Target Your Boss
Theme of the Week: Raise Your Prayer Sights
Stephen Graves and Thomas Addington
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
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Key Bible Verse: I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people … for kings and all others who are in authority (1 Timothy 2:1-2). Bonus Reading: 1 Timothy 2:1-4
Bad-mouthing a manager is commonplace today. Employees crack jokes and bash their leader out of lack of respect, distrust, and dislike. But this behavior only worsens what might already be a bad situation.
Imagine what work would be like if, instead, all the employees began praying for their leaders. If we all chose to lift up in prayer the people we feel at odds with, great things could happen, not just for them but for us as well.
Paul wrote in 1 Timothy 2:1-2 that we're to pray for everyone. He singled out governmental authorities; but his directive could also apply to leaders in virtually all organizations.
Why pray for your boss? Because God allows us to help Him change people and situations. The more we acknowledge others in prayer, the more God will work in them and the circumstances surrounding them. God helps you through your prayers to see your boss through His eyes—and your heart will begin softening toward this person for whom you've previously felt anger, bitterness, or contempt.
Before you leave for work each morning, pray for your boss. This could avert a snide remark or words spoken in anger.
—Stephen Graves and Thomas Addington in Deep Focus
My Response: I'll commit to pray weekly for ______, my supervisor.
Thought to Apply: God never gives us discernment in order that we may criticize, but that we may intercede. —OSWALD CHAMBERS (British teacher, chaplain)
Adapted from Deep Focus (Jossey-Bass, 2004) by permission.
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