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Q. Can God really use me where I work?

A. If God has anointed you for business, He'll keep expanding your sphere of influence until you reach the level He's chosen for you.

Give some examples.

In the early 1970s, Al Merrick started a surfboard manufacturing business near Santa Barbara. He dedicated his work to God, prayed over each board he made, and inscribed Scriptures on them. Before long some of the best surfers in the world were knocking at his door. Often Al would open up the Scriptures and talk about Jesus before he'd talk about surfboards. Al and his wife ran a Jesus People coffeehouse and invited surfers from local beaches into their home for Bible studies. Today, Channel Islands Surfboards is the largest surfboard manufacturer in the world. Now Al's son, Britt, is using his family's marketplace reputation for sharing the gospel and seeing God transform lives.

For years Pat Boone, a popular pop singer in the early 1960s, and his wife, Shirley, opened up their Beverly Hills home for Bible studies for people in the entertainment industry. People in show business who were not comfortable in traditional church settings would come; many were saved and baptized in the Boones' swimming pool.

His reputation in the entertainment marketplace is so strong that in 2001, when Larry King did a tv talk show on miracles, he invited Boone to be a guest. On that day, millions of King's viewers heard about the power of prayer.

Ed Silvoso founded the San Jose, California-based Harvest Evangelism.

Adapted from Anointed for Business (Regal, 2002) by permission.

Prayer for the Week

Lord, I want to honor You on more than my weekends. Help me to naturally reveal Your presence at work.

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