Bible verses about productivity

  1. “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.” – Ecclesiastes 9:10
  2. “Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.” – Proverbs 16:3
  3. “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” – Galatians 6:9
  4. “Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.” – Proverbs 22:29
  5. “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace.” – 1 Peter 4:10
  6. “The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.” – Proverbs 12:24
  7. “Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.” – Colossians 3:23-24
  8. “In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.” – Proverbs 14:23
  9. “The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.” – Proverbs 21:5
  10. “And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.” – 2 Corinthians 9:8

How to Award Employees?

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1 Corinthians 15:10
New King James Version (NKJV)

10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

  • Access based on results
  • God Gives grace. The people who use that grace will be more productive
    • For those who use that Grace which God gave, means that the grace didn’t go in vein.
    • Paul didn’t use the grace in vein
  • God Gives grace in various ways
    • The grace of Good colleagues
    • The grace of Good company
    • The grace of Good Clients
    • The grace of Good resources
    • The grace of Good Manager
  • Works reflects whether the grace has been used in your life.
  • Flow with Grace
  • Use the Grace
  • God rewards you for using that grace which He first gave you
  • Award them based on their results

Fathering in Bible

Fathering in Bible

Approval from the Father in heaven

Matthew 3:17
New King James Version (NKJV)

17 And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

Note: At this time Jesus haven’t even performed one miracle, but still the Lord spoke about Jesus “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

Resulted in Jesus Overcoming Temptations

  • As a result, Jesus overcame the temptations of the devil ( the lust of the flesh; the lust of the eyes; the pride of life )

Non Approval of Manoah ( Samson’s Father )

Judges 13:22-23
New King James Version (NKJV)

22 And Manoah said to his wife, “We shall surely die, because we have seen God!”

23 But his wife said to him, “If the Lord had desired to kill us, He would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things, nor would He have told us such things as these at this time.”

  • Manoah, himself was a fearful person

Resulted in Samson’s failure

 

Zeal without Knowledge is not good

Zeal without Knowledge is not good

Romans 10:1-3

English Standard Version (ESV)

10 Brothers[a], my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. 2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

Footnotes:

a. Romans 10:1 Or Brothers and sisters

Proverbs 19:2

World English Bible

It isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge; nor being hasty with one’s feet and missing the way.

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Even zeal is not good without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily sins.

NET Bible

It is dangerous to have zeal without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily makes poor choices.

First sign of receiving wisdom

First sign of receiving wisdom

Story of Solomon

  • Solomon went to the Mount Gibeon, where Tabernacle of Moses was located
  • There was no Presence of God, because the arc of covenant was not there
  • Arc: Symbol of Gods Presence
  • Solomon gave 1000 burnt offering
  • On that night Solomon received wisdom
  • First sign of receiving wisdom, Solomon straight went to Zion and he worshiped before the arc

Mount Zion

  • Mount zion, picture of Jesus’s unmerited favour.

Direction of Wisdom

  • Wisdom takes us to the place, where there is the presence of God

 

A greater than Solomon is here

A greater than Solomon is here

Luke 11:31
New King James Version (NKJV)

31 The queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed a greater than Solomon is here.

A greater than Solomon is here who is Jesus
When Jesus is inside us, Wisdom is inside us because Jesus is Wisdom

People are destroyed for lack of knowledge

People are destroyed for lack of knowledge

Hosea 4:6
World English Bible (WEB)

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
    Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you,
    that you may be no priest to me.
Because you have forgotten your God’s law,
    I will also forget your children.

Do not provoke your children to anger

Colossians 3:21
New King James Version (NKJV)

21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.

Ephesians 6:4

New King James Version (NKJV)

4 And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.

New Living Translation (NLT)

4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord.

Highest form of mans wisdom

Old Testament Wisdom

Old Testament Wisdom by Solomon is the highest form of wisdom a normal person could achieve

Ecclesiastes 5:2
New King James Version (NKJV)

2 Do not be rash with your mouth,
And let not your heart utter anything hastily before God.
For God is in heaven, and you on earth;
Therefore let your words be few.

  • God is in heaven
  • We on earth

New Testament Wisdom

But now,

  • We are seated with Christ
  • We are not normal person
  • We have received Supernatural Wisdom

Christ is our Wisdom