{"id":24288,"date":"2026-03-11T15:53:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T15:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/how-to-pray-when-your-work-isnt-working\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:17:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:17:58","slug":"how-to-pray-when-your-work-isnt-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/how-to-pray\/how-to-pray-when-your-work-isnt-working\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Pray When Your Work Isn\u2019t Working"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having trouble at work? <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/life-advice\/work-life\/4-ways-to-be-happy-at-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Feel like it\u2019s no longer working for you?<\/a> Maybe you\u2019re desperate for a change. Maybe you\u2019re the one in six people that statistics say thinks about quitting every week.<\/p>\n<p>If so, what do you do? <\/p>\n<p>Like most things\u2014maybe all things\u2014it begins with prayer. So let me suggest four prayers that may help when your work is no longer working for you. <\/p>\n<p><strong>1. God, thank You for my job<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Especially in these times, if you have a job, say, \u201cThank you, God!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/9-ways-work-is-a-blessing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Your job is a gift.<\/a> It is a privilege\u2026just ask someone who\u2019s out of work or who\u2019s unable to work. It is a blessing, even if it doesn\u2019t feel that way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. God, save me from my job<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You may read that as a <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/life-advice\/work-life\/facing-challenges-at-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prayer to get <em>out<\/em> of a job,<\/a> to get a new job, a different job, a better job.  And that\u2019s a fair prayer to pray, if that\u2019s where you happen to be.<\/p>\n<p>But it can also be prayed in a different way. Paul, the first-century church planter, once said:<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands (1 Thessalonians 4:11, NIV).<\/p>\n<p>That may not sound like much, especially in our culture where one of the first questions we ask a new acquaintance is, \u201cWhat do you do?\u201d And often the unspoken part of that question is, <em>Is your work impressive? Is it important? Do you make a lot of money? Does your job make you\u2026.<\/em><em>somebody?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So you might pray, <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/life-advice\/work-life\/why-resting-is-an-act-of-holiness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cGod, save me from my job.\u201d<\/a> Save me from being defined by what I do. Save me from thinking my worth is wrapped up in my work. Save me from confusing my identity with my vocation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. God, help me do my job<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Bible says:<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">Do your own work well, and then you will have something to be proud of (Galatians 6:4, CEV).<\/p>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re digging a ditch or building a cathedral, writing a book or driving a cab, teaching a class or roofing a house, <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/life-advice\/finding-life-purpose\/knowing-your-work-matters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pray to do it well,<\/a> to work as hard as you can and make yourself as valuable as you can to the company or institution you serve. Make your job an act of worship to God. <\/p>\n<p><strong>4. God, help me go to my old job as a new person<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Bible says:<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving (Colossians 3:23-24, NIV).<\/p>\n<p>Imagine how that could <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/life-advice\/finding-life-purpose\/6-ways-to-thrive-at-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transform the experience you have at work<\/a> even this week.  <\/p>\n<p>Whatever you do, approach your old job as a new person, a representative of God at your workplace, a minister of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p>Who\u2019s taking the time in your work world to listen to a hurting person? Who\u2019s taking the initiative where you work to befriend the lonely, <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/caregiving\/family-caregiving\/advice-for-caregivers\/for-working-mothers-of-young-children-job-flexibility-is-gold\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">encourage the weary<\/a> or hug the neglected?  <\/p>\n<p>Who\u2019s working not just for a paycheck but also for God?<\/p>\n<p>It could be you. You could start this week. You could be a new you in that same old job.<\/p>\n<p>So try these four prayers. Even if your work <em>is<\/em> working for you. It might change things. It might change you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having trouble at work? Feel like it\u2019s no longer working for you? Maybe you\u2019re desperate for a change. Maybe you\u2019re the one in six people that statistics say thinks about quitting every week. If so, what do you do? 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