MARKETPLACE FACTS
MISSION STATEMENTS Module 501 C Mario Denton Marketplace facts: Mission statements
Marketplace facts: Mission statements
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.
Marketplace facts: Mission statements
Does your company have a mission statement? • Is it posted so that your customers can see it clearly? • Do your employees know it by heart and discuss it?
Marketplace facts: Mission statements
Does your company have a mission statement? • Is it really the driving force of all that you do? • Do you as leader use it to keep your efforts on track? Does it plainly show the spiritual foundation of the enterprise that you are building?
Marketplace facts: Mission statements
FCCI/Christ@Work: Mission statement • Their mission is: In pursuit of Christ’s eternal objectives, we equip and encourage company leaders to operate their businesses and conduct their personal lives according to Biblical principles. Marketplace facts: Mission statements
Everything that they do • Everything that they do at Christ@Work must revolve around equipping and encouraging company leaders to be effective for Christ. • To “equip” means “to furnish for service or action…to prepare”. The word is used rarely in the Bible. Most of the time the word “train” is used. Marketplace facts: Mission statements
Equipping • Just as we as parents are to train our children to prepare them for life, we as business leaders need to be trained to lead our companies.
Marketplace facts: Mission statements
Equipping • This is not an easy task. I Cor. 14:8 says that we need “to prepare or get ready for battle”. Ezek. 38:7 calls for the country leaders to “get ready… be prepared”. • This equipping process never ends because each day we are faced with new challenges. Marketplace facts: Mission statements
The word “encourage” • Means to “inspire with courage, spirit, or hope…to spur on, to stimulate”. • As we gather in our small groups, at conferences, or meeting another member for lunch, we are mutually encouraged.
Marketplace facts: Mission statements
The word “encourage” • Our heavenly Father is the master encourager. • He encouraged Moses to tell the people to “fear not for the Lord shall fight for you” (Exodus 14:13, 14). • Through Isaiah God said, “Fear not…I will help you” (Isaiah 41:13). • While healing the sick, Jesus said, “Be of good cheer” (Matthew 9:2). Marketplace facts: Mission statements
Encouragement • The disciples needed encouragement on the rough sea that night and Jesus said, “Be of good cheer, do not be afraid” (Matthew 14:27). • Even the three leaders of the inner circle had to be encouraged by Jesus; they were fearful on the mount of transfiguration (Matthew 17:7).
Marketplace facts: Mission statements
Encouragement • The forceful leader Paul had to be encouraged by the Lord as he traveled (Acts 23:11). • Even though we as leaders must encourage our co-workers when we face tough times, we must privately get away quietly with our Lord and with other leaders to gain strength and encouragement for the battle. Marketplace facts: Mission statements
Time for reflection What is your personal mission statement?
Marketplace facts: Mission statements
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 Marketplace facts: Mission statements
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) Marketplace facts: Mission statements
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. Marketplace facts: Mission statements
Jesus said: Take what I have given you and change the world!
Marketplace facts: Mission statements
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Marketplace facts: Mission statements
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