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Work as Mission: The Gospel That Reframes Work // Ephesians 6:5–9

What are you really working for?What if your job, your unpaid labor, your parenting, your studies, and even the parts of your week that feel invisible are actually one of the primary frontiers where Jesus sends you? In this message, Pastor Christian walks through Ephesians 6:5–9 to show how the gospel reframes our everyday work: giving us a new heart for how we work, a new audience we work for, and a new way to use our power and influence.We start by honestly wrestling with the hard word “slaves” in the passage—asking, “Does the Bible condone slavery?”—and then explore how Paul’s words actually undermine slavery from the inside out and plant the seeds for its eventual destruction. From there, we move into the world we live in now: corporate ladders, gig economies, unpaid caregiving, comparison, burnout, and the invisible ladders we climb to prove our worth. Into that world, Paul speaks a better word: you are Christ’s, and your work is seen.This sermon will help you:-See your workplace (and home) as a real mission field-Recognize where success and failure have too much power over your identity-Learn what it means to work for an “Audience of One”-Use your influence to humanize and bless the people above you and below you in any systemWe close with three simple practices for the week:-Pray the “Audience of One” prayer each morning.-Do one hidden act of faithfulness no one will see or praise.-Use your influence to lift up one person in your world.If this message helps you reframe your work and worship, consider sharing it with a friend who feels stuck in the grind.

“Pulled Back to Be Launched: A Prophetic Call to Mission, SunAwh Park (YWAM)

In this powerful and timely message, missionary and leader of YWAM, SunAwh Park, returns to Frontier with a prophetic encouragement for a community walking through transition. Drawing from 21 years in global missions and nearly 100 nations, SunAwh shares two images the Lord impressed on him: Frontier as an arrow being pulled back for greater accuracy and impact, and the wilderness as God’s training ground for identity, courage, and trust.He sets our moment inside the larger story of what God is doing worldwide—a historic global harvest, a rising hunger for Jesus among Gen Z and Gen Alpha, and the biblical call for every believer to become a witness and a discipler. Through vivid stories from the nations and the marketplace, he shows how God is moving through ordinary people in tech, business, education, and family who see their everyday spaces as mission fields.This message invites us to step with boldness into God’s redemptive story for Los Angeles: revealing Jesus wherever we are, carrying His presence into every sphere of society, and embracing the season of preparation God has us in.

Hospitality That Heals — Make Room (Luke 14) | Live the Story, Tell the Story

When time, place, and plans shift, our mission doesn’t. In Luke 14, Jesus doesn’t hand out a social policy—He tests our hearts. The gospel creates margin, breaks comparison, and seats us at a table we didn’t pay for—then sends us to “make room” for others, especially those who can’t repay us.Big Idea: Because grace made room for us, we make room for others.Series: Live the Story, Tell the Story (Mission)Message Flow (Luke 14)Scene 1: He heals our excuses (vv.1–6) — Compassion over rigidity; let the gospel reshape your interruptions.Scene 2: He humbles our striving (vv.7–14) — True honor is received, not achieved; generosity without transaction.Scene 3: He invites our response (vv.15–24) — The Father’s banquet is open; don’t make excuses—come, and compel others to come.Practices This Week:-Identify one overlooked person and make room: send a text, schedule a meal, slow down and listen.-Create margin: resist busyness, cynicism, and fear that crowd out hospitality.-Host like Jesus: invite those who can’t repay you.Timestamps0:00 Context: uncertainty, faith, and our unchanging mission4:28 “We’re still the church—our purpose doesn’t change”5:00 Luke 14 setup9:23 Big Idea: Make Room11:04 Scene 1 — Heals our excuses (vv.1–6)15:10 Practice: reshape your interruptions15:38 Scene 2 — Humbles our striving (vv.7–14)20:02 Honor/shame, identity, and grace26:26 Grace seats us at the banquet33:12 Scene 3 — Invitation & excuses (vv.15–24)36:49 Respond: accept your seat, compel others41:05 Ministry & responseHow this fits our series:Live the Story, Tell the Story focuses on mission as everyday hospitality, justice, and witness. Luke 14 presses us beyond good intentions into a gospel-shaped table: humility over performance, generosity over transaction, invitation over exclusion.New here?Plan a visit and get location updates: frontierchurch.us