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
God showed me how this “best practice” was hurting the poor
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Series: Wisdom for Work from Proverbs
Devotional: 7 of 7
She puts her hands to the distaff, and h…
How to get constructive and sanctifying feedback from others
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Series: Wisdom for Work from Proverbs
Devotional: 6 of 7
Better is open rebuke than hidden love. …
Ignoring this proverb cost Yahoo more than $7 million
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Series: Wisdom for Work from Proverbs
Devotional: 5 of 7
Like an archer who wounds at random is o…
How to say “no” more frequently and “yes” less quickly
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Series: Wisdom for Work from Proverbs
Devotional: 4 of 7
It is a trap to dedicate something rashl…
2 ways to avoid the sin of “shoddy work”
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Series: Wisdom for Work from Proverbs
Devotional: 3 of 7
One who is slack in his work is brother …
“Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not.” Here’s how that leads to rest.
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Series: Wisdom for Work from Proverbs
Devotional: 2 of 7
Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and …
New Series: Wisdom for Work from Proverbs
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Series: Wisdom for Work from Proverbs
Devotional: 1 of 7
When there are many words, wrongdoing is…
An acronym for how to love your job without making it an idol
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Series: Working Without Idolatry
Devotional: 4 of 4
Dear children, keep yourselves from idols. (1…
What it means to "set your mind on things above”
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Series: Working Without Idolatry
Devotional: 3 of 4
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ…
Enjoy work more—not less—to fight idolatry
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Series: Working Without Idolatry
Devotional: 2 of 4
“You have put more joy in my heart than they …
New Series: Working Without Idolatry
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Series: Working Without Idolatry
Devotional: 1 of 4
Love the Lord your God with all your heart an…
Confessing my less than godly motives for this action
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Series: Wisdom for Work from David
Devotional: 7 of 7
I know, my God, that you test the heart and…
IF success comes from God, THEN inputs > outcomes
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Series: Wisdom for Work from David
Devotional: 6 of 7
David praised the Lord in the presence of t…
My “5 Minutes of Nothing” rule to dissent from the “Kingdom of Noise”
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Series: Wisdom for Work from David
Devotional: 5 of 7
In his pride the wicked man does not seek h…
3 reasons why Anti-Bucket Lists > Bucket Lists
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Series: Wisdom for Work from David
Devotional: 4 of 7
You [Lord] reward everyone according to wha…
Swamped at work? Here’s a surprising reason to thank God.
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Series: Wisdom for Work from David
Devotional: 3 of 7
In the spring, at the time when kings go of…
I rarely cry. But I weep over this obscure passage.
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Series: Wisdom for Work from David
Devotional: 2 of 7
[King David] asked, “Is there no one still …
New Series: Wisdom for Work from David
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Series: Wisdom for Work from David
Devotional: 1 of 7
David said to Saul, “Let no one lose heart …
What the daytime darkness of Good Friday means for your work today
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Series: Easter Vocations Part II
Devotional: 4 of 4
It was now about noon, and darkness came over…
How you, me, and Barabbas pursue God’s mission without God’s methods
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Series: Easter Vocations Part II
Devotional: 3 of 4
But the whole crowd shouted, “Away with this …