Morning Briefings (Company of Prayer) http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers A quick daily prayer for businessmen and women who find prayer an inspirational tool in the management of their professional lives Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:21:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 en Let us pray on the tough decisions we will make today http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/let-us-pray-on-the-tough-decisions-we-will-make-today-2008-11-20/ http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/let-us-pray-on-the-tough-decisions-we-will-make-today-2008-11-20/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:15:50 +0000 Company of Prayer http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/let-us-pray-on-the-tough-decisions-we-will-make-today-2008-11-20/ Tough choices don’t always involve professional codes or criminal laws. Nor do they always involve big, headline-size issues. They often operate in areas that laws and regulations don’t reach.

– Rushworth M. Kidder
How Good People Make Tough Choices: Resolving the Dilemmas of Ethical Living

]]> http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/let-us-pray-on-the-tough-decisions-we-will-make-today-2008-11-20/feed/ Pray for all of us coming to terms with the fact that today is not what we expected it to be yesterday; may we be strengthened by faith http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/pray-for-all-of-us-coming-to-terms-with-the-fact-that-today-is-not-what-we-expected-it-to-be-yesterday-may-we-be-strengthened-by-faith-2008-11-19/ http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/pray-for-all-of-us-coming-to-terms-with-the-fact-that-today-is-not-what-we-expected-it-to-be-yesterday-may-we-be-strengthened-by-faith-2008-11-19/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:15:42 +0000 Company of Prayer http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/pray-for-all-of-us-coming-to-terms-with-the-fact-that-today-is-not-what-we-expected-it-to-be-yesterday-may-we-be-strengthened-by-faith-2008-11-19/ Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we shall go into such and such a town, spend a year there doing business, and make a profit’ — you have no idea what your life will be like tomorrow. You are a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears.

– James 4:13
The New American Bible

]]> http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/pray-for-all-of-us-coming-to-terms-with-the-fact-that-today-is-not-what-we-expected-it-to-be-yesterday-may-we-be-strengthened-by-faith-2008-11-19/feed/ That I have wits and wisdom, yet two more gifts from a God who loves me, I say a prayer of thanks http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/that-i-have-wits-and-wisdom-yet-two-more-gifts-from-a-god-who-loves-me-i-say-a-prayer-of-thanks-2008-11-18/ http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/that-i-have-wits-and-wisdom-yet-two-more-gifts-from-a-god-who-loves-me-i-say-a-prayer-of-thanks-2008-11-18/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:15:21 +0000 Company of Prayer http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/that-i-have-wits-and-wisdom-yet-two-more-gifts-from-a-god-who-loves-me-i-say-a-prayer-of-thanks-2008-11-18/ Rarely does life unfold with the predictability of carefully scripted strategic leadership; far more leadership is improvised. We rely on our wits and accumulated wisdom.

– Chris Lowney
Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company That Changed the World

]]> http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/that-i-have-wits-and-wisdom-yet-two-more-gifts-from-a-god-who-loves-me-i-say-a-prayer-of-thanks-2008-11-18/feed/ Let us pray, as we interact with each other in our various places of business, for goodness among us http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/let-us-pray-as-we-interact-with-each-other-in-our-various-places-of-business-for-goodness-among-us-2008-11-17/ http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/let-us-pray-as-we-interact-with-each-other-in-our-various-places-of-business-for-goodness-among-us-2008-11-17/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:15:11 +0000 Company of Prayer http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/let-us-pray-as-we-interact-with-each-other-in-our-various-places-of-business-for-goodness-among-us-2008-11-17/ Good people can’t stand the sight of deliberate evil; the wicked can’t stand the sight of well-chosen goodness.

– Eugene H. Peterson on Proverbs 29:27
The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language

]]> http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/let-us-pray-as-we-interact-with-each-other-in-our-various-places-of-business-for-goodness-among-us-2008-11-17/feed/ Lord, may we find you in our pastimes as we rest and refresh on the seventh day http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/lord-may-we-find-you-in-our-pastimes-as-we-rest-and-refresh-on-the-seventh-day-2008-11-14/ http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/lord-may-we-find-you-in-our-pastimes-as-we-rest-and-refresh-on-the-seventh-day-2008-11-14/#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:14:25 +0000 Company of Prayer http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/lord-may-we-find-you-in-our-pastimes-as-we-rest-and-refresh-on-the-seventh-day-2008-11-14/ In football, a fumble can lose the game. In faith a stumble can lose a soul. However, through the game we are taught to learn from our mistakes, to pick ourselves up off the turf, remove the clumps of grass from our facemasks, and play on. Through the gospels, we learn that though we may stumble time and again, all we need do is seek forgiveness.

– Gary Graf
And God Said, ‘It’s Good!’: Amusing and Thought-Provoking Parallels Between the Bible and Football

]]> http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/lord-may-we-find-you-in-our-pastimes-as-we-rest-and-refresh-on-the-seventh-day-2008-11-14/feed/ I pray for the grace to just keep going, if only for today http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/i-pray-for-the-grace-to-just-keep-going-if-only-for-today-2008-11-13/ http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/i-pray-for-the-grace-to-just-keep-going-if-only-for-today-2008-11-13/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:15:46 +0000 Company of Prayer http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/i-pray-for-the-grace-to-just-keep-going-if-only-for-today-2008-11-13/ How the world strikes me is not precisely how it strikes anyone else. Even my own interpretations are unstable. Many past ‘defeats’ I see now as improvements, and many ‘victories’ I see as spiritual failures. There are few if any aspects of my life that I am wise enough to change ‘for the better.’

– Hugh Prather
Spiritual Notes to Myself: Essential Wisdom for the 21st Century

]]> http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/i-pray-for-the-grace-to-just-keep-going-if-only-for-today-2008-11-13/feed/ Today I pray for endurance in what is sure to be a long process http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/today-i-pray-for-endurance-in-what-is-sure-to-be-a-long-process-2008-11-12/ http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/today-i-pray-for-endurance-in-what-is-sure-to-be-a-long-process-2008-11-12/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:15:06 +0000 Company of Prayer http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/today-i-pray-for-endurance-in-what-is-sure-to-be-a-long-process-2008-11-12/ When you are up against a step, you cannot see where the next step is leading. Sometimes opportunity is like staring at the knees of a giraffe.

– Laurie Beth Jones
Jesus, CEO

]]> http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/today-i-pray-for-endurance-in-what-is-sure-to-be-a-long-process-2008-11-12/feed/ With a thankful heart, I pray for our veterans http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/with-a-thankful-heart-i-pray-for-our-veterans-2008-11-11/ http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/with-a-thankful-heart-i-pray-for-our-veterans-2008-11-11/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:15:34 +0000 Company of Prayer http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/with-a-thankful-heart-i-pray-for-our-veterans-2008-11-11/ We must have courage to face life’s inevitables: pain, suffering and sorrow. When trouble comes, the coward says, ‘Run away.’ The hero says, ‘Stay and master it.’ Courage is not an instinct. Fear is an instinct. Courage is something that you acquire.

– James Milton McKnight from
Strength for Service to God and Country

]]> http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/with-a-thankful-heart-i-pray-for-our-veterans-2008-11-11/feed/ Lord, today may I lead by your example http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/lord-today-may-i-lead-by-your-example-2008-11-10/ http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/lord-today-may-i-lead-by-your-example-2008-11-10/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:15:06 +0000 Company of Prayer http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/lord-today-may-i-lead-by-your-example-2008-11-10/ Jesus didn’t even ask his disciples not to abandon him–he proved to them they couldn’t.

– Hugh Prather
Spiritual Notes to Myself: Essential Wisdom for the 21st Century

]]> http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/lord-today-may-i-lead-by-your-example-2008-11-10/feed/ Lord, may I be more aware of the people who will come into my life today http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/lord-may-i-be-more-aware-of-the-people-who-will-come-into-my-life-today-2008-11-07/ http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/lord-may-i-be-more-aware-of-the-people-who-will-come-into-my-life-today-2008-11-07/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:15:35 +0000 Company of Prayer http://www.companyofprayer.com/daily-prayers/lord-may-i-be-more-aware-of-the-people-who-will-come-into-my-life-today-2008-11-07/ People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has come to share, grow or learn. LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons, things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation.

– from a subscriber email

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