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Today I pray for the patience to allow the Lord’s work to happen in me and through me
Taken as a whole, Proverbs 16:3 (Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed) is telling us that when we genuinely devote our work to the real Boss, over time, God will transform our mindset. He’ll change the way we view management and He’ll inoculate us from compromising His will on the job.
– Michael A. Zigarelli
Management by Proverbs
Lord, I’ve grown tired of all the bitterness from recent disappointments; heal me
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
– Ezekiel 36:26
For comfort in the understanding that our business principles and personal ones can mesh, let us pray
If you have ever wondered if the economic principles that govern business practices are compatible with the biblical principles that govern our personal practices, consider the fact that Paul uses an opportunity-cost argument in Philippians 3:7-8.
– Randy Raggio
Devotional Venture: 60 Inspiring Devotions by Business Professionals by Business Professionals
As I grapple with and grumble about taxes, may I recall that which is due the Lord, too, including much thanks
Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s.
– Matthew 22:21
For reminders that God is with me in all that I do, I pray
You see Jesus’ faith tested in the temptation scenes in Luke 4:1-13. The basic question, put before him three times, is this: ‘Is God to be trusted?’ That is the great question that the human race is asking at the most basic level. We hear Jesus ever more resoundingly answer, ‘Yes, God is on your side. Yes, God is more for you than you are for yourself.’
– Adapted from Richard Rohr’s
The Good News According to Luke: Spiritual Reflections
Let us pray for those leaders who take a stand
Purim remembers the defeat of a plot to exterminate the Jews. The story of Purim is told in the biblical book of Esther. The heroes of the story are Esther, a beautiful young Jewish woman living in Persia and her cousin, Mordecai, who raised her as if she was his daughter.



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