10 Commandments Of Working In A Hostile Environment

(Bishop T. D. Jakes)

1. Understand that God anoints you for trouble. Examine yourself to be sure you are a true Christian and walking by faith. If you feel bad about going to work, you have unconsciously cast aside your self-confidence and are already defeated before you get there. Pray and put on the armor of God before going out to work in the morning.

2. Don't expect to be appreciated where you work. Your only expectation should be to carry out your assigned duties and collect a paycheck . Don't come to work to be fed emotionally, validated personally and have lasting relationships. Don't allow what happen to you at work to affect who you are.

3. Do your work well, but remember your mission. God put you there to be a light. You are the man or woman for that job.

4. Seek opportunities to change the atmosphere without commenting on the problems. be a professional at all times. The problems in the office may be a steeping-stone to your future. When you talk about or against it, you are interfering with the purposes of why God placed you there. Also, don't bring your personal problems to work; you have a God to talk to about them. You're on assignment. In quietness and competence shall be your strength.

5. Don't let your environment get inside of you. You should influence it, not let it influence you. Stop going to work to be fed; you didn't come to receive, you came to give. Celebrate who you are.

6. Increase your capacity to work with different personalities. God will often bless you through people you don't even like! The facts of life are not always in Black and White.

7. Remember where you are does not define where you are going. This will deliver you from frustration. God has a plan for your life. Keep your eye on the prize. When peter kept his eye on the Lord, he was able to walk in what other people sank in!

8. Get optimum results with minimal confusion. Be effective without making the environment worse or creating chaos in the process.

9. Don't be aligned or associated with one group or clique. Labels limit your usefulness. Love everyone, but get involved with no one. God wants you to work with everybody but be labeled by nobody. Make use of all your diverse gifts and abilities to be a blessing to others, without being critical or judgmental.

10. Always keep a song of deliverance near you. Don't allow adversity to distort or crowd out God's eternal truth that builds up your life. Keep a consecrated place place in your soul where goodness, love and mercy prevail. Hold on to the power of Praise!!!

Be Blessed And Be A Blessing To Someone Else!


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