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Go to ptv.org to order your copy. Welcome to Pathway to Victory with author and pastor, Dr. Robert Jeffress. To a lot of folks, work is a source of pain and frustration. But God never intended for it to be that way. You see, God is a worker too.
And for this reason and more, he truly cares about your career. Today on Pathway to Victory, Dr. Robert Jeffress shares how to minimize regrets about your vocation. Now here's our Bible teaching. to introduce today's message.
Dr. Jeffress. Thanks, David, and welcome again to Pathway to Victory. Did you know that Pathway to Victory is the publisher of a popular magazine?
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You'll find all the details at ptv.org. Today we're in the final stretch of our teaching series called Say Goodbye to Regrets, and it's one of the last times to request your copy of my bestselling book by the same title. Living with regret is futile.
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This book is the perfect choice for your Bible study group or to use in a classroom setting. Ask for your copy of Say Goodbye to Regret. It comes with my thanks when you give a generous gift to support the ministry of Pathway to Victory. Now let's get started with our next study in this series. I titled today's message Say Goodbye to Career Regrets. Is it possible to eliminate all of our regrets about our jobs?
Of course not. I mean, because we live in a sin-infected world and we are sin-infected people ourselves, there's always going to be problems with whatever job that we have. But there are some ways to minimize the regrets about our work, which is such an important part of our life.
And let me share a few of those ways straight from God's Word. First of all, and start this three times on your outline, discover your life work. The greatest important thing you can do about your job is to make sure you've discovered what your life work is.
I first got acquainted with this term life work from my friend Bob Beale, who is such a help to our church. And Bob says and defines life work as that work which is the best use of the rest of your life. Bob goes on to point out, when people first start working in their 20s, they're worried about one thing, and that is survival. They're just trying to survive when they start out. But when they get into their 30s, they move beyond survival to success. They want to be successful. And so they try to start climbing the ladder to success. But somewhere in their mid 40s to early 50s, people move beyond survival or even success to significance.
They want to do something that matters, that makes a difference, that provides them with satisfaction. And that's what our life work is all about. How do you discover your life work? Let me share with you four principles to discovering your life work. First of all, your life work, whatever it is, should utilize both your gifts and your interests. It ought to be utilizing your gifts and your interests. Listen to me, God will never call you to do something.
