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PROGRAM D-7751
This program is directed to marketplace Christians, with the purpose of encouraging you and equipping you to integrate your faith walk with your job. I want to offer you very practical help, based on biblical principles, as you face difficult and puzzling situations in your career. Finding and keeping a good job is not the easiest thing to do in today’s environment. We are going to look at how to keep a job; what you can do to make yourself more valuable so that you are viewed as a very productive and dedicated employee.
Let’s start with the basics: How’s your attitude these days? Attitude is absolutely one of the most—if not the most—critical characteristic for any employee. And the good news is you can have a positive, upbeat attitude any day you choose to. No one can keep you mired in complaining mode and negative talk except you.
So take a good look at yourself and honestly assess your attitude. Do you gripe and complain along with everyone else? Do you bad-mouth the boss or the company? Do you have a discouraged or depressed demeanor about you—your body language, your facial expressions? Believe me, this is important.
As a believer in Jesus Christ, your most powerful witness is a joyful, hopeful attitude. There should be a smile on your face, positive words out of your mouth, a spring in your step, and joy in your heart. Of course, it should be genuine not faked, and that comes by keeping your relationship with the Lord on the front burner. It comes by bringing your thoughts into captivity and trusting God to fill you with his joy and peace, so that you are a sincerely positive person.