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
How Paul won "the respect of outsiders"
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Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your…
New Series: Paul and the Call to Create
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To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under…
James 5: Living in Luxury
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Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. Your wea…
James 4: "Evil" Planning
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Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there,…
James 3: The Alternative to Selfish Ambition
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But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny…
James 2: Modern Day Favoritism
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My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism. S…
New Series: James on Work
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If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding faul…
Welcome to The Word Before Work
Mediocrity: A Failure of Love
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Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters …
How we "proclaim the excellencies of God"
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But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that y…
New Series: The Ministry of Excellence
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People were overwhelmed with amazement. “He [Jesus] has done everything well,” they said. (Mark …
How to Create with Boldness, Not Fear
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“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you…
What It Means to "Cast" Our Anxieties
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Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken. …
New Series: Anxiety at Work
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Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up. (Proverbs 12:25)
Let’s face it: We a…
85% of Jesus's Career
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“God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subd…
Bezalel, the Holy Spirit, and the Call to Create
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“Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tri…
New Series: The First Entrepreneur
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“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, d…
Our True Ambition
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“Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. See, darkness …
Covering Up With Accomplishments
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“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now …
New Series: Gospel Driven Ambition
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“Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. As people moved eastward, they found …