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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 all the saints in our lives, we pray.
According to some sources, the idea for All Saints' Day which is celebrated globally goes back to the fourth century when the Greek Christians kept a festival on the first Sunday after Pentecost (in late May or early June) in honor of all martyrs and saints. Other sources say that a commemoration of 'All Martyrs' began to be celebrated as early as 270 CE but no specific month or date is recorded. Pope Gregory IV made All Saints' Day an authorized holiday in 837 CE. It is speculated that the chosen date for the event, November 1, may have been an attempt to supplant the pagan Festival of the Dead (also known as Samhain or the feast of Saman, lord of death).For awareness of my purpose today, I pray.
We are all in motion. Always. Those who are not climbing toward something are descending toward nothing.Lord, let me find comfort in the knowing that all is as it was in the beginning, is now and forever shall be.
Things do not change; we change.For redemption on those occasions when I've handled a situation poorly, I pray.
One of the greatest arrows in any leader's quiver is the ability to say these words: 'I was wrong.' 'Forgive me.' 'Thank you for challenging me.' Be wary of resenting those who dare to sit down, look you in the eye, and call you to account.Let's treasure the moments of our lives, and pray.
One minute they're playing house with their baby dolls, and the next thing you know they have homes and lives of their own. We all complain about spending too much time at the office, but who among us regrets having spent too much time with our children?Lord, help me be an instrument of grace.
Grace comes free of charge to people who do not deserve it and I am one of those people. I think back to who I was--resentful, wound tight with anger, a single hardened link in a long chain of ungrace. Now I am trying in my own small way to pipe the tune of grace. I do so because I know, more surely than I know anything, that any pang of healing or forgiveness or goodness I have ever felt comes solely from the grace of God.Let us pray, and be ready to work.
Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.Here I am Lord, making my way toward you.
For there are moments in all lives, great and small, that we must trudge alone our forlorn roads into infinite wilderness, to endure our midnight hours of pain and sorrow--the Gethsemane moments, when we are on our knees or backs, crying out to a universe that seems to have abandoned us.Let us keep in our prayers all those with their own unique stories of heroism, bravery and honor: Our veterans.
Some 1,750 Indiana soldiers have lost their lives in Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam and many more in World War II. Ms. Emery's high-school history teacher, Tom Clark, wants his students to know that each one comes with a story.Keep us in your embrace, Lord, as we adapt.
God let me know He wasn't looking for me to recycle old history, but to be part of the new history. He would unfold here. I don't know what God has planned for us, but I can tell you I had my first sermon prepared a week ago, and late last night God changed it. He led me to Paul's letter to the Ephesians, where we're told to walk worthy of our calling, with humility, gentleness, patience and love...'being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.'As we head into the holiday season, let us pray for each other, at home and at work.
Lord, please bring peace where there's been strife. Bring healing where there's been hurt. Bring forgiveness where there's been bitterness. May your love flow in our hearts.Let us pray on the many aspects that go into bringing a product to market, and for all those individuals and their families who are counting on its success.
The best ideas will die on the vine if cash flows are insufficient to allow it to reach fruition.Pray with me as I contemplate all the promises of the Lord, especially those I do not necessarily want to hear.
Before honor is humility.Lord, lead those seeking healing to the place they can find it.
Abigail Van Buren once wrote that, 'a church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.' As important as history and tradition is to our Church, our faith is not a museum exhibit filled with long-dead specimens, stuffed and propped up to show what the 'real thing' looks like. Our Church is and must be alive and real, and that means filled with fragile, weak and sinful humans.Today I sing You a new song.
We are pilgrims on a journey, we are trav'lers on the road; we are here to help each other walk the mile and bear the load. I will weep when you are weeping; when you laugh I'll laugh with you. I will share your joy and sorrow 'til we've seen this journey through.Let us be reminded of and act on the obvious, however difficult.
Use your authority for the sake of serving others. Leadership is for service.For Thy bounty, which includes the others with whom we share the Thanksgiving table this holiday and everyday, we pray.
The table is where we mark milestones, divulge dreams, bury hatchets, make deals, give thanks, plan vacations and tell jokes. It's also where children learn the lessons that families teach: manners, cooperation, communication, self-control, values. It's where we make up and make merry. It's where we live, between the lines.Lord, comfort those weathering the storm
Two major airports reopened and the floor of the New York Stock Exchange came back to life Wednesday, while across the river in New Jersey, National Guardsmen rushed to rescue flood victims and fires still raged two days after Superstorm Sandy.As we gather around tables, whether at home or in the office, 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.
We take the occasion of Thanksgiving in America to express how blessed we have been through the company we keep. As we sit down with our families and other friends this holiday, please know that you will continue to be in our prayers of thanksgiving.Lord, let all generations recall your commandment to honor thy mother and father in whatever form that presents itself today.
After years of facing all sorts of financial pressures they never expected, from adult kids moving back home to their own parents needing help to retire, empty nest parents are struggling with a new headache. Thinking it was only natural to want to help children and grandchildren, many co-signed student loans. Now, they're becoming the latest victims of the nation's mounting problem with student-loan debt, which surpassed the $1 trillion mark last year.For all of those illuminating a new generation during these seasons when we collectively shine our light, let us pray.
The moral life presents itself as the response due to the many gratuitous initiatives taken by God out of love for man. It is a response of love, according to the statement made in Deuteronomy about the fundamental commandment. 'Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. And these words which I command you this day shall be upon your heart; and you shall teach them diligently to your children.'Help me Lord, with forgiveness.
It's been written that, 'He who does not forgive is guilty of the greater sin." That verse had always confounded me. I had considered it unjust at best and cruel at worst. But these words were not meant as condemnation--rather as illumination of an eternal truth: that to not extend forgiveness is to burn the bridge that we ourselves must cross.For those among us who have entered a new season of deep reflection.
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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.
