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The kingdom of God is breaking out right in our midst, in our workplaces. You won’t hear about it on the evening network news. You won’t read about it in your local newspaper. But you will hear about it from members of Christians in Commerce. Here are just a few of the stories from the front lines of the workplace.

Christians in Commerce members share their workplace stories, reflections and testimonies of being Christ in the Workplace. Select a category to display abstracts from our ChristAlive Archives.

Do You Hear Him Say Your Name?
On the first day of the week following Jesus’ crucifixion, Mary Magdalene had gone to the tomb where Jesus had been laid. She sees that Jesus’ body is not in the tomb and she is distraught. She encounters Jesus, but does not recognize him, thinking he is the gardener. Though she does not recognize him by sight, she does by the way he says her name.
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A Well-Formed Conscience
Jesus instructs us to obey his commands so that we remain in his love. He has given us the example to follow, as he has obeyed the Father’s commands and remained in his love. Jesus has set us free to make decisions that are in accordance with God’s will and so remain in his love. We are responsible to make every effort to learn the truth God has set forth.
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The Desires of Your Heart
A few years ago, I became jobless six days before I attended the CIC Annual Conference. The conference was my mountaintop experience... I experienced joyful praise and worship, rich fellowship, and challenging workshops. I also received an insight about my future career focus from a sister that I think was truly inspired by the Holy Spirit.
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Arbitration
In these trying economic times it can be tempting to loosen our values in the marketplace in order to maintain profitability. A couple of years ago, our company faced a very difficult situation that presented us with a number of challenging decisions. We started working for a large general contractor in January of 2007. Approximately six months into the relationship we noticed some inconsistencies in their accounting practices...
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Because of His Love
We are loved. God's grace and unconditional love for me is my inspiration as I strive to be a better parent - one of life's greatest challenges. When one of my teenagers recently wrecked the car my head was full of "told you so’s". Fortunately, by the grace of God, they were not spoken.
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"Come On In"
How seriously do you take your duty to support your fellow brothers and sisters in Christ? If I am in town, I'm at our weekly CIC meeting. These brothers have helped mold my conscience and hold me accountable. Here is some of my best advice I would like to share from our 11 years of meetings...
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Taking Thoughts Captive
Every day we find challenges and opportunities to place our thinking under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Today will be no different than the others. While reading a book called Theophilos by Michael O’Brien (A fictional account of the person Luke writes to in his Gospel), I came across a helpful analogy that I find to be very true...
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Day by Day
Even though my physical appearance seems to be “wasting away”, I have not lost heart, because day by day, I am being renewed inwardly. Because what I do for a living is incorporated with fulfilling my purpose for God, it’s difficult for me to visualize myself doing anything else. I love what I do and love the people I serve.
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Gift of the Kingdom
Galatians 6:2 certainly holds true for my Friday morning WCIC Challenge Group. We have carried each other’s burdens by providing practical support and intercessory prayers when the struggles of life felt hopeless and beyond our individual capacities to handle.
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Overcoming Our Paradigms to See God
They couldn’t comprehend the idea of resurrection when Jesus told them about it because it was outside their paradigm. Now they presumed him to be dead because they saw him die, taken down from the cross and placed in a tomb. Being raised from the dead was simply outside any paradigm they could comprehend or imagine.
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