How to pray for your employer
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Most employees are among the most narcissistic people on the face of the earth. I can count with my fingers the number of employees I’ve met that are joyful and grateful for their employers and the companies and organizations they work for. When I listen to employers, business leaders, and small business owners, the constant gripe they have is with employees who are unresponsive and unproductive.
Initially, when an employee joins a company, she might radiate gracefulness and joy, but as time goes by, she gets captured by the company’s culture, her joy dissipates and she becomes angry and bitter. Not long after, her performance starts to dip and red flags are raised. She blames everyone but herself – it’s the tools, economy, spouse, kids, government, politicians, traffic, lack of exercise and the blame game goes on and on. She takes on the management team. Her friends think she is political. Her “frankness” makes her bosses overlook her for promotion and bonuses. Truth be told, she is not good at her job and eventually, she is fired or resigns. She looks for another employer hoping this time around things will be different. In her new job, the cycle continues. Different place, same old faces.
I always listen with anguish when I hear employees who identify as Christian bash their employers. A few years back, the employee was jobless, others in her situation would do anything to get some work, any work, but here she is.
So, if this person is a Christian, I always try to point them to the gospel of grace.
Here’s how I do it.
