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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
For guidance, I pray.
Never will I pray for material things of the world. I am not calling to a servant to bring me food. I am not ordering an innkeeper to provide me with room. Never will I seek delivery of gold, love, good health, petty victories, fame, success or happiness. Only for guidance will I pray, that I may be shown the way to acquire these things, and my prayers will always be answered.Today I give thanks for God's presence in my workplace.
Not really knowing how to handle the delicate subject of God in a secular setting, particularly with senior people in the business world, I telephoned John Gardner and told him of my uncertainty about how to respond. John simply said, 'Over the entrance to Carl Jung's home is a Latin inscription Vocatus atque non vocatus, Deus aderit--Invoked or not invoked, God is present.'Let us pause midweek in thanksgiving for the miracles all around us.
The extraordinary happens in the exact middle of the ordinary. No trumpet blasts to announce the moment, no parting of clouds, or Hallelujah chorus. Just the simple miracle (as if any miracle is simple) between an in-breath and out-breath, the wide-open space where the unknown was known, the lost found, and the unseen seen.Pray as we face our greatest challenges today.
Here is the greatest calling for the executive, and the greatest challenge, too: to master his own heart, so as to inspire the hearts of others.For all those walking a fine line, especially as the holidays approach, we pray.
You know the finest line a man can walk is between success at work and success at home. I've got a motto, 'like your work, love your wife.'Lord, may I be attentive to those who need my voice.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.For all of those who have asked for prayers; may ours for them echo their own.
I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not.For all of us facing tough choices today, we pray for divine input.
The really tough choices don't center upon right versus wrong. They involve right versus right. They are genuine dilemmas precisely because each side is firmly rooted in one of our basic, core values: truth vs. loyalty, individual vs. community, short-term vs. long-term, justice vs. mercy.For our veterans, defenders of liberty, we pray.
Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.For physical, as well as, emotional support, we pray.
The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It's your mind you have to convince.For those currently suffering, we pray.
Suffering comes to everyone. No matter how smart you are, no matter how rich you are, there's just no way to prevent 'external' events from interfering with your plans. That's why you can't ever allow your peace of mind to depend on external events.Bring me awareness of the golden opportunities right in front of me, I pray.
Leaders imagine an inspiring future and strive to shape it rather than passively watching the future happen around them. Heroes extract gold from opportunities at hand rather than waiting for golden opportunities to be handed to them.Lord, keep me moving closer to you.
We are never stationary on the path to God. Our prayer changes.May my actions lead others to consider the value of a personal relationship with their God.
This was the first time I saw the Bible as a personal avenue to Jesus. Herbie openly desired to know his God, and by watching him day after day, I learned that the Bible was personal--not just a book to be interpreted by whoever is in the pulpit.On coming back to the table - in whatever form that presents itself this week - let us pray.
Jesus knew what he was doing when He said, Do this in memory of me, because He knew the disciples would, even if their future faith were suffering: they'd eat again, they'd at least do that, they'd share a meal again, and when they did, they'd think of Him.Increase real strength in me, I pray
Somebody with humility must have learned how to handle their own emotions and how to touch the goodwill of other people in order to involve others in the project of building greatness. Then the will to greatness captures the energies of other people, rather than antagonize them.As we gather with family and friends, let's have the conviction to truly give thanks.
Enter the gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.Let us continue to pray together.
Those of us at In the Company of Prayer have much to be thankful for as we set aside a day of Thanksgiving here in America. Mostly, we give thanks for all of you, who guide us, inspire us, challenge us, and continue to keep our company. As we sit down with our families and other friends this holiday, please know that you and your families will continue to be in our humble prayers of thanks.For a holy season that is truly special in every imaginable way, as well as in some ways that are beyond imagination, we pray.
In a rare convergence of the calendar, Thanksgiving and the first day of Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish festival of lights that typically commences close to Christmas, fall on the same date in 2013: November 28. It is a holiday mashup that has happened only once before-in 1888-according to those who track the Jewish calendar. And it is one that isn't set to happen again for potentially another 70,000-plus years.Today I pray for those who help me make it through when I think that my prayers aren't working.
I used to envision God as the Great Problem Solver, the one who would fix everything if I just prayed hard enough, used the correct prayers, and prayed in precisely the right way. But when God couldn't fix things (which seemed more frequent than I would have liked), I would turn to St. Jude. I figured that if it was beyond the capacity of God to do something, then surely it must be a lost cause, and it was time to call on St. Jude.Lord, thank you for showing me the way to forgiveness.
Brother Judah said once--I don't remember when, but it stuck with me--that forgiveness isn't a ticket you buy, a one-time thing bought and paid for. Forgiveness is the train you choose to ride through life's journey. You have to stay on it, even though sometimes you don't know where it's taking you. You have to trust it to protect you from the elements that rage outside--and in.Lord help me and those with me to train beyond expectations.
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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.
