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70. Tuning Into God – Renew Your Mind

January 26, 2026

Scripture Reading: Romans 12:2

Over the course of an average workday, you’ll likely face many moments when your mind could use a refresh button.

When too many things clamor to take up space in your head, take a moment to tune into God.

Each of the spiritual practices you learned these past few weeks serves to renew your mind. Every time you flex that muscle, you are more able to “discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect.” (Romans 12:2).

Which practice most helped you tune into God in the past few weeks? Was it seeking God through your work? Breathing and repeating the Jesus prayer? Scanning your body for tension? Or being mindful of the world around you?

Whichever practice was most helpful to you in the past few weeks, make that your practice today.

Use one of these practices to tune into God:

· Tune into God through work. Try to imagine a task as something that you and God are doing together. Listen for any new insights, ideas, or emotions that come to your mind while working.

· Practice the Jesus Breath Prayer. Breath in and repeat the words, “Lord Christ.” Breath out and repeat the words, “Have mercy on me.”

· Still your body. Scan your body for any tension. Ask what it means. Ask God to help you let go and relax.

· Mindfulness. Be present to the world around you. Notice your thoughts and surroundings without judgement. Ask God what he’d like you to pay attention to.

Reflect: How do you feel after completing a spiritual practice? Moving forward, how can you tune into God in your day-to-day life?

Prayer: God, renew my mind through your Holy Spirit. May I follow you in my moment-by-moment.

Further Exploration: If you enjoyed this plan, find more plans from the Theology of Work Project at www.theologyofwork.org/devotion

Author: Theology of Work Project

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© 2014 by the Theology of Work Project, Inc.

Unless otherwise noted, the Scripture quotations contained herein are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, Copyright © 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission. All rights reserved.

41. Finding Work Life Balance – When Work Becomes an Idol

July 7, 2025

Scripture Reading: Ecclesiastes 4:6, Isaiah 30:15

True rest brings us into a right relationship with God and with others. When we experience this kind of rest, we feel revitalized, more alert, more creative and more human. Our capacity to love others, as well as our desire to be in relationship, increases. A deficiency of rest can compromise the quality and meaning of our work and negatively impact our health, family and personal lives.

Difficulty entering into rest might indicate that we’ve made an idol of our work. As fallen and broken human beings, we might devote ourselves to work in the vain hope that it alone will bring us meaning, purpose, security or happiness. Our work can become driven by a desire for perfection, worth, admiration or status. Perhaps some of us define success by comparing ourselves to others and working to have more than they do. Still others of us may use work to avoid dealing with other areas of life. We sacrifice our health, our families and our discipleship on the altar of excessive work.

The idol of work might fool us for a time, until we are passed over for promotion, fired, laid off or retired. Then we discover that work comes to an end, and meanwhile, we have become strangers to our family and friends. Fulfillment doesn’t come from frenzied work. It comes from rest and repentance. And strength comes from quietness and trust, trust that who we are in Christ is enough.

Prayer: Jesus, if I’ve made work into an idol or even an addiction, I repent and ask you to heal my wayward heart. Help me to take the steps I need to enter into true rest. Amen.

Author: Theology of Work Project

Theology of Work Project Online Materials by Theology of Work Project, Inc. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Based on a work at www.theologyofwork.org

You are free to share (to copy, distribute and transmit the work), and remix (to adapt the work) for non-commercial use only, under the condition that you must attribute the work to the Theology of Work Project, Inc., but not in any way that suggests that it endorses you or your use of the work.

© 2014 by the Theology of Work Project, Inc.

Unless otherwise noted, the Scripture quotations contained herein are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, Copyright © 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission. All rights reserved.

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