1. 1 Thessalonians 4:9~12 (NIV)
9  Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you,
for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other. 
10  And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia. 
Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, 
11  and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life:
You should mind your own business and work with your hands, 
just as we told you, 
12  so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders 
and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

2. Work That Glorifies
1 Thessalonians 4:9~12

3. 1 Thessalonians 5:14a And we urge you, brothers and sisters,
warn those who are idle and disruptive, …

7. 1 Thessalonians 4:9~12 (NIV)
9  Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you,
for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other. 
10  And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia. 
Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, 
11  and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life:
You should mind your own business and work with your hands, 
just as we told you, 
12  so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders 
and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

10. what i deserve…

11. “
How to
Work Less
and
Enjoy Life More ”

14. Work and Society (looking horizontally)
Lessons from 1 Thessalonians 4:9~12
Work and Society (looking horizontally)
Work and Rest (looking internally)
Work and Creation (looking vertically)

15. Dorothy L. Sayers British novelist, playwright, poet & essayist
1893~1957

16. Work… is the gracious expression of creative energy
in the service of others.

17. Love Work 1 Thessalonians 4:9~12 (NIV)
9  Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you,
for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other. 
10  And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia. 
Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, 
11  and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life:
You should mind your own business and work with your hands, 
just as we told you, 
12  so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders 
and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.
Work

18. 1 Thessalonians 4:9~12 (NIV)
9  Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you,
for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other. 
10  And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia. 
Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, 
11  and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life:
You should mind your own business and work with your hands, 
just as we told you, 
12  so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders 
and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

19. 1 Thessalonians 4:9~12 (NIV)
9  Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you,
for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other. 
10  And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia. 
Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, 
11  and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life:
You should mind your own business and work with your hands, 
just as we told you, 
12  so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders 
and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

21. 1 Thessalonians 4:9~12 (NIV)
9  Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you,
for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other. 
10  And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia. 
Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, 
11  and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life:
You should mind your own business and work with your hands, 
just as we told you, 
12  so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders 
and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

22. 1 Thessalonians 4:9~12 (NIV)
9  Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you,
for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other. 
10  And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia. 
Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, 
11  and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life:
You should mind your own business and work with your hands, 
just as we told you, 
12  so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders 
and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

23. John 13:34 “A new command I give you: Love one another.
As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 

24. Matthew 22:37~39 ‘Love the Lord your God
with all your heart and with all your soul
and with all your mind.’
This is the first and greatest commandment.
And the second is like it:
‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

25. Love Work 1 Thessalonians 4:9~12 (NIV)
9  Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you,
for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other. 
10  And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia. 
Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, 
11  and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life:
You should mind your own business and work with your hands, 
just as we told you, 
12  so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders 
and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.
Work

26. 1 Thessalonians 5:12 Now we ask you, brothers and sisters,
to acknowledge those who work hard among you,
who care for you in the Lord…

27. Acts 20:35 In everything I did, I showed you that
by this kind of hard work we must help the weak,
remembering the words the Lord Jesus Himself said: 
‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ 

30. 1 Thessalonians 4:9~12 (NIV)
9  Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you,
for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other. 
10  And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia. 
Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, 
11  and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life:
You should mind your own business and work with your hands, 
just as we told you, 
12  so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders 
and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

31. Work and Society (looking horizontally)
Lessons from 1 Thessalonians 4:9~12
Work and Society (looking horizontally)
Work and Rest (looking internally)
Work and Creation (looking vertically)

32. 1 Thessalonians 4:9~12 (NIV)
9  Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you,
for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other. 
10  And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia. 
Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, 
11  and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life:
You should mind your own business and work with your hands, 
just as we told you, 
12  so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders 
and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

33. 1 Thessalonians 5:14a And we urge you, brothers and sisters,
warn those who are idle and disruptive, …

35. Hebrews 4:1~11
1 Therefore, since the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it. 2 For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because they did not share the faith of those who obeyed. 3 Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said,
“So I declared on oath in My anger,      ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”
And yet His works have been finished since the creation of the world. 4 For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in these words: “On the seventh day God rested from all his works.” 5 And again in the passage above He says, “They shall never enter My rest.”
6 Therefore since it still remains for some to enter that rest, and since those who formerly had the good news proclaimed to them did not go in because of their disobedience, 7 God again set a certain day, calling it “Today.” This He did when a long time later He spoke through David, as in the passage already quoted:
“Today, if you hear His voice,      do not harden your hearts.”
8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day. 9 There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; 10 for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from His. 11 Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.

36. Matthew 11:28~29 Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened,
and I will give you rest.
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, 
for I am gentle and humble in heart,
and you will find rest for your souls.

37. Work and Society (looking horizontally)
Lessons from 1 Thessalonians 4:9~12
Work and Society (looking horizontally)
Work and Rest (looking internally)
Work and Creation (looking vertically)

38. 1 Thessalonians 4:9~12 (NIV)
9  Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you,
for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other. 
10  And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia. 
Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, 
11  and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life:
You should mind your own business and work with your hands, 
just as we told you, 
12  so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders 
and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

40. Work… is the gracious expression of creative energy
in the service of others.

42. 1 Thessalonians 4:9~12 (NIV)
9  Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you,
for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other. 
10  And in fact, you do love all of God’s family throughout Macedonia. 
Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, 
11  and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life:
You should mind your own business and work with your hands, 
just as we told you, 
12  so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders 
and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

45. The function of our work is to serve others.
Lessons from 1 Thessalonians 4:9~12
The function of our work is to serve others.
The foundation of our work is rest in God.
The final goal of our work is to make things better.