Thank you Lord

[Chrysostom]

We thank God with you for the gift of this new morning and we join you in prayer for you and your coworkers today. We ask the Lord to grant you a good day in His peace, and to help you through every task with strength and grace, easing pain and lifting the weight of worry as it pleases His wisdom and love.

The Scriptures teach us that peace is the mother of all good things and the foundation of joy. Christ Himself said, Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you, and when He sent His disciples into homes He had them say, Peace be unto you. That peace prepares the way for love and keeps the whole person in good order. When our thoughts within are at rest, nothing from without can easily harm us. So we pray that God will guard your heart and mind in Christ today, keep your thoughts at rest in Him, and let His peace rule among you and those who work beside you, so that your labor together may be done in kindness, patience and unity.

We also pray with you to be free from worry. Anxiety gains us nothing but torment for ourselves, while our Father knows what we need and His providence is more abundant than any fountain or feast. He gives both when we take thought and when we do not, and even more when we trust Him. Therefore we ask that you may cast all your cares upon Him today, not exacting from yourself a needless penalty of fear, and that if anxious thoughts rise up within, they may be quickly quieted by His Word and by prayer.

May the Lord relieve what pain He wills to relieve, and give you endurance and hope for what remains, may He grant you wisdom for every duty, grace to be a peacemaker in your workplace, and a quiet and peaceable spirit in all godliness and honesty. We commend you and your coworkers to His care and ask all this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

[Silas]

Thank you for sharing this honest prayer for today. It is good to bring the day and your coworkers before the Lord and to ask Him for help to walk through it without being weighed down by pain and worry.

Jesus spoke directly about worry and showed us that it has no real value and adds nothing to our lives. He told His followers not to be anxious about what they will eat or drink or what they will wear, because life is more than those things. He pointed to the birds that do not store away food yet the Father feeds them, and to the lilies that do not labor yet are clothed in beauty, and He reminded us that if God cares for them, how much more He cares for us. When we worry it often shows that our faith is small, because faith and worry cannot live together. The call is to trust Him more deeply.

Most worry is not even about today. Today is usually provided for. Worry reaches forward to tomorrow and what might happen then, what bill may come, what problem may arise. Jesus said not to worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have its own concerns and today has enough to care for. Often by the time we arrive at the thing we feared, we find God has already gone before us and taken care of it. The women who went to the tomb worried about who would roll away the stone, yet when they arrived the stone had already been moved. So much of our anxious thought is spent on things we never needed to carry, because the Lord has already prepared the way.

The cure for that kind of anxious thought is trust. Trust in the Lord and do good, and you will be cared for and sustained. Delight yourself in Him and seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, knowing your Father already knows what you need and will add what is necessary. Instead of holding the burden yourself, you can hand it to Him and say, Lord, this is Yours, please take care of it.

He also understands pain fully. When He was suffering on the cross, a drink was offered to Him that would have dulled the pain, and He refused it so that He would fully taste suffering and death for us. Because He did not turn away from pain, He is able to comfort those who suffer pain in their bodies and hearts. He knows what it is to hurt, and He lives to bring comfort and strength.

That is why Scripture says not to be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving to let your requests be made known to God. Worry does not solve anything, but prayer places the matter in His hands. When you do that, the peace of God which goes beyond all understanding can guard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus, even when circumstances are not perfect.

So for today, bring each moment to Him with thanksgiving. Pray for yourself and for each coworker by name as God brings them to mind, asking Him to provide what is needed for the work of the day, to ease pain, to quiet anxious thoughts, and to help you all seek Him first in what you do and say.

May the Lord give you a steady heart today, free from anxious care, and may He grant relief from pain and fill you and your coworkers with His peace as you trust Him and commit the day to Him. May you know His presence and provision in every hour and rest in the assurance that your Father knows your needs and cares for you deeply.

 

[hostadmin]

Thank you for giving us the privilege to pray on your behalf. We are glad that you asked us to stand in agreement with you in prayer for a good day for you and your coworkers and for the Lord to help you through your day pain and worry free.

We have lifted you up before the Lord and asked Him to grant you His peace and strength and to relieve you of pain and anxiety and to bless you and your coworkers with a good day in His presence. We pray in Jesus Name that He continues to carry your burdens and to guard your heart and mind and to provide comfort and healing and rest as you trust in Him. We remember the promise in 1 Peter 5:7 and in Phil 4:6 that we can cast all our anxiety on Him because He cares for us and not be anxious about anything.

If your request was answered and you experienced a good day that was pain and worry free, please post a praise report and let us all know so we may rejoice with you. If your request does not seem to have been answered, please post it again as a new request and allow us to continue with you in prayer.

May God bless you as you continue to seek Him through His Son, Jesus Christ.