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Our mission is simple: to provide a quick, daily prayer specifically to businessmen and women, who, like us, find prayer to be an inspirational tool in the management of our professional lives. We do this through our Morning Briefing email prayer service.
An interview of Executive Editor Leslie Bianco in EntreWorshippers: Conversations with Artists, Entrepreneurs, Business Leaders, Change Agents, and Risk Takers who Work by Faith and Impact Culture.
http://www.entreworship.com/leslie-bianco-embracing-prayer
Lord, I am sweating the small stuff; remind me of your place in my life.
For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So fix our eyes not on what is seen, but what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.Pray for the talented who seek happiness
It doesn't matter if you're the greatest guitar player in the world, if you're not enlightened, forget it.Almighty God, help me to reflect on you as I do my best to represent you today.
Someone has said that the greatest sin is to make God unattractive. Unfortunately, we can do this not only by the words we preach but more so by our very demeanor. Today we ask ourselves, 'How approachable and kind am I to the people I live with, work with, serve or meet on the street? Do I reflect the amiable God I believe in?'For those whose job includes socializing, may they do it with generosity and thanksgiving.
Do not forget to entertain strangers for by doing so some people have entertained angels without knowing it.Guide me, God, beyond my imagination.
God gave us the power to imagine. Without imagination I suspect that Thomas Edison would have been a common laborer. He could not have invented anything unless it was first born in his imagination.Lord, guide my heart, as well as my steps.
In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.May the practices I've honed in business be used to advance my spiritual journey, I pray.
Make a little progress every day: I used to believe in the big-bang theory of marketing--a fantastic launch that created such inertia that you flew to 'infinity and beyond.' Now my theory is you make a little progress every day--whether that's making your product slightly better, increasing your skill in one small way, or closing one more customer.In thanksgiving of life's simple pleasures, such as a good cup of coffee, especially when they turn out to be better than expected.
In what might be good news for coffee drinkers, a new study found that women who regularly consume caffeinated beverages are less likely to suffer depression.For all of us as we continue to pray.
O God of love, compassion, and healing. We ask you in your goodness to give eternal light and peace to all who died here the heroic first-responders: our fire fighters, police officers, emergency service workers, and Port Authority personnel, along with all the innocent men and women who were victims of this tragedy simply because their work or service brought them here on September 11, 2001.For those who live--and work--in anticipation, we pray.
Morale quickly turns ugly after a company warns of layoffs--even if the job cuts won't happen for a while.For all of us who will walk in faith today.
Walking in faith means putting one foot in front of the other with both eyes on God.Lord, thank you for the reminder that I am not the only one to have felt what I sometimes feel.
We may sometimes feel disappointed when others don't see the world as we do. Jesus did not surrender his vision to the 'logical' promptings of the disciples; he simply turned and went on his way.Lord, show us the many ways that we can serve you by serving others.
Fortunately for over 1,500 veterans of America's recent conflicts, banker Sid Goodfriend felt after the attacks of 9/11 an ever-increasing debt to the young men and women he saw protecting our country in a time of peril. So after a quarter-century on Wall Street, Mr. Goodfriend retired and started repaying that debt. He founded a nonprofit called American Corporate Partners (ACP), a mentoring program that helps veterans successfully jump start from military careers into business. Senior executives in 27 companies--from Alcoa to Verizon--are paired with recently returned veterans for career counseling, mentoring and encouragement in one-on-one meetings.For the remembrance of lessons learned from our biblical forefathers, we pray.
Rosh Hashanah in a Nutshell: The anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, a day of judgment and coronation, the sounding of the shofar.That we look around, and find God, we pray.
The other day I had this thought. If you look around, there's an order to things. The way the planets revolve around the sun is remarkably similar to the way electrons revolve around a nucleus. If science proves anything, it's that nothing comes from nothing. Something caused those things to act. It's not too hard to believe in the creator of that order. If you want to call that God, then maybe I do believe in God.For those who will suffer through the day, every day, we pray.
Disease leaves you desperate for control at a time when you have virtually none. When you're a patient, it doesn't matter if you arrive in a chauffeur-driven limousine or on a public bus. It doesn't matter if you are a CEO of a Fortune 500 company or a member of its cleaning staff. It doesn't matter if you look as if you work out every day or if you haven't seen the inside of a gym since high school. Stripped of our clothes and dressed in hospital gowns, we are all the same.Lord, let us find your presence in whatever it is we are confronted with today.
It's the wheel of the world turning around: In the blink of an eye it can change your life and it never even slows down. It can open your heart, it can break you apart and it never even slows down. It's the wheel of the world turning around.May my faith guide me as a positive influence in my workplace.
According to the data, middle-aged workers with little or no 'peer social support' in the workplace were 2.4 times more likely to die during the study. This new study found that a lack of control at the office was deadly--but only for men.For understanding, we pray.
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.As we seek forgiveness today, let us recall the many forgivenesses we've received.
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Loving and Gracious God, you are indeed the giver of all good gifts and we come together this day to seek your wisdom, guidance, courage and strength. Be with us in our deliberations and help us to be wise in the decisions we make for the good of all those who have placed their trust and confidence in our leadership. Give us insight to lead with integrity that our decisions may reflect what is right and good. Keep us from shortsightedness and pettiness. Help us to make decisions that strive to be for the good of all and guard us from blind self interest. Finally, dear Lord, grant us the humility to always seek your will in all that we do and say. All Glory be to you, loving God, now and forever. Amen.
Reverend Arthur A. Holquin, Pastor
Mission Basilica San Juan Capistrano, California
www.missionparish.org
Today O God we ask for your spirit to be at work in our midst, that you might stir up in us the gifts that we need to lead this company/organization with integrity and focus to the tasks at hand. Give us the courage to not only consider ourselves; but all those who are affected by the decisions we make. Help us to remember those who labor on our behalf, our employees and vendors and all those whose livelihood is connected to this company/organization. We give you thanks for our investors/stockholders who have placed their trust in us and we ask for courage and wisdom to be good stewards of both their trust and their resources. Help us in the midst of difficult decisions to have peace of mind, trust in your guidance, and look toward the long term goals of all whom we serve. Finally we give you thanks for this company/organization and ask that you might so guide us and our decisions that we might continue to serve you and the world through the work you have given us to do. In Jesus name. Amen
Pastor Jeff Frohner
Our Savior's Lutheran Church, San Clemente
California (www.oursaviorsonline.com)
Almighty and gracious God. We your children gather here to share, for the good of this organization, and the common good, the gifts and graces you have given us. As we plan the work of this organization, help us be mindful of your charge to us to be wise stewards of this world and its resources. We are responsible not just for money or success, but for the well being of all whom we employ, and all who use our products. Guide us so we think wisely, plan carefully, and act diligently for the life of our organization. Lead us always to make choices based on your teachings; let us remember that you wish us to practice justice and walk humbly with you. With your guidance we will Lord, work to serve you as we serve each other through the various agencies of this business. We acknowledge that all we have is a gift from your almighty hand. Direct us to make only those decisions and plans that honor the law you have given us, serve those people we represent, and establish an organization that has a moral and social conscience.
Reverend Elizabeth Griffin
United Church of Fairfax/St. Albans Bay UMC
Fairfax, Vermont (www.gbgm-umc.org/fairfaxvt)
Start a "time of prayer" in silence. The time of silence should allow people to open their hearts to God and to feel what it is that they need or are thankful for (or both) that day and for any other needs that may be directly associated with the upcoming meeting. The silence should be about one minute in length. Allow another minute for people to express "briefly" prayers of petition or thanksgiving e.g. "Lord, please bless my daughter and son in law expecting their first baby." The conclusion of this time can be closed simply with words similar to the following: "Lord, we pray that you hear these and all the prayers of our hearts this day and all the prayers of all people who call on your love, aid and mercy."
Fr. Bill Watson
President and Founder
Sacred Story Institute (www.sacredstory.net)
Seattle, WA
Direct, we beg you, O Lord, our actions by your holy inspirations, and carry them on by your gracious assistance, that every prayer and work of ours may begin always with you, and through you be happily ended. Amen
From "Timeless Prayers for Busy People,"
Legatus (www.legatus.org) an international
organization of practicing Catholic CEOs,
Presidents, Managing Partners and their spouses.
