New Series: Daniel and the Ministry of 10X Excellence
The king assigned them a daily amount of food and wine from the king’s table....
New Series: The Courage to Create
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who...
A God Who Risks
Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that...
“Be strong and courageous”
No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life....
New Series: Ephesians on Work
With all wisdom and understanding, he made known to us the mystery of his will...
The Gospel: Our Source of Rest and Ambition
8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not...
Small Prayers for Our Work
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or...
Paul: Do Something “Useful”
Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful...
Time Redeemers
Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most...
Your Eternal Reward
Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just...
New Series: How Change Happens
So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created...
“The only way to change culture is to create more of it”
This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I...
The Poet & The Parliamentarian
Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good....
Vote AND Create for Change
“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how...
New Series: A Bigger Story for Work
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth….So God created mankind in his...
“The World’s Going to Know Your Name”
What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and...
The Biblical Story of Work
And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a...
New Series: Into the Unknown
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body...
Stop Waiting for a “Sense of Peace”
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as...
Do you need God to approve your plans?
Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that...
Why There’s No “Plan B” for Christians
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who...
New Series: William Wilberforce and the Fight to End Slavery
"Let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and...
The “Great Change” in Wilberforce’s Time Management
Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most...
God doesn’t need you, me, or William Wilberforce
There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different...
Wilberforce’s List of “Launchers”
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul....
Deflected Glory and Unfinished Symphonies
Not to us, Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory, because...
New Series: Beyond Saving Souls
Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and...
Your Work = The “Glory of the Nations”?
The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring...
C.S. Lewis’s “Transient Epiphany”
But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession...
Save the World, Save the Cheerleader
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a...
New Series: Essential Workers in the Kingdom
Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others...
What does obedience have to do with work in heaven?
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of...
“I have the honor to be your obedient servant…”
Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those...
New Series: Bezalel and the Creative Spirit of God
Then the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the...
Grace and Grit
Then the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the...
Bezalel, Harry Potter, and our need to create in community
So Bezalel, Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the Lord has given skill and...
One Last Thing
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘You must observe my Sabbaths....
New Series: Gospel Driven Work in the COVID-19 Crisis
Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me...
How to “Value Others Above Ourselves” during COVID-19
Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from...
Vice-Regents
For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with...
Anxiety-Inducing News
4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your...
New Series: Chick-fil-A and the Call to Create
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your...
Excellence with a capital “A”
'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and...
Reading the stories of those we work with
Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them...
Rest as a sermon for the ambitious
You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced...
New Series: Out of Context (What 4 popular verses actually mean for our work)
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who...
Can we really “do all things” through Christ?
I can do all things through him who strengthens me. (Philippians 4:13) We’re in a...
When God gives you more than you can handle
No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful;...
Misreading the most cross-stitched verse of all time
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper...
New Series: Master of One
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved...
Jesus: “Few things are needed–indeed only one”
As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where...
Divine Multiplication in Our Work
Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed,...
The 3 Keys to Mastery
For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God….And whatever you...
How We “Proclaim the Excellencies” of God at Work
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for...
New Series: Jesus the Creator, Carpenter, Gardener, and King
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For...
Christmas at the Carpenter’s
When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one...
Jesus the Gardener
Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look...
The Final Advent
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon...
New Series: Colossians for Busy Professionals
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For...
Paul’s Insane Energy
He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that...
What does it mean to “set your mind on things above”?
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where...
Mutual Submission at Work
Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your...
New Series: The Myth of Work-Life Balance
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the...
Defining Excellence
However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife...
Designing Whole-Life Excellence
Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and...
Embracing Imbalance
As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that...
New Series: The Meaning of Work
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth….So God created mankind in his...
The Idol of Calling
Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. As people moved eastward,...
Jesus and the Meaning of Work
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes...
New Series: The Good in Our Desire to be Great
Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. “Teacher,” they said, “we...
The DNA of Kings and Queens
So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created...
The Biblical Promise of Power
Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will...
New Series: Mister Rogers and the Call to Create
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your...
Choosing Between Two Pulpits
Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that...
How to Make Goodness Attractive
One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus...
Fred Rogers’s Daily Routine
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen,...
New Series: When Jesus Said “No”
As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where...
When Everything Looks Important
Jesus left the synagogue and went to the home of Simon. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was...
When Jesus Said “Yes” to Something Better
Then some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the...
The Margin In Jesus’s Schedule
Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came...
New Series: Restless
Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will...
Debunking “Sabbath”
At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry...
How I Sabbath
One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they...
About TWBW
The Word Before Work is a weekly devotional helping you connect your work to God’s work, written by Jordan Raynor.
About Jordan Raynor
Jordan Raynor is a serial entrepreneur and national bestselling author who helps Christians do their most exceptional work for the glory of God and the good of others. Through his books (Called to Create and Master of One), podcast, and weekly devotionals, Jordan has helped more than 3,000,000 Christians in every country on earth connect the gospel to their work.
Series
- Daniel and the Ministry of 10X Excellence
- The Courage to Create
- Ephesians on Work
- How Change Happens
- A Bigger Story for Work
- Into the Unknown
- William Wilberforce and the Fight to End Slavery
- Beyond Saving Souls
- Essential Workers in the Kingdom
- Bezalel and the Creative Spirit of God
- Gospel Driven Work in the COVID-19 Crisis
- Chick-fil-A and the Call to Create
- Out of Context
- Master of One
- Jesus the Creator, Carpenter, Gardener, and King
- Colossians for Busy Professionals
- The Myth of Work-Life Balance
- The Meaning of Work
- The Good in Our Desire to be Great
- Mister Rogers and the Call to Create
- When Jesus Said “No”
- Restless