Bob Mullen June 3, 2012 AM Application Mistakes 1

Job Application Mistake #1 (from John Gibson, Lubbock, TX) “Telling me you can type so fast that you can hack into any computer without getting caught is just plain scary-dumb.”

Church Application Mistake #1 Using our gifts destructively. Luke 9:53-55, ESV 53 But the people did not receive him, because his face was set toward Jerusalem. 54 And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, “Lord, do you want us to tell fire to come down from heaven and consume them?” 55 But he turned and rebuked them.

Church Application Correction #1 Use our gifts constructively. Ephesians 4:11-13, ESV 11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood,

Job Application Mistake #2 “Getting that temporary address, is cool; it shows ingenuity. But not taking 5 minutes to get a new one when applying for a job at a LAW office says you're lazy.”

Church Application Mistake #2 Wanting to be ministered to. John 6:26, ESV Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.

Church Application Correction #2 Serve God currently. Romans 12:11, ESV Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. Romans 12:11

Job Application Mistake #3 So, you won't list any references because you're afraid I'll "sell their personal information to spammers." Well, at least that's original.

Church Application Mistake #3 Covering Up Our Past Luke 12:2, ESV Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. Luke 12:2

Church Application Correction #3 Deal with our past errors. James 5:16, ESV 16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

Job Application Mistake #4 Potential employers DO look you up on Facebook, so now might be a good time to change that profile pic of you making an obscene gesture and showing off your tongue stud.

Church Application Mistake #4 Trying to obey God while wanting rebellion. Romans 8:7-9, ESV 7 For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Church Application Mistake #4 9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

Church Application Correction #4 Change our hearts AND actions. Ephesians 4:29, ESV Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Job Application Mistake #5 “Don't highlight your six jobs in two years as evidence of your "varied and extensive work history." In fact, don't highlight it at all.”

Church Application Mistake #5 Jumping all around spiritually. Matthew 13:20, ESV As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away.

Church Application Correction #5 Learn to get along and work things out. Colossians 3:12-14, ESV 12 Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other;

Church Application Correction #5 as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.

Job Application Mistake #6 Sending a cover letter with the words, "HIRE ME! HIRE ME! HIRE ME!" in 144 point type may get you noticed, but it won't get you the job.

Job application Mistake #6 "HIRE ME!

Church Application Mistake #6 Bringing attention to our service & gifts. Luke 18:10-12, ESV 10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’

Church Application Correction #6 Admit who we are and just serve. Luke 18:13, ESV But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Spiritual Growth Application 1. Use our gifts constructively. 2. Serve God currently. 3. Deal with our past errors.

Spiritual Growth Application 4. Change our hearts AND actions. 5. Learn to get along and work things out. 6. Admit who we are and just serve.