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Let's hear what God says about work.

So to get your mind going, I'm going to put a definition of work up here

on the screen. And then I want to invite you to answer a couple of questions in your mind. So first,

the definition of work that we'll use today

is activity that involves intensive effort. So contrasted with rest, work involves intensive efforts. So with that definition of work, think about this

question. What kind of work do you do? Just think to yourself, what kind of work to you? And

when you hear that question, you might immediately think of your job,

your profession, what you get paid to do, which is definitely a kind of work.

Others of you might think about school.

You're a student.

The primary work you do is school work.

So let's call that one category of work, professional or academic work.

But then think beyond that.

We often do what we might call voluntary work.

We just talked about some of the ways people serve in the church who work on Sundays to care

for children or others who will go to camp over the coming weeks to serve

teenagers. There might be a variety of ways. You might work in the church or in the community

or think about relational work.

Parenting is work.

Marriage involves work.

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