The Word Before Work
The Word Before Work is a weekly 5-minute devotional podcast helping Christians respond to the radical, biblical truth that their work matters for eternity. Hosted by Jordan Raynor (entrepreneur and bestselling author of Redeeming Your Time, Master of One, and Called to Create) and subscribed to by more than 100,000 people in every country on earth, The Word Before Work has become the go-to devotional for working Christians.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 4 minutes
- Episodes
- 311
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Jesus the Gardener
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Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw…
Christmas at the Carpenter's
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When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go…
New Series: Jesus the Creator, Carpenter, Gardener, and King
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The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all thing…
Mutual Submission at Work
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Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives …
What does it mean to "set your mind on things above"?
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Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, …
Paul's Insane Energy
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He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may pre…
New Series: Colossians on Work
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The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all thing…
Fred Rogers's Daily Routine
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So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, …
How to Make Goodness Attractive
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One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them …
Choosing Between Two Pulpits
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Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over th…
New Series: Mister Rogers and the Call to Create
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Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a l…
The Margin in Jesus's Schedule
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Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be …
When Jesus Said "Yes" to Something Better
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Then some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after t…
When Everything Looks Important
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Jesus left the synagogue and went to the home of Simon. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering …
New Series: When Jesus Said "No"
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As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha op…
How I Sabbath
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One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they beg…
Debunking "Sabbath"
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At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and be…
New Series: Restless
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Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will g…
Paul's Model for Our Work
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In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers and sisters, to keep away from ev…
Where Christ is Not Known
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It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would …