Prayer for office morning devotion-Monday, October 25, 2010

Scripture Reading from Job chapter 7

Prayer:
God of compassion,
We thank you for this brand new day.
We welcome this new autumn day with great expectations and hopes.
There are times in our lives when we are like Job,
not only afflicted by physical pains, but also by desperation.
We ask too many questions, but oftentimes these could not come out of our lips.
They remain deep in our minds, waiting for the right moment to be heard.
With your compassion, you uphold us, you sustain us, lest we will drift further away from you.
At this time, we remember in our prayers those who are homeless, hungry and suffering in many countries visited by typhoons and storms, diseases, famine and violation of the sanctity of life.
May we, like Jesus extend our compassion to them.
As we face a new working week, help us to be alert,
giving our best and attention to details
Data and feelings really matter because you do not take for granted who we are.
We pray this in the name of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Transformer. Amen.