For christians If you have a job and you don't feel in your heart that it's not your job?
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While it is important to have fellowship with other Christans, it is a command even, remember that you don't have to be in church to worship. God should be part of your daily walk in life, not just Sunday. Also I'm kind of reminded of something else... even Paul the Apostle supported himself as a tentmaker...
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This is one of the basic reasons why Christianity just doesn't feel right at all to me.  I don't need to stroke the ego of some jealous petty needy freak, I have better things to do with my time.
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No. \n\nThe long answer...\nNothing was available in my area of study when I finished school so I took the job that paid relatively well.\nIt's a physical job with little mental activity which leads to pains and boredom.\nIt's a lousy environment which compounds the resentment built up over the years... now there's a feeling of being trapped with old skills.\nConstantly tackling being grateful for the employment and being disappointed with each work day. I really shouldn't complain.\nI know it's up to me to change the situation but it's terribly difficult to leave the security of a steady income.\nI guess that's why vacations are so sweet and hobbies are important.
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I think that is a personal choice.  If you don't want to work on Sunday, than don't. I know some people don't feel as if they have a choice, but ultimately they do.
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whenever you have this feeling tugging at your heart to do something which may seem strange and its like something is just telling you to do it. thats god trying to talk to you. sorry for this long answer but for example, if you have this feeling that you need to give a friend some money (this actually happened to me) you should do it. turned out that my friend was poor and couldnt afford anything to eat that day. that was enough money to get her a meal for that day at mcDonalds
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I am stuck at work - doing the same routine I would do on any other day.  If I didn't have to work, I would be spending time with my family which would include Sunday morning service with my grandmother and dinner with my parents at my brother's house.  *sigh* I better not answer anymore because it is just making me sad and bitter.
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You're thinking about Job, and it's actually a long story.\n\nIn the end, Job was blessed for his suffering, even though he never knew why.\n\nJob was shown for the type man he was for our learning, not to prove Satan wrong.  He's an excellent example for us in suffering.  Sometimes we do suffer as the result of evil being in the world and sometimes we are tested because others think our service to God is hypocrisy and we would deny God if our privilege was taken away.\n\nIn the end, Job has a better understanding of God, Whom he loves and has worshipped consistently all his life. \n\nHis story shows us that suffering is not always the result of personal sin; riches are not always proof of God's approval and the lack of them is not always proof of His disapproval; disaster is not always judgement; our obedience is not just a personal matter - our examples affect others (all beliefs his friends held, and many still hold today).\n\nWe don't always get why God does things, but we learn from Job that God is in control, He considers us even though He allows us to be tempted, and that He is with us (read the end of the book) even when we are suffering.\n\nIn John 12:27-28 Jesus says, “Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour. Father, glorify Your name.”  This is right before He was taken to be beaten and crucified.  Sometimes when going through a trial or grief, I consider that my purpose may be to go through the trial in a godly way.  How I deal with adversity may be my single greatest achievement, and more important than anything else I accomplish.  It may serve to bring someone else to Christ.  If my temporary suffering aides in bringing about someone else's eternal reward, that helps to put it in perspective.
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It's a feeling I'm all to familiar with.  I'm an oddball.  I don't like to run with the pack.  The pack I run with today might decide we're lemmings tomorrow.  I've had a great deal of success at being myself, and as much as it pisses off the world, I'm not ****ing changing.  I find that as much as I've heard that Christians are strangers and aliens in this land, just as much I'm finding it's the truth.  I feel alone much of the time, and it's a rare thing for me to find someone who thinks and feels the way I do.  Hope this helps, as I don't really know where you're coming from.  From a psychological point of view, perhaps you simply need to find your center and connect with people who have more similar interests.  Or perhaps you should do what I find myself doing much of the time...hanging out with my dog.
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A few years ago, I thought everything was going great.  I had just gotten married, and we had recently moved into a new house.  I thought I was right where God wanted me.\n\nThen it happened.  The company that my father and I were working on building together lost its largest client and, with that client, went 40% of its revenue.  Obviously that was a major blow, and it threw our life into a major upheavel.  In order to help supplement our income, my wife stopped working for me and went to work for our church full time, and I started working there part time a few months later.\n\nI began to feel like God was telling me something, but I didn't want to pick up my life, go back to school, and start a new career when I finish school at 36.  Then at a Christmas Eve service, the pastor preached a sermon about how the wise men were late, but it was never too late to do what God is calling you to do.\n\nSo, I prayed and told God that I needed to know for sure that he was calling me to do this, and within a few weeks, I was hit with even more financial difficulty.  The lesson here is:  be careful what you pray for; you just might get it.\n\nSo, I decided that I would do what I felt God calling me to do and started looking at schools.  I ended up at The Divinity School at Wake Forest University, which was not my first or even second choice.\n\nI won't say that everything has been perfect, but everything has worked out to get me where I am now.  The house we bought had appreciated enough in value for us to be able to pay cash for the small condo we live in now, etc.\n\nIn the end it came down to this.  I KNEW that God was calling me into the ministry, I had no doubt about it.  I think the majority of people are sure.  They may argue with God about it, like Moses who basically responded "Here am I, send Aaron."\n\nIf I could sum it up, I guess I would say if you have significant doubts that you are being called into ministry, you probably aren't.
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If you're religious, have faith.  If you're not religious still have faith that something will come through.  You deserve something special for all the things you've done for your family.  Keep hunting for jobs because that is all that you can do and eventually someone will recognize your contributions.  Hang in there.
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I will pray for your job search and your anxiety.  Sometimes, as I'm sure you're aware, you have to job hop until you find something fulfilling.  That really takes it's toll on you emotionally, but don't stay at a dead end boring job.  Life it too short.  Good Luck!.....)(
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I feel the exact same way. I am more than willing to understand when someone is in need but at least work torwards a goal of getting a job. Do something besides just sit back and watch the paychecks come in. I totally agree with you. You are definetly not alone.
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Refugee,\n\nI assume from what you say that you are a Christian. If you have asked Jesus to save you and be your Lord, then you have the right to expect that your prayers will be answered. As you prepare for your interview, don’t think about how much you need to be confident and how hard it is to be positive. Think about how big God is and how powerful and how much He loves you. Dress your best and do anything that will help you in the interview and then go to the interview with thoughts of God in your mind.\n\nI find that no matter what my circumstance that there is always someone with similar circumstances that is going to hell. Just keep thinking about the fact that your name is written in the Lamb’s book of life and how much Jesus paid to put it there.\n\nWhen you are asked a question by the interviewer, just answer it honestly, and listen for his/her next question. You also want to ask questions. I ask specific questions about my duties and what kind of benefits the company offers, and I ask what I can do to be promoted. The interviewer will think differently about you if he/she understands that you want to stay with the company and be promoted.\n\nI trust that this will help you get a job. I do have considerable experience with low self esteem, but I can’t really share my experience in this context. It is not that I am not willing to share my experiences. There just isn’t room to share so much. Also, I am not aware from the information that you provided what caused your low self esteem. I apologize for not helping you more fully, but my advice would be of little value without more specifics.\n\nGod bless.
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Don't let these other answers make you feel bad. Yes, a LOT of Christians go through this. Between work, children, bills, and the house work, and lot of people find it hard to make prayer time. I'm not justifying it or saying it's right, but we can't act like it doesn't happen.\nLook, there is nothing wrong with having a scheduled prayer time. If that's what it takes to get you into it, by all means. You could leave a voicemail on your cellphone and you check it at work and it says, "remember to pray on your lunch break."\nOr put a cross on your rearview mirror, and every morning when you see it, pray before you drive to work. Or even have your spouse or someone to ask you every night, have you prayed today?\nWhen you get into the habit of doing it, it will come more natural, and you'll start doing it all the time.\nI know a lot of people will read this and say, "that's ridiculous" but hey, it's your salvation not theirs, you're not here to impress anyone.
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I hear you, brother. I feel the same way. I have been praying for four years now for God's will, and God's will alone. And I also ask him to help me grow in faith. But when it comes time to ask for something specific, I sort of cower, because I feel so entirely unworthy.\n\nI have spoken with other faithful Christians about this, and what some have said has helped me. Some have said that we're not worthy on our own, but that Christ's blood has justified us. They have told me that if you ask God for something, and say, "If it be thy will"--and if you mean that--then it is okay to ask. God will either provide or he won't, depending on whether or not what you ask for is what he wills. I have also been told that God does indeed like to give gifts and blessings to his children. He is our father, after all--and so we are "allowed" to approach him and ask for stuff. If he sees it best for us, he will provide, and if he sees it as harmful to us, he will not provide.\n\nEssentially, God won't do anything that God doesn't will...obviously. So what I do is continue to seek his will, and I also ask him to teach me how and what to pray for. The key here is developing your relationship with God. And I think the more that God teaches me how to pray, the better I come to know him and myself in relation to him. That is, my unworthiness is based in a number of things, but one of these things is a fear of God--which is a legitimate thing. Fear of his awesomeness, might, and his righteous judgment...very reasonable to fear such a God. It has historically been sort of daunting for me to stand in the presence of such might and ask for something...and hence the feelings of unworthiness. But I think--I think, not know--that God does want us to come to ask him for things, because this deepens the relationship and better teaches us who he is and who we are. If that makes sense to you at all.
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If your religion doesn't allow you to work on Sundays, get a job where you don't have to work Sundays.
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I am happy serving God and I have always been that way.  Being a human, we go through things in life and because of our emotions and feelings, we are unhappy with situations in our lives.  But I am angry at those situations, not God.  \nI have felt rewarded by God simply because I am alive at this very moment.  I have been through so much in my life and at the time, I would ask myself why was this happening to me.  But I realize now, that those moments made me a stronger person and a stronger believe in Christ.  According to the doctors and everyone else, me and my mother, who have been suffering from so many things including cancer and tumors and many different diseases, should have been dead a long time ago.  But their medical books can only go through so much.  Where they leave off, my Bible gets me through the rest... my Bible tells a whole other truth and that is what I go by.  I do believe that when you dedicate your life and being to God, that your benefit will be to reside in Heaven with Him.  If not, then you will burn in Hell for all eternity.  I know that its hard to grasp the fact that something we can not see nor touch is going to swoop us up and that this earth will be no more. BUT IT'S TRUE.  God has brought me out of too much for me to not to believe in Him.  It wasn't fate or destiny or any of that stuff.  I would not be here if it wasn't for the grace of God.  I walk by faith and never by sight and that is what gets me through.  There are many that don't believe and I pray for them every day and night that God shines blessing into their lives that one day, their eyes are opened to recieve the full benefits of serving God.  I know it's hard but my life has been so much better since I have given it up to God.  People walk around and want to believe in lies and deceit and take all kinds of risk.  Well if you don't believe, take this risk.  Because in the end, its something that is truly worth fighting for.  And I will continue to fight for our God and through my faith.  It has gotten so many people so far in this life and if me believing in something is keeping me alive and helping me get through this world, then I will continue to do just that.