Kind Words from Subscribers

I am happy to give you my favorites. Two I have printed on the wall—one from 5/19/09 and one from 11/16/09. There was one from about 2 years ago about passion and doing what you love, I have it somewhere but it was my favorite and applied to me and how I started my business. Please know that you are my first click of every weekday—my first prayer and inspiration. There are others that do follow but you are first. Your inspirations are most important to my day and I am always surprised at how many apply. Please continue what you do! Thank you.

My favorite was last week, I think. The one about how fast children grow up. Thanks for your ministry, since I haven't been able to pray in a manner that I'm used to I really love my morning briefing!

Hello There, I really would like to thank you and your wonderful team for helping a lot of people remember and stay connected to God in the hard times that a lot of us are facing these days. I have copied some of my recent favorite prayers, although there several that I have found very helpful. Thanks again.

I have come to depend upon the prayers and wisdom so graciously shared every morning by “In the Company of Prayer” in order to begin my day in a serving state of mind. With that said; the impact of a late arriving message or no message at all is profound and makes me feel as though I am going to battle without my armor! Thank you for asking and may God Bless your life and this project.

I can't remember the best ones, although I have a couple taped to my computer to remind me of what I need to do in life. The one is "We all need backbone as we take on a new year; may we be fortified through prayer." And the other one may be a little older.....That my faith guides me today and every day I pray. The reason I saved this one was because of the quote from Jeff Benedict "I think what is important is to have people run things who are principled, who have a set of ethics and who are anchored to those beliefs and ethics. It doesn't matter if you are Jewish or Catholic or Mormon; what matters is that you take those values and you actually apply them. You bring those values to work." The last one taped on my computer is "For the ultimate standard in integrity, let us pray." with the additional comment quote from Mike Paul to the effect that ethical behavior defines who you really are.

Thanks again for nurturing me in my work life. This is the only place I receive this kind of help.

Dear Companyofprayer:

I have been enjoying your prayers for a long time now and, as the Christmas and holiday seasons approach, I think this is an appropriate time to thank your prayer group for the morning prayers. Each day when I access my computer I read the prayers, aloud, before continuing on to open and reply to other emails.

The prayers, shrouded in spiritual meanings, also have relevance to our daily lives. I observed that the prayers are also interpreted in ways to give that sought-after relevance in our daily lives. This is interesting and nicely done, so I think I will continue with the companyofprayer.

I wish to make a contribution to this wonderful and meaningful work that is being offered. How do I go about doing this? God bless you all,

I have been a subscriber up until today, and now I’m a “paid” subscriber, to your morning inspirational emails. There are a lot of emails that get sent, including regular types of “words of wisdom” similar to yours, that I just never feel motivated to read or even open sometimes. However, I ALWAYS enjoy “In the company of prayer”, and look forward to opening it. In the midst of reading 50 or 60 emails everyday, and sorting the junk from the real emails, it’s always a breath of fresh air to pause and open your email. So…I finally put my money where my mouth was in the case of your ministry today, and offered a contribution. This is not like me, because I also like receiving things for free!

Thanks for your ministry…keep it up!

I just love this site and thank you for how it more often than not touches me in the deepest areas of my heart. I find it hard sometimes to have a lot of time to pray and you focus me for the day as God blesses me with the insights contained here. May all of you be blessed as God has blessed me through In the Company of Prayer.

It’s a wonderful site and I am happy to support it. I have other ‘dailies’ sent to me – but what I like most about this one is the single thought/line that gives me something to chew on all day. It ignites prayer and contemplation in the normal goings on of my day; unlike meditative or contemplative prayer that takes a deeper quiet and focus for me. So it fills a very important need in my prayer life. One I didn’t realize was missing until I got hooked on it! I also have bought several of the books too. Good job! May your company continue to grow and reach many people through your ministry. God has anointed it.

You cannot imagine how comforting I find these readings to start my day. Thank you for these beautiful passages.

I really appreciate the Company of Prayer movement and feel we should all do our part to support those who want to bring faith into the workplace. I really like the 20 seconds it takes me to read your messages, and the links to good books on your site. Also, your first email of the year was my all-time favorite Jeremiah quote, so I have a good feeling about receiving the briefings. Abundant blessings to you!

Your “Board Prayer” is excellent! The Prayer is now the 1st item on all our Agendas! Thanks for the inspiration and your dedication to foster His guidance throughout our daily lives and in the work place!

I am writing because I am the office manager for a Catholic church and school and have recently been included in the staff meetings that take place with our teachers. A responsibility of being involved in these meetings is to lead the staff in prayer when scheduled to do so. Do you have any really motivational/inspirational prayers that I can share with the faculty and staff? Please forward any materials that you think would be helpful. I am already receiving your daily prayers and love them, so naturally thought you would be a great resource.

Thank you very much for “Morning Briefing.” I only understand English a little, therefore I can’t write about sharing my thanks to you. May God bless you and your works.

I thought you may want to see the prayer I put together for our BOD meetings that we say before we begin each board meeting:

Dear Lord,
As we begin our meeting today we pray that you will guide us in making prudent decisions and to be ever mindful of the trust that our shareholders, employees and customers have invested in us as officers and directors of our bank. We ask you for wisdom, compassion, understanding, and above all, love. In everything that we do may the passion of Jesus Christ be always in our hearts. In your name we pray. Amen.

I thought you might appreciate this email correspondence I had with a few buddies of mine. I've been receiving the morning briefings via Paul's email (they are being forwarded to me since he no longer works here) and I was inspired enough to register my own email address. Now I get two! Anyway, anything that inspires a guy to want to share good will with his friends is a worth while undertaking. You might be on to something here! I bet those 3 guys pass it along to many others. I hope things are well with you. Keep up the good work:

Friends,
A business associate of mine started this web site, which includes a morning prayer you can sign up for at no cost. I signed up initially because the guy would have given me heat for not signing up.Well, after receiving these for a while, and reading MOST of them, I kind of look forward to getting them now. Some of the prayers and quotations aren't as meaningful to me as others, but every once in a while, I read one that changes the course of my day! Pretty powerful stuff! Feel free to share this with anyone else you know who might appreciate this service. This is no chain letter and I won't get 10 years of bad luck if you don't pass it along to a million other people.
Enjoy your day.

You are amazing. You provide real insight. Learning is about giving people language for what they know. This is what you are doing and you are allowing people to talk themselves about what they know deeply but are not addressing.