Today, we start an exciting new series titled 9 to 5.

The simple logic why we’re doing this teaching series: Your job matters to you. Thus, your job matters to God– because YOU matter to God.

God cares about your 9-5. He wants to be present Monday through Friday and at the center of your career.

The First Worker was God– He worked for six days to create the universe and man and woman. And He rested on the seventh day.

Then, God settled Man in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and care for it.

Adam was assigned as the Assistant Gardener to help the Original Gardener to flourish the Garden.

Work is God’s special gift to us.

But because of sin, we now have to work outside the Garden.

So, there are two kinds of work: Work inside the Garden. And work outside the Garden.

Work with God. And work without God.

The key message of Talk 1 is: Work in the Garden.