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iWork4Him PowerThought

Jim & Martha Brangenberg

Prepping for work each day, chug your coffee and take a short swig of workplace inspiration with the iWork4Him PowerThoughts. Hosts Jim & Martha Brangenberg give you a 1-minute daily challenge to live out your faith at work. Each episode is designed to kick off your day with an idea you can put into practice as soon as you get to work. The iWork4Him PowerThoughts are focused on helping you to recognize that your workplace IS your mission field. Catch new episodes every Weekday.

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The Gift of Working with God

iWork4Him PowerThought ·

2025/06/12

There is a truth about work that has been lost to much of our culture since the creation of the world. It is that GOD CREATED WORK. He created work for us, to do together and for HIS glory. Genesis 2: 19 So the Lord God formed from the ground all the wild animals and all the birds of the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would call them, and the man chose a name for each one. Work is NOT a PUNISHMENT, it’s a GIFT. And God wants to JOIN US in it. Every day. He DELIGHTS in it. He is

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From “Owner” to “Steward”

iWork4Him PowerThought ·

2025/06/11

As a business leader, if you turned your business over to God, what would that look like? What would be the result? Hundreds of business owners we’ve interviewed over the past eight years have done it. They say the result is a DEEP sense of peace vs. stress, pressure, and tension. And a new, deepening understanding of their role as a STEWARD of God’s business, vs. “being the OWNER of it”.  What would it take for YOU to be ready to turn YOUR organization over to the Lord’s ownership today?  We invite

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Work and Worship: A Way of Life

iWork4Him PowerThought ·

2025/06/10

What if our WORK WAS our WORSHIP? The Hebrew word avodah means work, worship, and service, altogether! Work: being productive, worship: praising and glorifying God and service: a form of service to the world and our community. We are MEANT to be of service, to be PARTNERS with God in the ongoing creation of the world. The various usages of this Hebrew word that is first found in Genesis 2:15 shows us it was God’s ORIGINAL DESIGN and DESIRE that our work and our worship would be a SEAMLESS WAY of

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Seek the Kingdom

iWork4Him PowerThought ·

2025/06/09

What if today, we committed to operate our businesses from a philosophy of “It’s not about WHAT we sell or HOW MUCH we sell, it’s about the LIVES we TOUCH and CHANGE.”  That’s “God’s way of doing business”. And it’s the exact OPPOSITE of everything we have been taught as professional business people. But isn’t that always God’s way? This counter-cultural philosophy is rooted in Matthew 6:33: But seek first HIS kingdom and HIS righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. What is

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Giving with Love

iWork4Him PowerThought ·

2025/06/06

Money. We all need it to live. Is your view of money healthy and in alignment with biblical principles? Is the WAY you use it serving man, or God and His Kingdom. 1 John 3:17 says If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need but shows no compassion—how can God’s love be in that person? How about your income? How about your company’s revenue? Are you tithing from your corporate revenue stream? Have you ever considered it? We challenge you today, to pray about

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The Call to Rest

iWork4Him PowerThought ·

2025/06/05

For in six days the Lord made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything in them; but on the seventh day he rested. That is why the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy. So how about you? Are you resting from your work? Are you taking a day off every week and keeping it holy? Are you honoring God with your business and keeping the Sabbath, not only for yourself, but for your employees and customers? Two of the giants in retail, Hobby Lobby and Chick-Fil-A are closed on

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Full of Light

iWork4Him PowerThought ·

2025/06/04

I learned something new talking with a Physical Fitness company owner in Nashville. The only gift God has given us that we can control 100% is our body. What we eat, how we take care of it, what we feed it, if we are exercising it. Reminds me of Luke 11:36 Therefore, if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it dark, it will be just as full of light as when a lamp shines its light on you. Never thought of that.  That we have an obligation to glorify God with our body, and that body is the

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Everything Works for Good

iWork4Him PowerThought ·

2025/06/03

Have you ever experienced a major upheaval in your business or work life?  Something that looked like it was taking you in the opposite direction of where you were headed? Or was (you thought) the next logical step? It’s highly possible that God is using this to move you to exactly where HE wants you to be. For HIS work, in HIS time, for THIS season. Let Romans 8:28 encourage you today, and we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called

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He Crowns the Humble with Victory

iWork4Him PowerThought ·

2025/06/02

Humility. The term "humility" comes from the Latin word humilitas, a noun related to the adjective humilis, which can be translated as "humble", but also as "grounded", or "from the earth", since it derives from HUmus (earth). The greatest leaders, including our Lord have it. CS Lewis said: “Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of YOURSELF LESS.” What if TODAY, you and I, thought of ourselves less at work, and started to think MORE about others. James 4:10 says it best:

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Your Mission Field

iWork4Him PowerThought ·

2025/05/30

Do you want to see your workplace as a place to live out your faith? Your work is a place where you finally get that chance to be involved in fulltime ministry. Then do these things. 1st Start praying for those you work around, by name every day. 2nd look for ways to serve those same people over and above what your job requires you to do. 3rd look for ways to build a friendship with those you work with, outside of work, where real relationships can develop. 4th Look for ways to pray with people when

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Your Work

iWork4Him PowerThought ·

2025/05/29

Kathy Branzell, President of the National Day of Prayer says: there’s the idea that when I work, I work, but when I pray, God works. So how about YOU? Are you working, when you should be praying? Are you starting work first, before you pray? Are you taking God’s place for the results by over-working? There’s a beautiful balance we can obtain between work and prayer. We can choose to pray first, then work. And then pray, staying in constant contact with the Lord to guide and direct our work, vs

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Your Schedule

iWork4Him PowerThought ·

2025/05/28

Are there ROCKS in YOUR schedule? ROCKS are IMMOVABLE commitments. Those priorities that are unchangeable. As a working Christ-follower, what are some of YOUR ROCKS? Here are some of mine: Time with the Lord. Family commitments. And anything I have given my word to, to be there. Is WORK one of YOUR ROCKS? If it is, maybe it’s time to look at that rock, and decrease its size, or the amount of space it’s taking on your calendar. Don’t’ let Luke 20:18 define how you live and manage your life.

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Your Methods

iWork4Him PowerThought ·

2025/05/27

Heard this the other day: The principles never change, but the methods always do. What a solid management philosophy this makes for us Christ followers. Principles are defined as: fundamental truths that serve as the foundation for a system of beliefs. Our biblical core beliefs are the basis of who we are and what we do. And that applies to how we work, lead and manage. But the methods, those change, based on the circumstances, and the people involved. So we need to be flexible, not rigid. Deeply

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Your Finances

iWork4Him PowerThought ·

2025/05/26

Some things in life are more challenging than others. Like finances. And even more challenging: How do we glorify God with our finances? If you think you’ve mastered your finances, there’s a next step, a better way to glorify God with them. To transform the money we make from working for the Lord, and seeing that it is invested in Kingdom building. It’s called Biblically Responsible Investing and it’s transforming the way Christians look at the money they invest, and where they invest it. So how

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The Work God Gives

iWork4Him PowerThought ·

2025/05/23

When people around you at work succeed, do you find yourself happy for them or feeling bad for yourself? It can be easy to compare our career path to someone else’s and come out feeling like we missed our chance at moving up - but the truth is that everyone’s journey will look different. Galatians 6:4 says, “Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won’t need to compare yourself to anyone else.” So next time the temptation to compare

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Your Response to Tough Times

iWork4Him PowerThought ·

2025/05/22

Is God building another testimony for you, through your workplace? Often, hard times come in our work, and we’re called to respond as a Christ-follower. Not react with fear, self-pity, anger, resentment or push-back. But with a keen sense and trust that God is sovereign in our work. That He may have brought something to an end, for His Glory, not our punishment. So how about YOU? .... Are YOU going through a hard time at work? And if you are, how are you responding? We recommend first taking it to

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A Time to Reflect

iWork4Him PowerThought ·

2025/05/21

How do you measure your work success? We’re referring to eternal success in your work. One way is to ask yourself: Is my workplace better off because of having me work there? Have I changed it for the better? Would my co-workers say that I am a blessing to work with? A roofing business owner in Florida told us he takes an inventory every year, looks back at the year to see what benefit or good he has added: to his customers, his employees, his community and his family. So how about you? WE

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Is God leading your work?

iWork4Him PowerThought ·

2025/05/20

Is God leading your work? How do you get the point where you can say YES, He is. Here’re a couple of ideas to get you started. First, read a book or listen to faith at work podcasts that introduce you to the concept of working for the Lord. Second, pray and ask God to show you how and where He is at work in your work today. Three, take a faith at work devotional and put it on your desk. Before you turn on your PC, read the devotional and pray that God lead you in your work. This might take some

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This Week’s Declaration

iWork4Him PowerThought ·

2025/05/19

As we start our work week, let’s remind ourselves of our calling to our work and God’s plan for our work. Declare this now as you head to work today, walk to your office, or sit down to do your devotions. … “My workplace is my mission field, a place of full-time ministry… My workplace ministry manual is my Bible. …My calling to my workplace is not a second-class calling…. I dedicate my workplace as a mission field for God, and because of Jesus in my life, I am committed to celebrating the work that

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A Good Shepherd

iWork4Him PowerThought ·

2025/05/16

Are you a leader in your organization? If so, what are you doing to care for your team members? Your employees? Are you ignoring the big stresses in their lives? If you are, it could be costing you in a big way. For example: The divorce of a $60,000 a year employee will cost $86,000 in lost productivity. There are legal, low cost remedies to helping your employees get the help they need to calm the sometimes raging seas of their lives. So how about YOU? Are you turning a blind eye to the pain in

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