Jesus-like caring for others…
 

• Be sensitive and recognize people's needs.
• Show respect and courtesy.
• Help without being asked.
• Do a favor for someone and not expect a return.
• Go the extra mile!
• Look out for the interests of others, not just your own interests.
• People don't care how much we know, until they know how much we care.
• Love keeps no mind-list of wrongs.

  Inner peace and happiness that transcends outward circumstances…
 

• Have a positive attitude about people and things.
• Rejoice in truth, not bad things.
• Be friendly and courteous.
• Serve customers with a smile.
• Be content and cooperative with supervisors and co-workers,
• Enjoy others!

  Calm and thoughtful in relationships with others…

• Return a blustering statement with a gentle answer.
• Be an arbitrator with people and ideas.
• Be calm in stressful situations.
• Help others when they get stressed.
• Don't stir-up workplace with gossip.

  Gentle and tolerant of other people and circumstances…
 

• Be tolerant of other's mistakes.
• Recognize most goals and projects take longer than planned.
• Patiently wait for a performance review or a salary increase.
• Listen to the whole story.
• Follow through with staying power.
• 0vercome opposition and rejection with positive patience and kindness.

  Doing for others what we would have them do for us…
  (Jesus in Matthew 7:1)

• Give the gift of yourself to others.
• Anticipate a need – help fulfill it.
• Fulfill the needs of customers, supervisors and co-workers.
• Recognize verbally, and in writing, people and their work.
• Treat people with respect and courtesy, regardless of their organizational level.
• Avoid making snap judgments and/or speaking evil of others.

  Giving beyond typical and expected norms…
 

• Be hospitable with people.
• Give people time with, more than things.
• Utilize the company system rightly for the benefit of employees and customers.
• Share expertise with new or inexperienced employees.
• Give appropriate help or replacement value to customers.
• Do not withhold good from those who deserve it.

  Being a loyal and trustworthy steward…
 

• Be dependable consistently.
• Stay with the task or project until done.
• Give a full day's work for a full day's pay.
• Be honest with expense accounts and budgets.
• Keep company confidences confident.
• Don't gripe about supervisors and co-workers.
• Give total quality service and satisfaction to customers always.

  Gentleness, without boasting or bragging…
 

• Let your work speak for itself.
• Receive comments about work, good or bad, with humbleness and desire to learn.
• Be a gentleman or a lady.
• Work at being a team player.
• Develop strength in character, but be gentle in countenance.

  Self-disciplined outwardly, guided by internal principles…
 

• Do the right thing regardless of circumstances.
• Be careful about words and actions in workplace.
• Don’t lose your temper.
• Appreciate others, men and women, without focusing on position, clothes or physical characteristics.
• Avoid places or indulgences which disregard principle and wear-down self control.
• Keep your mind free of trashy thoughts – good or bad thoughts run your life.

Fruitful Leaders and Team Members

The practical work actions, outlined above, are examples of how each principle can be practiced by leaders and team members in the workplace. Each principle given, however, has unlimited application in daily living in the home and workplace.

These nine principles, suggested for leaders and team members, are known as fruit in the Bible. (Galatians 5:22-23) The Apostle Paul, the inspired writer, says these fruit should be seen in a person's life, in a growing way, when the Spirit of Jesus is at work in our life.

The fruit are consistent with the practice of servant leadership. The foundational fruit among the Fruit of the Spirit is love, and the additional fruits flow from the one principle of LOVE.

Fruit is the result of a life-long desire to be filled with Jesus and His Spirit living within us. A Spirit-filled life in contrast to the list the Apostle Paul writes about in Galatians 5:19-21. Action like:

After this list, Paul instructs that, “No one who does these things will share in the blessings of God’s Kingdom!” Contemporary English Version of the Bible (ABS).

Consider the blessings of knowing Christ, being filled with His Spirit, and daily living and working in business God’s way.

By Carl Shafer. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Content distributed by HisChurchatWork.org > Used for non-profit educational purposes only.

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