1. 15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die.”
18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” Gen 2

2. God

3. 28 He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share with those in need. Eph 4
  11 Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to 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 1 Thess 4

4. 22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to win their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord. 23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, 24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Col 3

5. Leisure as god

6. Leisure as god

7. Work in world’s definition
money
Retirement
Working in God’s definition
taking care of the world
Serving God
Loving others

8. God
Leisure

9. Management gurus – Tom Peters and Charles Handy
A huge reserve of energy and commitment could be tapped by a corporation which offers its management a chance to make….not just money but meaning for people.

10. 17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat of it,’
“Cursed is the ground because of you;
through painful toil you will eat of it
all the days of your life.
18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.
19 By the sweat of your brow
you will eat your food
until you return to the ground,
since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
and to dust you will return.” Gen 3

11. 17 So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind...20 So my heart began to despair over all my toilsome labor under the sun. 21 For a man may do his work with wisdom, knowledge and skill, and then he must leave all he owns to someone who has not worked for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune. 22 What does a man get for all the toil and anxious striving with which he labors under the sun? 23 All his days his work is pain and grief; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is meaningless. Ecc 2

12. 25 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

13. 28 “And why do you worry about clothes
28 “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Matt 6

14. Work as god

15. Work as god

16. God
Work
Leisure

17. God,
His kingdom,
His righteousness
Work
Leisure

18. God,
His kingdom,
His righteousness
Work
Leisure

20. work

21. work
hobby

22. work
TV and games
hobby

23. work
TV and games
hobby
After work training
2nd job or investments

24. work children hobby Relationships-personal, networking TV and games
After work training
2nd job or investments

25. work children hobby parents Relationships-personal, networking
TV and games
hobby
After work training
2nd job or investments

26. work children hobby Daily bible reading parents Daily prayer
Relationships-personal, networking
work
TV and games
church
hobby
After work training
2nd job or investments
Bible study

27. Daily bible reading
Bible study
Daily prayer
church

28. work
Daily bible reading
Bible study
Daily prayer
church

29. work hobby Daily bible reading Bible study Daily prayer church
TV and games
Bible study
Daily prayer
church

30. work children hobby parents Daily bible reading Bible study
After work training
Bible study
Daily prayer
TV and games
church

31. 8“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy
8“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates. 11For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. Exodus 20

32. 27 Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. Mark 2

33. The Sabbath
3 “ ‘There are six days when you may work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, a day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the Lord.
Leviticus 23

34. The Passover and Unleavened Bread
4 “ ‘These are the Lord’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times: 5 The Lord’s Passover begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. 6 On the fifteenth day of that month the Lord’s Feast of Unleavened Bread begins; for seven days you must eat bread made without yeast. 7 On the first day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. 8 For seven days present an offering made to the Lord by fire. And on the seventh day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.’ ” Lev 23