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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
Let us not forget that our businesses have always been a source of great good to the community.
A sporting-goods retailer found itself at the center of the rescue effort in flooded Houston, first opening its stores to rescuers in need of boats, life preservers and other supplies, and then converting its headquarters into temporary residences for hundreds of police and other emergency responders.May we find peace with each other's decisions.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on.That we recognize Pilgrimage in every step of our journey, let's pray.
You don't choose a life, Dad, you live it.Today I pray for endurance in what is sure to be a long process.
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.Lord, let us recognize and increase your bounty.
The success of economic freedom in increasing human prosperity, extending our life spans and improving the quality of our lives in countless ways is the most extraordinary global story of the past 200 years.Let us pray for those we will encounter today who have somehow lost faith.
So many people use unanswered prayers as a reason for not believing in God.For all of us who seek or grant forgiveness in our workplace this week, let us pray.
One group of young men has to find it in their hearts to at least get along with, if not forgive the people who killed their brother. The other group has to have the maturity to be man enough to ask for forgiveness. And we all collectively have to be Marine enough to carry on with the mission.With a thankful heart, I continue to pray for our veterans.
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.Let us continue to serve those who have served us in prayer and in our workplaces.
Veterans bring a positive, mission-first, no-fail, no quit attitude to any organization they join. They have been an extraordinary force for good. They are value-added to any organization.As we embark on a season of toasts and thanksgivings, let us celebrate each other.
If you are the one being toasted--that is, if it's your skills as a cook or prospects as a vice-president being toasted--you smile and express thanks, but you don't drink the toast with everyone else. That would be like clapping for yourself when you've been awarded first prize.Steer us Lord, along your path as we make all of our decisions today.
Prayer is not a 'spare wheel' that you pull out when in trouble, but it is a 'steering wheel' that directs the right path throughout.Let us pray, as we interact with each other in our various places of business, for goodness among us.
Good people can't stand the sight of deliberate evil; the wicked can't stand the sight of well-chosen goodness.For our partners in prayer, we continue to pray.
It might seem strange to pray at your computer, in front of a screen, especially if there are other people around you, or distracting noises. But God is everywhere, all around us, constantly reaching out to us, even in the most unlikely situations. When we know this, and with a bit of practice, we can pray anywhere!That I have wits and wisdom, yet two more gifts from a God who loves me, I say a prayer of thanks.
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.Pray for all of us still coming to terms with the fact that today is not what we expected it to be yesterday; may we be strengthened by faith.
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.That we partake in gathering around, saying Grace and breaking bread, we pray.
We remember now to thank our Creator for all that we are and all that we have. May our sharing with one another embody the generosity made possible for us by the Giver of the original gift.Let us continue to give thanks for each other as we struggle together through life's hurdles.
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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.
