When a wage is the only reason somebody you love is safe, the job stops being a job and becomes a rope you are holding. This message opens what Jesus arranged from the cross about somebody's care, why He did it at that particular moment, and what it means to be somebody's provision.
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Proverbs 26:18
The Manager Who Diminishes Me
Everybody Laughed And So Did I
Proverbs 26:18
Philippians 4:11
It Is Only A Job
At Peace With It, Until Sunday
Philippians 4:11
Psalm 23:2
Sunday Evening
The Plans You Quietly Stopped Making
Psalm 23:2
Matthew 25:25
The Manager Who Diminishes Me
I Made My Work Smaller So He Could Not Reach It
Matthew 25:25
Psalm 139:12
Sunday Evening
My Sunday Evening Is A Wednesday
Psalm 139:12
Genesis 29:20
I Cannot Afford To Leave
Who Your Staying Is For
Genesis 29:20
Genesis 2:15
It Is Only A Job
Work Was In The Garden Before Anything Went Wrong
Genesis 2:15
John 19:27
I Cannot Afford To Leave
It Pays For Her Medicine
John 19:27
1 Kings 19:18
Staying Decent In Here
I Do Not Want To Be The Only One
1 Kings 19:18
1 Corinthians 12:17
It Is Only A Job
I Envy The Man With A Vocation
1 Corinthians 12:17
Zechariah 8:16
Staying Decent In Here
The Small Lie Everybody Tells
Zechariah 8:16
Psalm 13:1
Sunday Evening
The Prayer That Sounds Like A Clock
Psalm 13:1
Proverbs 26:20
Staying Decent In Here
The Price Of Being Included
Proverbs 26:20
Romans 8:1
I Cannot Afford To Leave
The Word My Own Head Uses At Three In The Morning
Romans 8:1
1 Samuel 1:6
They Promoted Somebody Else
The Second Time
1 Samuel 1:6
Luke 2:37
Nobody Notices What I Do
The Same Unnoticed Thing For Twenty Years
Luke 2:37
Matthew 6:34
Sunday Evening
I Spent The Whole Of Sunday Bracing
Matthew 6:34
Nehemiah 3:28
Nobody Notices What I Do
Nobody Photographs The Maintenance
Nehemiah 3:28
Ephesians 6:7
They Promoted Somebody Else
Now I Work For Him
Ephesians 6:7
Esther 4:14
Staying Decent In Here
I Stopped Correcting Things
Esther 4:14
Mark 2:27
Sunday Evening
The Sinking That Starts At Six
Mark 2:27
Acts 18:3
It Is Only A Job
My Real Life Starts At Six
Acts 18:3
Psalm 131:2
The Manager Who Diminishes Me
The Conversation I Am Still Having In My Head
Psalm 131:2
Hebrews 12:15
They Promoted Somebody Else
I Can Feel It Starting
Hebrews 12:15
Psalm 121:4
Nobody Notices What I Do
The Shift Nobody Sees Happen
Psalm 121:4
Psalm 42:3
They Promoted Somebody Else
The Email At Nine Fifteen
Psalm 42:3
1 Thessalonians 4:11
It Is Only A Job
Forty Years Of Sermons About Purpose
1 Thessalonians 4:11
Galatians 6:9
They Promoted Somebody Else
I Stopped Trying After That
Galatians 6:9
Isaiah 22:23
I Cannot Afford To Leave
The Whole House Is Standing On This
Isaiah 22:23
Colossians 3:17
It Is Only A Job
Guilty For Not Being Passionate
Colossians 3:17
Daniel 1:8
Staying Decent In Here
The Place Runs On It
Daniel 1:8
2 Samuel 12:20
They Promoted Somebody Else
They Had Already Made The Cake
2 Samuel 12:20
John 10:3
The Manager Who Diminishes Me
He Says My Name Like It Is Difficult
John 10:3
Psalm 55:12
Sunday Evening
It Is Not The Job, It Is Tuesday At Ten
Psalm 55:12
Exodus 4:12
The Manager Who Diminishes Me
I Do Not Speak In Meetings Any More
Exodus 4:12
Numbers 11:5
I Cannot Afford To Leave
I Dream About Leaving And Then Feel Guilty
Numbers 11:5
Exodus 17:12
Nobody Notices What I Do
Everybody's Day Runs On What You Did At Seven
Exodus 17:12
1 John 3:20
The Manager Who Diminishes Me
I Have Started Agreeing With Him
1 John 3:20
Luke 14:28
I Cannot Afford To Leave
The Arithmetic Has One Answer
Luke 14:28
Deuteronomy 29:29
They Promoted Somebody Else
I Asked Why And Got Weather
Deuteronomy 29:29
Psalm 62:8
Sunday Evening
Fine, Thanks, Good Weekend
Psalm 62:8
Psalm 42:1
Nobody Notices What I Do
I Have Started Fishing For It
Psalm 42:1
Matthew 10:16
Staying Decent In Here
They Think Decency Is Naivety
Matthew 10:16
Genesis 31:12
Nobody Notices What I Do
He Sees In Secret
Genesis 31:12
Judges 6:12
The Manager Who Diminishes Me
Named By God And Renamed Every Morning
Judges 6:12
2 Timothy 2:2
Nobody Notices What I Do
I Trained The One They Thanked
2 Timothy 2:2
Psalm 55:21
The Manager Who Diminishes Me
Warm In The Room, Cold In The Doorway
Psalm 55:21
Ecclesiastes 4:9
Nobody Notices What I Do
My Work, Somebody Else's Slide
Ecclesiastes 4:9
Psalm 40:1
I Cannot Afford To Leave
I Asked For A Door And Got A Corridor
Psalm 40:1
Genesis 41:40
They Promoted Somebody Else
I Showed Him How To Do It
Genesis 41:40
Proverbs 11:1
Staying Decent In Here
Make The Number Look Better
Proverbs 11:1
Hebrews 6:10
The Manager Who Diminishes Me
The Record He Does Not Keep
Hebrews 6:10
Ecclesiastes 2:24
It Is Only A Job
Do What You Love, They Said
Ecclesiastes 2:24
Luke 16:10
Staying Decent In Here
Everybody Takes A Little
Luke 16:10
Psalm 77:11
The Manager Who Diminishes Me
I Was Good At This Before He Came
Psalm 77:11
Romans 16:1
Nobody Notices What I Do
My Name Was Not On The Email
Romans 16:1
Psalm 73:3
Staying Decent In Here
He Got Away With It And Nothing Happened
Psalm 73:3
Matthew 25:40
Nobody Notices What I Do
Care Is Never On The Report
Matthew 25:40
Isaiah 46:4
Sunday Evening
Thirty Years Of Sunday Evenings
Isaiah 46:4
Ecclesiastes 3:13
It Is Only A Job
The Wage Buys The Life I Love
Ecclesiastes 3:13
Psalm 118:24
Sunday Evening
It Has Started Eating Saturday
Psalm 118:24
Colossians 1:17
Nobody Notices What I Do
Invisible Until It Stops
Colossians 1:17
James 2:16
I Cannot Afford To Leave
They Told Me To Take A Leap Of Faith
James 2:16
Genesis 2:2
Sunday Evening
Rest Was A Command Before It Was A Reward
Genesis 2:2
Romans 12:15
They Promoted Somebody Else
Congratulations, And I Meant It, Mostly
Romans 12:15
John 1:46
It Is Only A Job
I Dread Being Asked What I Do
John 1:46
2 Corinthians 10:5
The Manager Who Diminishes Me
He Narrates My Evenings Now
2 Corinthians 10:5
Exodus 35:35
It Is Only A Job
My Father's Job Was Only A Job
Exodus 35:35
Psalm 121:8
Sunday Evening
The Last Forty Minutes Of The Drive Home
Psalm 121:8
1 Samuel 16:7
The Manager Who Diminishes Me
Too Much, He Called It
1 Samuel 16:7
Proverbs 13:12
They Promoted Somebody Else
They Told Me I Was Next
Proverbs 13:12
Proverbs 27:27
It Is Only A Job
Honest, Boring, And It Feeds Four People
Proverbs 27:27
Ruth 1:16
I Cannot Afford To Leave
Thirty Years, And Now I Have To Explain Them
Ruth 1:16
1 Corinthians 4:3
They Promoted Somebody Else
It Landed Like A Verdict
1 Corinthians 4:3
1 Corinthians 7:17
It Is Only A Job
I Am Supposed To Feel Called And I Do Not
1 Corinthians 7:17
Psalm 92:14
They Promoted Somebody Else
Nobody Said Old, They Said Energy
Psalm 92:14
Proverbs 10:12
Nobody Notices What I Do
I Clean Up What Nobody Admits Happened
Proverbs 10:12
Exodus 5:14
Staying Decent In Here
They Want Me Hard On My Own People
Exodus 5:14
Genesis 45:11
I Cannot Afford To Leave
One Wage, Two Households
Genesis 45:11
Matthew 26:74
Staying Decent In Here
I Laughed At Something I Did Not Think Was Funny
Matthew 26:74
John 21:22
I Cannot Afford To Leave
She Left And I Smiled And Went Back In
John 21:22
Psalm 139:7
Staying Decent In Here
Nobody Would Ever See It
Psalm 139:7
Joshua 24:15
I Cannot Afford To Leave
I Have Started Calling Myself Stuck
Joshua 24:15
Luke 10:41
Sunday Evening
At The Table And Already Gone
Luke 10:41