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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
As college students settle in for a new year, let us pause in prayers of thanksgiving for all those individuals and entities that strive to make the experience a meaningful one
The residence halls, which cost students about what secular dorms do, provide sorely needed housing, supporters say. Because they are privately funded, including their operating costs, universities don't have to foot the bill.In thanksgiving for this journey we've been on together, and especially for those who've been with us at In the Company of Prayer since 2006
Part of leadership (a big part of it, actually) is the ability to stick with your dream for a long time. Long enough that the critics realize that you're going to get there one way or another--so they follow.Let us wake up and have the wisdom to see where we are
The difference between greatness and mediocrity may be two inches. That is my recurring nightmare. Someday I will be with God and He will say, 'Jimmy, you were two steps away from greatness. Why didn't you take them?' I will not be condemned by the lack of those two steps. I will be embarrassed by my failure to take them.Let us enjoy the fruits of our labors today and throughout the weekend
If there lurks in most modern minds the notion that to desire our own good and earnestly hope for the enjoyment of it is a bad thing, I submit that this notion is no part of the Christian faith.For all of those in our various prayer networks and communities, may they never tire of their incredible tasks
Cole's mother says the 13-year-old boy 'is a walking testimony to the power of prayer.' Cole is fighting a rare form of childhood cancer that strikes only a few hundred people in the U.S. each year. Julie McCully says the chances of beating the disease are at best 50-50 and that prayer 'is the only hope we have.'For those doubting a recent decision; and may they be greeted with forgiveness if they made the wrong one
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.Let us pray for all still suffering the aftermath of evil acts, including family, friends, coworkers, businesses, industries and nations
On September 11, 2001, four planes were hijacked. The hijackers then deliberately flew three of the planes into two important buildings, the Pentagon in Washington DC and the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York. The fourth crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The loss of life and damage that these hijackings caused form the biggest act of terrorism ever on United States soil. Nearly 3000 people died in the attacks and the economic impact was immense.Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us
What is there that forgiveness cannot achieve?Lord, I am going to need plenty of power, love and discipline today; be with me
For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power, love and discipline.Lord, let me be present in the exact way I want you to be present to me
In each moment, we are either present or absent. To do two things at once is to do neither. When we try to do two things at once, we don't honor other people, we don't honor ourselves, and we don't honor whatever work or activity is before us.For those you've placed in my path today, may we serve each other well
Your work is one of the most interesting things about you. That is why folks on airplane trips nearly always make the first question they ask their seatmates, 'And so what do you do?' The question is really, 'How do you help humanity?'Lord, remind me of the calm to be found from your presence
When you meet somebody who is physically restless, with twitchy muscles and restless gaze, you do not feel present to them or they to you. Bodily calm is part of our presence to people, and also to God.For the pursuit of our dreams, we pray in unity
Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity.Today I give thanks for my specific talents as I continue to build a worthy legacy
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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.
