Prayers to help establish your faith to be rooted in place.
The Hours of Work
Our Father,
We worship and praise You
As the Creator who worked for six days,
Using hours to build the world
In all of its beauty and brilliant majesty.
You rested and experienced joy in Your creation
Because it was good.
Beauty & Burden of Work
Lord of the garden and the city,
You placed humanity over the work of Your hands
To tend the earth and cultivate life,
To bring order, fruitfulness, and care.
The call to cultivate now echoes in our neighborhoods,
In offices, shops, kitchens, fields, and factories.
Learning to Lead
God who walks beside us
Guide me as I lead myself, my work, and my neighbors.
Teach me wisdom—
Wisdom rooted in reverence,
Wisdom beyond my experience,
Wisdom to discern what matters most.
Financial Security
Father in Heaven,
Everything we have
Comes from You.
We pray for financial security
For our household,
And the households of our neighbors.
Manual Labor
Father in Heaven,
We pray for our neighbors
Whose work is manual labor.
We pray for their body.
Give them the endurance, health, and strength
This hard work requires.
Air Travel
Jesus,
You travelled many roads
And told stories of road travelers.
As we travel in the air,
May we be a good neighbor.
Mental Health Workers
May He provide a stillness to your soul,
While you work to lead people to places of physical, mental, and emotional rest.
Employees & Employers
We pray for the employees and employers
Who lead and labor in our neighborhoods
May they see value and dignity in their work,
And believe their work is good.
