Prayers for Entrepreneurs
This red, pocketbook-sized prayer book was given to me by my loving mother-in-law one afternoon in June last year. The book "Straight From The Heart, A Prayer Companion" is a 360+-paged collection of prayers compiled and edited by Rev. Fr. Mario Jose C. Ladra and published by St. Paul's Philippines in 2007.
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| A treasury of prayers from this little red book. Photo courtesy of Go Entrepinay |
Found inside of course are our common prayers like The Lord's Prayer, among others, and prayers for various parts of the day. Other prayers included those directed to Jesus, Holy Spirit, Mama Mary and popular saints. It also has inspirationals and Psalm Verse Prayers, foremost favorite of mine is Psalm 23: The Good Shepherd.
Straight From The Heart also comes handy and useful for church ceremonials like Holy Mass and Novenas, and during Holy Week's Stations of the Cross. The book seems endless with prayers for one can also come across a prayer for almost every need --- for families, for healing, for depression, for protection, for generosity, for serenity, for peace, for strength, and so on.
My favorite part is the list of prayers rolled out for students, religious and people from different professions. I was amazed to find a couple of prayers exactly fitted for my current pursuit of entrepreneurship, and so I decided to share them as well to all Entrepinays out there. May the prayers below help articulate all hopes and aspirations for our businesses' success.
A Businessman's Prayer (from page 311)
Almighty Father, thank you for the business you have enabled me to begin and sustain. Enlighten my way in leading and inspiring people engaged in the business organizations, industry, and communities that I serve.
Allow us the mastery of your will for the role you would want this business to play in your divine plan.
Provide us all the resources, human and material for this enterprise.
Sustain us financially for growth and development, and keep us humble with our successes and innovative and creative in our endeavors.
Help us in our crises, and guide us in every step we take as we run and manage our business.
Let our business involvements be models of inspired integrity and allow it to bring good health, wealth, and prosperity among your people.
Bless our business partners, clients, and suppliers.
Give us the faith and confidence that we can accomplish even what seems to be impossible.
Move us to dispense all our actions to be full of love for you and the rest of mankind.
In Jesus' name.
Amen.
A Consecration Prayer for an Enterprise (from Page 342)
Heavenly Father, you tell us in the sacred scriptures that any house that is not built on firm rock cannot withstand dangerous storms and tempests. You are our rock and salvation.
Without you, our efforts at building up our enterprise will come to naught.
Without your grace, everything we touch can easily crumble into nothingness.
We humbly come before you to acknowledge all the many blessings we have received--- all these come from you,
for in you do we live and move and have our being, and that without you, we can do nothing.
All our success comes from you.
Thank you for the countless favors you have showered on (Name of company).
Loving Father, in gratitude, allow us to consecrate (Name of company) to your loving heart.
We consecrate to you our stockholders and business partners that they may be guided by Your will in their decisions.
We consecrate to you our officers - may they continue to faithfully serve you as they carry out our company's mission, vision, and goals.
We consecrate to you all our employees as well as their families.
May we all continue to do our best as we go about our work and commit ourselves to the betterment of our company, our community, and our country.
We consecrate to you our clients and customers.
May they continue to patronize our products and services.
Bless and protect all of us in our dealing with one another.
With the help of our Blessed Mother, we make our consecration to you.
In the name of your Son, Jesus and by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
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