Finding Delight in Your Everyday Work with Jordan Raynor

Famous at Home

Josh + Christi Straub

Parenting, Relationships, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Kids & Family

4.9 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Perhaps you feel like the work you are doing inside your home or at an office is left unnoticed. Maybe you feel like your everyday work is less important than someone else's work. Get this: your work is ministry and God sees you. He sees it as purposeful even when the world doesn't. In this episode, Jordan Raynor, a dear friend, comes on the podcast to talk about his new devotional The Word Before Work: A Monday-Through-Friday Devotional to Help You Find Eternal Purpose in Your Daily Work. He and Josh talk about the connection between our work and God's work on Earth, and ways that He delights in us. Jordan and Josh talk about:

What work means in light of the biblical narrative
God's redeeming of the work put in our hands
The honor it is to be chosen as the parent of your kids and the uniqueness of your role inside the home
The power of mourning your unhappiness in your current role, dwelling on Isaiah 65, and purposely working under the Lord with understanding there will be an eternal reward

Show Notes: Order a copy of Jordan's book The Word Before Work: A Monday-Through-Friday Devotional to Help You Find Eternal Purpose in Your Daily Work Watch this episode on YouTube here Order a copy of Imagine Heaven by John Burke Order a copy of The Household and the War for the Cosmos by C.R. Wiley 10 Days of the Easter Story is now available! Order a copy today! Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Famous at Home podcast with Dr. Josh and Christy Straub.
0:06.3	Because when it's all said and done, we all want to know that we were famous at home.
0:16.5	Welcome back to the Famous at Home podcast. Today I have my dear friend Jordan Rayner joining us.
0:21.5	He has a new devotional out called The Word Before Work. He also has an incredible children's book called The Creator in You.
0:27.7	His heart has been all about finding the scriptural basis for work and the importance of that and how it applies to our everyday lives as we rethink the household and how the household
0:39.7	builds for the kingdom of God. And so if you're a parent who's in the trenches, if you're
0:44.6	someone who's going to work and you're just not even sure if you're in the right job,
0:48.9	this interview is for you. I cannot wait for you to listen to our interview with Jordan Rayner.
0:55.5	Before we jump in, here is a word from our sponsors.
1:00.3	Welcome back to the Famous and Own podcast. I have a dear friend on today,
1:03.4	Jordan Rayner, who is just, yeah, a delight, and I know you're going to love him.
1:08.2	We've had him on in the past, talking about the creator and you,
1:11.0	his new children's book.
1:12.1	And he has another book out called The Word Before Work,
1:14.4	because his heart is helping people understand God's design for work.
1:19.5	And I know many of you listening are some,
1:22.9	many of you are your dual income earners.
1:27.0	Both parents are working. Some of you have the privilege
1:29.8	of being a stay-at-home parent and you enjoy it, but you also find, like, why am I in this?
1:35.3	As Christy talks about often, like, where's the purpose in this? I feel lost. I feel overwhelmed.
1:41.4	Jordan's going to come in today and talk about scripturally. He's going to
1:45.2	redeem. Well, he doesn't redeem work. God redeems work, but Jordan's going to talk about how God
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