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“Of Slugs and Ants” b y: Josh Mackenstein

“Of Slugs and Ants” b y: Josh Mackenstein. “The thing is, Bob, it's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care .” . “My only real motivation is not to be hassled, that and

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“Of Slugs and Ants” b y: Josh Mackenstein

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  1. “Of Slugs and Ants” by: Josh Mackenstein

  2. “The thing is, Bob, it's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care.” “My only real motivation is not to be hassled, that and the fear of losing my job. But you know, Bob, that will only make someone work just hard enough not to get fired.” “I'd say in a given week I probably only do about fifteen minutes of real, actual, work.” “I did absolutely nothing, and it was everything that I thought it could be.” - Peter Gibbons

  3. “Working Hard or Hardly Working?” Statistics

  4. Work Has Become: • A Curse, • Not A Blessing • A Means • to get $ • A Means to have leisure and retirement

  5. God and Mankind “At Work” in Scripture Genesis 2: 1-3, 3: 17-19 Exodus 20: 8-11 Psalm 121John 5:17 1 Corinthians 10:31 Colossians 3: 22-24

  6. Proverbs 6: 6-11

  7. Ants have an innate desire to work hard and work well. Ants don’t need scolded, threatened, or bribed to do the basic work assigned to them. Ants don’t need accountability or supervision to stay on-task. The Ant works because that’s what it was created to do!

  8. Proverbs 20:4 “A sluggard does not plow in season; so at harvest time he looks but finds nothing.”

  9. Proverbs 13:4 “The sluggard craves and gets nothing,    but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.”

  10. The Irony and Tragedy of the Ant: Humans are made in God’s Image and are the “crown jewel” of His Creation; Yet… we need to be tutored by an insect so as to learn the sacred value of Work.

  11. Consider The Slug Proverbs 26: 13-16

  12. “Rational Lies” • For Avoiding Work: • The “Exception To The Rule” Excuse • The “Everybody Else Is Doing It” Excuse

  13. Proverbs 18:9 “One who is slack in his work    is brother to one who destroys.”

  14. Psalm 127: 1-2 “1Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city,    the watchmen stand guard in vain. 2 In vain you rise early    and stay up late, toiling for food to eat—    for he grants sleep tothose he loves.”

  15. Proverbs 23:4 “Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint.”

  16. 10 Signs That You May Be A “Workaholic”

  17. Both the Sluggard and the Workaholic Have the Same Attitude: “I’m Living Life My Way”

  18. Both Avoid The Responsibilities of Life • That Don’t Interest Them. • By Distraction • By “Busyness”

  19. Both Will Suffer Consequences and Damage Due to their Lifestyle: • Economic • Physical • Emotional • Relational

  20. Colossians 1: 28-29 28“We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ. 29To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me.”

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