favor at work
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We join with you in bringing this need before the Lord and we thank you for sharing your heart with us. We understand you have walked through difficult situations at work in the past and that things are now getting better, and you desire to have favor and to be trusted again by your boss and colleagues. This is a good and humble desire, and we are praying with you for restoration and grace in your workplace.
We want to gently point out that your request did not mention the name of Jesus, and we want to share why that matters so much to us. It is only through Jesus that we have access to the Father and it is only by His name that we are saved. As Jesus said in John 14:6, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. And in Acts 4:12 we are told there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved. So we come to God the Father in the name of Jesus Christ, trusting in His death and resurrection for our forgiveness and our relationship with God, and we encourage you to put your full trust in Him as your Lord and Savior if you have not already.
The Scripture speaks much about favor and about our work. In Proverbs 3:3-4 we read, Don't let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man. And in Colossians 3:23 we are reminded, Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men. When our ways please the Lord, He is able to give us favor even with those around us, as Proverbs 16:7 says, When a man's ways please Yahweh, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
We also pray that the favor of the Lord Himself will rest upon you and upon the work of your hands, as in Psalm 90:17, Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us. Establish the work of our hands for us. Yes, establish the work of our hands.
We pray together for you now. Father, we come before You in the name of Jesus Christ and we lift up this dear one to You. Thank You that You have brought improvement after a difficult season at work. We ask for Your mercy and Your favor to be upon them. Lord, restore trust where it has been broken. Give them a spirit of humility, diligence, honesty and kindness, so that their boss and colleagues may see Christ in their conduct and may learn to trust them again. Help them to work faithfully as unto You, not merely to please people, but to honor You in all they do. Guard their heart from discouragement and from striving, and let Your peace rule in their workplace. Give them wisdom in their words and actions, grace to make amends where needed, and patience as trust is rebuilt over time. We ask that You would open doors that no man can shut and that You would establish the work of their hands for Your glory. In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
We encourage you to continue to walk with integrity and faithfulness, even in small things, to be humble and teachable, to speak truth in love, and to be quick to listen and slow to speak. If there were failures in the past, continue to own them honestly, ask forgiveness where it is needed, and let your consistent faithful service over time be a testimony. Trust is often rebuilt slowly through steady reliability. Keep committing your work to the Lord each morning in prayer, asking Him to help you serve others and to reflect His character, and He will be faithful to guide you.
We want to gently point out that your request did not mention the name of Jesus, and we want to share why that matters so much to us. It is only through Jesus that we have access to the Father and it is only by His name that we are saved. As Jesus said in John 14:6, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. And in Acts 4:12 we are told there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved. So we come to God the Father in the name of Jesus Christ, trusting in His death and resurrection for our forgiveness and our relationship with God, and we encourage you to put your full trust in Him as your Lord and Savior if you have not already.
The Scripture speaks much about favor and about our work. In Proverbs 3:3-4 we read, Don't let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man. And in Colossians 3:23 we are reminded, Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men. When our ways please the Lord, He is able to give us favor even with those around us, as Proverbs 16:7 says, When a man's ways please Yahweh, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
We also pray that the favor of the Lord Himself will rest upon you and upon the work of your hands, as in Psalm 90:17, Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us. Establish the work of our hands for us. Yes, establish the work of our hands.
We pray together for you now. Father, we come before You in the name of Jesus Christ and we lift up this dear one to You. Thank You that You have brought improvement after a difficult season at work. We ask for Your mercy and Your favor to be upon them. Lord, restore trust where it has been broken. Give them a spirit of humility, diligence, honesty and kindness, so that their boss and colleagues may see Christ in their conduct and may learn to trust them again. Help them to work faithfully as unto You, not merely to please people, but to honor You in all they do. Guard their heart from discouragement and from striving, and let Your peace rule in their workplace. Give them wisdom in their words and actions, grace to make amends where needed, and patience as trust is rebuilt over time. We ask that You would open doors that no man can shut and that You would establish the work of their hands for Your glory. In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
We encourage you to continue to walk with integrity and faithfulness, even in small things, to be humble and teachable, to speak truth in love, and to be quick to listen and slow to speak. If there were failures in the past, continue to own them honestly, ask forgiveness where it is needed, and let your consistent faithful service over time be a testimony. Trust is often rebuilt slowly through steady reliability. Keep committing your work to the Lord each morning in prayer, asking Him to help you serve others and to reflect His character, and He will be faithful to guide you.
Thank you for sharing this need with us. It is encouraging to hear things have started to get better after those difficult situations, and we understand wanting that sense of favor and trust with your boss and colleagues to be restored.
Trust at work often rebuilds gradually rather than all at once. It grows as people have repeated, everyday experiences of reliability and care, and even small consistent actions over time can help others feel more confident again. That process can feel slow, but each steady step matters.
One simple next step that may help is to keep showing up faithfully in the small things and invite a little feedback when it fits. For example, you could briefly ask your boss or a trusted colleague, is there one way I can better support the team this week, and then follow through on what you hear. It shows humility and a desire to serve well without putting pressure on anyone.
We are praying for you and are glad to keep standing with you.
Father, we bring our friend before You and ask for Your grace at work. Give wisdom, steadiness and kindness in each interaction, and help trust to grow again in healthy ways. Grant favor where You will and peace as You lead forward. In Jesus name, amen.
Trust at work often rebuilds gradually rather than all at once. It grows as people have repeated, everyday experiences of reliability and care, and even small consistent actions over time can help others feel more confident again. That process can feel slow, but each steady step matters.
One simple next step that may help is to keep showing up faithfully in the small things and invite a little feedback when it fits. For example, you could briefly ask your boss or a trusted colleague, is there one way I can better support the team this week, and then follow through on what you hear. It shows humility and a desire to serve well without putting pressure on anyone.
We are praying for you and are glad to keep standing with you.
Father, we bring our friend before You and ask for Your grace at work. Give wisdom, steadiness and kindness in each interaction, and help trust to grow again in healthy ways. Grant favor where You will and peace as You lead forward. In Jesus name, amen.
Spurgeon
Beloved of All
We have heard your request and we thank God that the difficult season at your work has begun to ease. It is a good and right thing to desire to live peaceably with all men and to seek to be found faithful in the place where the Lord has set your hands to labour.
In temporal things, if we learn to trust in God, we shall be happy. We are not to be idle, for that would show we do not trust in God who works, but we are to trust Him acting in all prudence and in all uprightness, relying simply and entirely upon Him. One must first be made a child of God, and then he can trust his affairs in his Father's hands. What you cannot do and yet must do, you may confidently expect the Lord to enable you to perform, but what you can do you must do with diligence, honesty and a quiet spirit.
Remember also that we trust not in ourselves. To trust ourselves is to build upon a poor foundation, for we are frail and soon moved. But we trust in the living God, the real God, a God with a great warm loving heart, a thinking, active, working, personal God who comes into the midst of this world and does not leave it to go on by itself. He is the refuge of His saints when enemies rage and when the cruse of oil is ready to fail. They who trust in Him shall not lack any good thing.
Above all favour with man, seek favour with God. That favour is found only in Christ. If you will come and put your trust in Christ, the Lord promises oblivion to all your debt, forgiveness of the whole of your sins. When you are absolutely helpless and hopeless, only believe that Jesus is the Christ and put your trust in Him, and God will remit and discharge all your liabilities, and you shall go away clear before Him. By His most precious blood He has put away the sins of all who trust Him.
So we will pray for you. We ask the Lord to give you favour where He has placed you, to restore trust between you and your employer and your colleagues, and to help you to walk before them in truth and faithfulness. We pray that He would make you to be one who takes trials and difficulties to the one only God and trusts only upon Him, and that your life there might show forth the grace that has made you whole. May He keep you from using any sinful means to gain esteem, and may He give you wisdom to act with economy and order, that your good conduct may commend the gospel.
We pray that you will continue to trust your merciful God to help you, to bear you through present trials, and to load you daily with His benefits. May the Lord cause you to know His love more fully as you trust His dear Son, and may He be your resting place, as Noah's dove found its home in the ark, through every scene of life.
In temporal things, if we learn to trust in God, we shall be happy. We are not to be idle, for that would show we do not trust in God who works, but we are to trust Him acting in all prudence and in all uprightness, relying simply and entirely upon Him. One must first be made a child of God, and then he can trust his affairs in his Father's hands. What you cannot do and yet must do, you may confidently expect the Lord to enable you to perform, but what you can do you must do with diligence, honesty and a quiet spirit.
Remember also that we trust not in ourselves. To trust ourselves is to build upon a poor foundation, for we are frail and soon moved. But we trust in the living God, the real God, a God with a great warm loving heart, a thinking, active, working, personal God who comes into the midst of this world and does not leave it to go on by itself. He is the refuge of His saints when enemies rage and when the cruse of oil is ready to fail. They who trust in Him shall not lack any good thing.
Above all favour with man, seek favour with God. That favour is found only in Christ. If you will come and put your trust in Christ, the Lord promises oblivion to all your debt, forgiveness of the whole of your sins. When you are absolutely helpless and hopeless, only believe that Jesus is the Christ and put your trust in Him, and God will remit and discharge all your liabilities, and you shall go away clear before Him. By His most precious blood He has put away the sins of all who trust Him.
So we will pray for you. We ask the Lord to give you favour where He has placed you, to restore trust between you and your employer and your colleagues, and to help you to walk before them in truth and faithfulness. We pray that He would make you to be one who takes trials and difficulties to the one only God and trusts only upon Him, and that your life there might show forth the grace that has made you whole. May He keep you from using any sinful means to gain esteem, and may He give you wisdom to act with economy and order, that your good conduct may commend the gospel.
We pray that you will continue to trust your merciful God to help you, to bear you through present trials, and to load you daily with His benefits. May the Lord cause you to know His love more fully as you trust His dear Son, and may He be your resting place, as Noah's dove found its home in the ark, through every scene of life.
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