{"id":1278,"date":"2011-03-09T06:30:59","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T12:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/?p=1278"},"modified":"2011-03-10T20:25:59","modified_gmt":"2011-03-11T02:25:59","slug":"worshiping-while-on-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/worshiping-while-on-job\/","title":{"rendered":"How to be an Offering: Worshiping While On the Job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"cubicle goodies - stapler by Brennan Mercado, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/baktincorporation\/427882103\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/156\/427882103_645c5e5f64.jpg\" alt=\"cubicle goodies - stapler\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today I came across this fantastic Twitter update from Eric McAllister:<\/p>\n<p><!-- http:\/\/twitter.com\/eMac85\/status\/45191602666348544 --> <!-- .bbpBox45191602666348540 {background:url(http:\/\/a3.twimg.com\/a\/1299177371\/images\/themes\/theme1\/bg.png) #122f3b;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:8px;padding-top:12px;height:40px;border-top:1px solid #fff;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6} p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author{line-height:19px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 7px 0 0px;width:38px;height:38px} p.bbpTweet a:hover{text-decoration:underline}p.bbpTweet span.timestamp{font-size:12px;display:block} --><\/p>\n<div class=\"bbpBox45191602666348540\">\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"bbpTweet\">I&#8217;m called 2 lead worship on my job. Here my keyboard connects to a PC nStead of a PA. 2day, this is my <a class=\"tweet-url hashtag\" title=\"#worship\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23worship\">#worship<\/a> &amp; He&#8217;s listening (Col 3:23)<\/p>\n<p class=\"bbpTweet\"><span class=\"timestamp\"><a title=\"Tue Mar 08 18:38:12 +0000 2011\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/eMac85\/status\/45191602666348544\">less than a minute ago<\/a> via <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/\">Twitter for iPhone<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"bbpTweet\"><span class=\"metadata\"><span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/eMac85\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/a2.twimg.com\/profile_images\/963403320\/image_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/eMac85\">Eric McAllister<\/a> <\/strong>eMac85<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 class=\"bbpTweet\"><span class=\"metadata\"><span class=\"author\">Viewing Your Job as Worship<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"bbpTweet\"><span class=\"metadata\"><span class=\"author\">Do you view your job as worship? The call in Colossians 3:23 seems simple, but can be applied in so many different ways:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"bbpTweet\"><span class=\"metadata\"><span class=\"author\">Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"bbpTweet\"><span class=\"metadata\"><span class=\"author\">Worship doesn&#8217;t just happen on Sunday mornings or when we are singing or praying to God. \u00a0Even if you work in a completely secular environment you can offer up your time on the job as worship.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"bbpTweet\"><span class=\"metadata\"><span class=\"author\">Ways to Live a Life of Worship on the Job<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Honor your superiors and their decisions even if you might not agree with them<\/strong>. \u00a0If you do disagree, state your case respectfully.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Treat your coworkers with the love of Christ<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Honor your deadlines<\/strong> and view any type of sacrifice you have to make to meet them a sacrifice of worship<\/li>\n<li><strong>Use your time wisely<\/strong> (follow company policies on Internet time, personal email, etc.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Get to work early<\/strong> (or at least on time) to show that you respect everyone&#8217;s time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Join Me in Declaring Ways to be an Offering of Worship!<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- end of tweet --><\/p>\n<p>This post is part of an ongoing series on <a title=\"How to Be An Offering | Living a Life of Worship\" href=\"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/category\/offerings\/\" target=\"_blank\">How to be an Offering: Living a Life of Worship<\/a>. \u00a0I&#8217;d love to have you join me each Wednesday! \u00a0Here&#8217;s how to participate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Write a post on how you<\/strong> (or someone else you know) <strong>are living a life of worship in your everyday life<\/strong>. \u00a0This can be anything from choosing to sponsor a child through Compassion international to sacrificing a week of your time to go on a mission trip.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Link back to this post<\/strong> in your post.<\/li>\n<li>Come <strong>leave a comment<\/strong> with a link to your post.<\/li>\n<li>If you post on Twitter, <strong>use the hashtag: #livingsacrifice<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 5px 5px 0;float:left;height:50px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/worshiping-while-on-job\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"595\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I came across this fantastic Twitter update from Eric McAllister: I&#8217;m called 2 lead worship on my job. Here my keyboard connects to a PC nStead of a PA. 2day, this is my #worship &amp; He&#8217;s listening (Col 3:23) less than a minute ago via Twitter for iPhone Eric McAllister eMac85 Viewing Your Job [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-offerings"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1278"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1289,"href":"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1278\/revisions\/1289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}