Businessman’s Prayer
Dear Precious Heavenly Father,
You are the Creator of the world I inhabit. You started all of history’s events in motion, knowing that one day, you would create me. You designed me with all of the traits and talents that make me who I am. You alone know the path You have laid out before me. You have been and continue to be the Perfect Provider of everything I need. You are my Friend, Protector, and Avenger because You have chosen me to be Your child.
I confess that I am not worthy of the role you have chosen for me. I live my life in my own strength, depending on the small portion of wisdom you have given me to make decisions that affect not only myself, but my family, partners, employees, and customers. Because of my pride, fueled by the successes You have given me, I continue to depend on myself and fail to seek Your perfect will in each plan and decision. I spend too much time talking at You and too little time listening to You. I am entirely too willing to be less than truthful at times in order to cover a mistake or to get a sale. Because I fail to always seek and to place You first, I am less than You have called me to be.
I am grateful that You drew me to faith in You. I am confident that You will always keep me in the palm of Your hand. I thank You for the successes that I have enjoyed, the customers that You have provided, and the people whose paths I have crossed. I thank You for Your provision in good times and bad. You have never repaid my failings with withholding of Your blessings. I thank You for the men who have mentored me as I struggled to learn the business world. I pray that I will always thank You for the path You chose for me.
As I follow Your course, I ask for the grace to accept Your direction and chastening, for the patience to learn humility, for the willingness to submit to You, and for the desire to learn of You. I pray that You would continue to lead me along the course I am running, provide for my needs, and protect my family and friends. Help me to treat employees and partners with Your Love at all times, regardless of my mood. Most of all, help me to set an example that draws others to see You.
Through Your Son Jesus Christ, Who gives me the right to call on Your Name.
