Happiness depends on feeling good about yourself. It is based on your relationships and achievements. When your gifts and abilities are developed and utilized through your life’s work, you grow in confidence and strength.
There are keys with which you can unlock the treasures of accomplishment and confidence in your work.
1. Accept Work As God’s Gift, Not Punishment. “to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God, ” (Ecclesiastes 5:19; also see Deuteronomy 28:1-14).
2. Recognize God As Your True Employer. “With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men, ”(Ephesians 6:7).
3. Pursue Work Compatible With Your Abilities And interests. “Neglect not the gift that is in thee, ” (1 Timothy 4:14), Paul encouraged Timothy. (See 2 Timothy 4:5; also see Ephesians 4:11.) Solomon also recognized skills. (See 2 Chronicles 2:7-14.)
4. Learn Everything Possible About Your Job. “give attendance to reading. (1 Timothy 4:13). “a wise man will hear, and will increase learning,” (Proverbs 1:5).
5. Don’t Be A Time Thief. “Redeeming the time, because the days are evil, ”(Ephesians 5:16). “Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth, ”(Ephesians 4:28).
6. Keep A Daily Daster List of Priorities And Establish Reasonable Deadlines. “...this one thing I do, ”(Philippians 3:13). “to every thing there is a season ,”(Ecclesiastes 3:1).
7. Ask The Holy Spirit For Wisdom During Decision-Making. “If any of you lack Wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him,” (James 1:5).
8. Use All Criticism To Your Advantage. In fact, get on the positive side of it: Ask your boss for suggestions and correction: “Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured,” (Proverbs 13:18).
9. Be swift To Admit Your mistakes. “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy,” (Proverbs 28:13).
10. Be Quick To Ask for Assistance And Necessary information When Needed. “a man of knowledge increaseth strength in multitude of counsellors there is safety,” (Proverbs 24:5-6).
11. Assist Others in Their Responsibilities When Possible. “Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it, ” (Proverbs 3:27).
12. Project The Nature of Jesus in Genuine Love And Enthusiasm. Resist the “Holier-than-thou” attitude: “the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,” (2 Timothy 2:24).
13. do Not Receive Nor Repeat Gossip. “Speak not evil one of another, (James 4:11). “He that covereth a transgression seeketh love;but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends,” (Proverbs 17:9). “The words of a talebearer are as wounds, ” (Proverbs 26:22).
“Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles, (Proverbs 21:23). 16. Refocus Your Anger Toward A Realistic Change. “He that.hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls,” (Proverbs 25:28). “He that is soon angry dealethfoolishly, ” (Proverbs 14:17). “He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city, (Proverbs 16:32).
17. Keep Accurate Records, Including Receipts For Everything. “Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds, ” (Proverbs 27:23).
18. Refuse To Give or Receive Unearned Adulation. “As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool, ”(Proverbs 26:8). “.a flattering mouth worketh ruin,” (Proverbs 26:28).
19. Never Yield To Bribery, Intimidation or Coercion. “A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment, ” (Proverbs 17:23). “Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord,” (Jeremiah 1:8).
20. Focus On Pleasing Only The Holy Spirit. Keep conscious of the Holy Spirit throughout the day as you do your duties faithfully.
“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee,” (Isaiah 26:3).
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