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Looking for inspiration? If you're interested in devotional essays, we've got hundreds of them available online. You can choose to click the "devotional" link along the left sidebar to read this week's devotional written by Randy Kilgore (or click here). We also make available dozens of the most recent devotionals written by MTM staffers, and you can find those by scrolling to the bottom of the Madetomatter devotional page. If you'd prefer to receive the weekly devotional by email, just send an email telling us that to info@madetomatter.org or sign up directly yourselves at *Subscription.
Looking for Bible studies on a specific topic? We have two kinds of Bible studies available on our website, the single-issue studies that can stand alone as teaching tools, and the lifestyle-changing progressive series of studies that teach you how to move from point A to point B in your work/faith journey.
The single issue studies can be found beginning here. They include the following topics as well as many others (Each topic below is a clickable link to a muti-page, full-color, printable and downloadable Bible study):
Coming soon! Bible studies on Competing Effectively, Adding Value, Biblical Policies & Procedures, Designing Organizations, Balancing Competing Interests, Cultivating Skills & Talents, Career Crashes, Charting Career Paths, Making Choices, Servanthood.
Looking to make substantive changes to how you live your life? Some people want more than just help with a single issue. The Bible isn't just an encyclopedia of principles of faith, it's also a guide to life-altering changes. We've selected six areas to demonstrate how the Bible can teach you to change; and how to understand the Holy Spirit's role in helping you hold on to the changes you've made.
Each of these links contain a series of five Bible studies that take you from Point A in your journey to Point B. And, in the "wax-on, wax-off" tradition of Mr. Miyagi (a Karate Kid movie reference for those too young to have seen the original movie), you're also learning many of the fundamental principles of systematic theology, except we've worked to express it in the anecdotes and language of the workplace.
I. Shifting from driven ambition (a focus on self) to a healthy work ethic (the ability to focus on something bigger than ourselves).
II. Shifting from moral relativity (everything's okay and truth is relative) to steadfast character (truth matters and absolute truth exists).
III. Shifting from secular pluralism (all roads lead to heaven) to principled persuasion (declaring the Good News of Jesus Christ) in ways that are appropriate, professional and sensitive.
IV. Shifting from indulgent lifestyles (living selfishly) to purposeful living (making a difference while making a living).
