the most important aspect of our calling or our service in Christ’s work of redemption.” (tifwe.org)
the root of the English word vocation is the Latin verb voca, which means “to call.” The linguistic evidence shows that at some point in history, people thought of every type of work as a “calling.” Whether you are a minister or a mechanic, you do not work because it pays the bills, or because it’s personally fulfilling, or because it justifies the money you spent on college tuition. You work because it glorifies God. (thegospelcoalition.org)
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Note: This show may be sensitive for younger listeners.
January is National Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Tonight, Jeff & DW welcome Terra Kay back and she’s bringing friends! Sarah Boes from More Precious Than Rubies joins the Hope Panel on the show to talk about the realities of human trafficking and modern-day slavery this week. Today marks National Human Trafficking Prevention Day and campaigns across the country took to the streets and social media to bring the conversation to the forefront.
Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery. This crime occurs when a trafficker uses force, fraud or coercion to control another person for the purpose of engaging in commercial sex acts or soliciting labor or services against his/her will.
The International Labour Org estimates that there are 20.9M victims of human trafficking worldwide. 5.5M are children. #HNRTB#EndSlavery — HopeNet Radio (@hopenetradio) January 12, 2015
Damascus Road is dedicated to fighting the evil of human trafficking and sexual exploitation. We are committed to bring awareness through education, restoring and empowering the abused and advocating for the prevention and abolition of human trafficking.
2015. You have officially arrived in the future. While most teens aren’t getting around on hoverboards quite yet, there’s a lot to look forward this year. Jeff, DW, Jason, and Mike Ott want to know what you’re looking forward to most about this new year. Be part of the Tweetback in 2015!
National Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month
January is National Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month featuring National Human Trafficking Awareness Day on January 11th. Terra Kay from Damascus Road Project & Sarah Boes from More Precious Than Rubies sit down on HopeNet Radio to share about how you can be involved in ending modern day slavery. Check out the End Slavery page
As 2014 comes to a close, it’s natural to want to look back and think about the last year. Was your 2014 successful or unsuccessful? If you’re like most, it’s a combination of both. How do you measure success? That’s the topic of conversation this week on the Podcast.
Here are the 8 Adjustments We Must Make to be Successful in 2015
[2Ti 3:1-5 ESV] But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.
1. Make life about God
2. Discern fantasy from reality
3. Seek relationships, not arrangements
4. Invest your life
5. Seek reality
6. Accept responsibility
7. Focus on the end through the lens of process
8. Be willing to try
Merry Christmas from Jeff, DW, Jason and the crew of HopeNet Radio! At the core of Christmas is this thing called joy. Yet, why do so many people act joyless during Christmastime? This week’s episode is all about experiencing true joy this year. Joy is an attitude that constantly needs maintenance.
Unilateral listening is all about hearing what you want to hear without actually listening to the other person. We’ve all done it. Someone is talking to you about something and all you can think of is what you’re going to say next. You’re not actually listening. You’re just thinking…
It’s All About Me
Self-explanatory. The truth is that it’s not all about you. But you already knew that…
The Rules Don’t Apply
Nothing frustrates leaders more than having someone under them acting in a way in which they think they can do or say what they want when they want. This generally doesn’t end well for the person who is stuck in this mindset.
Turning Concerns into Criticisms
This one can be tricky. See if you can catch the difference between the two:
Concerns are statements that focus on the qualities which are arising in the relationship which we don’t like or find harmful. “When you promise to take out the trash and then don’t do so, it makes it hard for me to trust you and I don’t feel supported in caring for this household.”
Criticisms are statements that focus on the choices the other is making which we don’t like. “When you don’t take out the trash as you said you would you are being immature, selfish, and lazy.”
Blaming Outcomes on Anyone Other Than You
The other is like it…
Blaming Others for How I Feel
Until you begin to take responsibility for your shortcomings and mistakes, you will constantly be miserable. Blame-shifting is not fair to yourself or to others.
Each of these attitudes robs us of our joy. It’s so, so, so easy to fall into them because by nature we’re selfish. You and I want it to be about us all the time. Joy comes when we take focus off of me and puts it on God.
Next week, we’ll spend more time on the adjustments we must make to be joyful.
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With all the negative news about police officers lately, we thought this was a great story that will warm your heart. This is truly what living joyfully is all about.
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January is National Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month featuring National Human Trafficking Awareness Day on January 11th. Terra Kay from 
