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Marketplace facts: Our modus operandi in BusinessMarketplace facts: Our modus operandi in Business

MARKETPLACE FACTS

OUR MODUS OPERANDI IN BUSINESS

Module 601 DMario Denton

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Overall purpose of this series on Marketplace

To understand and learn from various marketplace facts so that you can: • Be more effective and anointed wherever you are in the marketplace.

• Adapt and benchmark your marketplace practices and principles discussed in this series.

• Use these material to facilitate the work of evangelism.



The two opposites• OUR MODUS

OPERANDI IN BUSINESS, AND THE WAY THE HOLY SPIRIT DESIRES TO WORK IN AND THROUGH US, ARE OFTEN THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF EACH OTHER.



In business

• It is our wit, our persuasive abilities, our genius in manipulating and controlling circumstances, and our cleverness in creating certain impressions that spell "success". Or so it seems.



In the spiritual realm

• When we try, however, to apply these same forces in the spiritual realm, NOTHING OF ETERNAL SIGNIFICANCE HAPPENS.



The Holy Spirit

• Because we are by nature CONTROLLERS, we find the freedom of the Spirit's working difficult to relate to.



The Holy Spirit

• The Holy Spirit simply will not be controlled or manipulated



The wind blows

• “The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it,but do not know where it comesfrom and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” (Jn. 3:8)



Psalm 37

• Verse 3 - "Trust in the Lord...“

• Verse 4 - "Delight in the Lord...“

• Verse 5 - "Commit your way to the Lord...“

• Verse 7 "Rest in the Lord...“

• Verse 34 - "Wait for the Lord..."

• Rely upon our cleverness• Fret over circumstances• Engineer the next step• Grind our teeth over

eventualities• Rush ahead to clinch the

deal



Be truly dependant upon God

• If we were truly depending upon God rather than ourselves, would we not be applying the same elements of patience, waiting, and resting...YES the freedom of the Spirit's leading, to our business as we should be to the "ministry"?



The distinction

• In fact, the distinction between our mindset and our methods in business and ministry would probably be indistinguishable.



AFTER ALL

ISN'T EVERYTHING WE DO SUPPOSED TO BE A WORK OF

THE SPIRIT OF GOD?



Prayer Focus• Father, In the name of Jesus, I

surrender myself to walk in the Word in the marketplace. Your word living in me produces the Life in this world.

• The word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. It makes my way plain before me.

• I boldly and confidently say that my heart is fixed and established on the solid foundation – the Living Word of God! Amen



Learning, application and commitment: James 1: 22-25

• “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves.

• Do what it says. • Anyone who listens to the word but does not do

what it says is like a man who looks at his face in the mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.

• But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it - he will be blessed in what he does.” (NIV)



Learning, application and commitment

• One of the principles that I have learned from this lesson was …

• I intend to apply this principle in my marketplace by: …..

• With the help of the Holy Spirit, I will begin applying this truth immediately.



Jesus said: Take what I have given you and change the world!



Sources and acknowledgementCHRIST@ WORK NEWSLETTER

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Unauthorized use of FCCI, Christ@Work, Crown Companies, their trademarks or logos is strictly prohibited.

• The “Facts of the Matter” is also available through the Internet: www.factsofthematter.org. R. Dwight Hill.

• Slides compiled by Dr Mario Denton. • Please commit yourself to inform us of the results regarding the

effectiveness thereof should you wish to use this material.

http://www.factsofthematter.org/



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