The Lord is opening the door to a new kind of entrepreneur. This invitation is for everyone who wants to see the activation of the power of the Holy Spirit in their work environment. Do you want your legacy to be trophies, bank accounts, homes, boats and automobiles, the passing pleasures the marketplace provides? Or, do you want a legacy in heaven where your Father’s words of praise, “Well done good and faithful servant,” echo through the halls of the throne room.
Though we work wholeheartedly in the marketplace, we are commanded to live as strangers on earth, as those just passing through. 1 Peter 1:17 says, “Since you call on a Father who judges each man's work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear” (NIV). Hebrews 11:13 says, “All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth” (NIV). 1 Peter 2:11 says, “Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul” (NIV).
We live and work on this earth, but we have a different inheritance, a different home. Like ambassadors in a foreign land, we do not seek our reward in the land of our service, but in our homeland, and from our King. To seek our reward in the land of our service would be a betrayal of our King, because it is Jesus we are to serve and represent. We know our service is short, and we must faithfully discharge the trust He has placed in us, representing Him and His wishes, not our own, as much as we are able, until we return home to Him.
This series has been developed as a tool to help you on that journey—a journey of discovering the fullness of life that Jesus talked about in John 10:10 and discovering God’s kingdom purpose for you in the marketplace.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
- Marketplace Christianity Facilitator’s Guide, which covers both volumes I and II of the Student Manual (not included)
- Twelve Marketplace Christianity teaching sessions on six DVDs
- Marketplace Christianity, Bob Fraser’s book
- Call to the Wall, a book by Bob Hartley
- Rewards of Fasting, a book by Mike Bickle with Dana Candler
Prior to co-founding the Joseph Company with Mike Bickle, Bob Fraser founded NetSales Inc., a back-office e-commerce provider that became the Kansas City metro area's fastest growing company during the late 1990s. In 2000, Bob was awarded the Midwest Region Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. While providing senior leadership to the Joseph Company, Bob continues to speak at regional and local events. His book, Marketplace Christianity, is available at all events and through the Forerunner Bookstore.
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