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“Our jobs are one of the primary ways God intends to make us more like Jesus. He uses our work to sanctify us, develop our Christian character, and teach us to love him more and serve him better until we join him on the last day in resting from our labors.”
― Sebastian Traeger, The Gospel at Work: How Working for King Jesus Gives Purpose and Meaning to Our Jobs

“Think about it. God may have deployed you in your particular job with all the potential for awkward conversations precisely because he wants you to handle it.”
― Sebastian Traeger, The Gospel at Work: How the Gospel Gives New Purpose and Meaning to Our Jobs

“Our jobs are more than just a means to an end — whether that end is selfish enjoyment or service in the church. Our work is more than something we “slog through.” However menial, however boring, however unmatched to our interests, our jobs are one of the key ways in which God matures us as Christians and brings glory to himself. God has a purpose for our work.”
― Sebastian Traeger, The Gospel at Work: How Working for King Jesus Gives Purpose and Meaning to Our Jobs

“No matter what you do or how much you like your job (or don’t like it), the most important thing is to do your work in faith — faith in God and in his plan for you and for this world.”
― Sebastian Traeger, The Gospel at Work: How Working for King Jesus Gives Purpose and Meaning to Our Jobs

“YOU WORK FOR THE KING, AND THAT CHANGES . . . EVERYTHING! That’s really the big idea of this book. No matter what you do, your job has inherent purpose and meaning because you are doing it ultimately for the King. Who you work for is more important than what you do.”
― Sebastian Traeger, The Gospel at Work: How Working for King Jesus Gives Purpose and Meaning to Our Jobs