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Prayer Before Work
Spend three minutes before work and start your day with Biblical wisdom, practical workplace application, and prayer.
Prayer Before Work is a short devotional podcast built for Christian professionals and leaders who want to start their workday with Biblical wisdom and prayer before stepping into meetings, decisions, and workplace pressures.
Each episode is about 3 minutes long. One Bible verse. One real connection to your work life. One prayer for the workday ahead. That's it.
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Episodes
- Prayer Before Work
You Got Trained for a Second Job. Nobody Mentioned a Raise - Prayer Before Work
Prayer Before Work websiteYou’re already in a fast-paced job, glued to your screen from the moment you sit down. Then you get pulled into training to learn a…
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Manage Her Out So the Company Doesn’t Pay $200,000 in Severance - Prayer Before Work
Prayer Before Work website Meet Susan. Twenty years at the company, seven of them reporting to the same manager. Strong reviews every year. Two well-earned…
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One Mistake Cost the Client. The Director Wanted a PIP. - Prayer Before Work
Prayer Before Work websiteOne project went sideways. Nothing catastrophic, but it cost time and the client wasn’t happy. The employee behind it had been there…
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Your Manager Sent AI Feedback Without Reading Your Work - Prayer Before Work
Prayer Before Work website You spent a full day on a project. Two minutes after you turned it in, long, detailed feedback landed in your inbox. And you’re…
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Alone on the Night Shift and Responsible for Anything That Goes Missing - Prayer Before Work
You’re packing every order by yourself, buzzing in drivers every two minutes, and now your manager says you’re responsible for anything that goes missing…
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Your Company Said Volunteering Was Optional. Your Review Disagrees. - Prayer Before Work
Your company said the monthly Saturday volunteer days were completely optional. Unpaid, no pressure, they said over and over. Then your quarterly review comes…
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They Say Your Junior Takes Too Many Breaks. The Work Is Getting Done. - Prayer Before Work
One of your team members comes to you upset that someone else is taking too many breaks. You look at the numbers and don’t see the problem. The junior teammate…
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You Built the Whole Department. Now You Can Barely Open Your Laptop. - Prayer Before Work
You built the whole department from nothing. Twelve-hour days at the start, years of great work, and now you can barely make yourself open your laptop. A…
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You Thought the Interview Went Great. Then Came a Two-Line Rejection. - Prayer Before Work
You walked out of that interview feeling good about it. You’d prepared, researched the company, and thought the conversation had a great rhythm. Three days…
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You Hit 140% of Quota. Your Reward: A Target More Than Double. - Prayer Before Work
You crushed your number last quarter, and your reward was a new number that’s more than double. Most of your team missed quota, and now they have targets they…
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“That Wasn’t About Me, Was It?” Your Loyal Employee Asks Again - Prayer Before Work
You walk out of a hard meeting with senior leadership, and the first thing your direct report asks is, “That wasn’t about me, was it?” She’s loyal…
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Someone Complained About Your Outfits. Your Boss Can’t Say Which. - Prayer Before Work
Your boss calls to say someone complained about your outfits, but he can’t tell you which ones. You dress modestly and follow the dress code. So what exactly…
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You Got Yelled at Over a Mistake, and Then You Made It Worse - Prayer Before Work
Someone at work raises their voice over a mistake, and before you can think, you’re explaining, defending, and talking faster. It doesn’t help. It makes things…
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$20 an Hour, No Benefits, and Your Boss Wants More - Prayer Before Work
You’re making $20 an hour, working 45 hours a week, with no benefits, no paid time off, and no sick days. Then a new boss shows up and asks you to work harder…
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HR Wants a Screenshot of Your Glassdoor Review. You Haven’t Written One. - Prayer Before Work
HR wants a screenshot of your Glassdoor review. You haven’t written one, and you’re not sure you want to. It started when the company’s rating dropped and HR…
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Your New Boss’s Wife Reports to You. Now What? - Prayer Before Work
You get a new manager. Then you learn that one of your direct reports is his wife. It sounds like a sitcom setup until you’re living it. How do you correct her…
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Your Manager Asks What You Did From 2:00 to 2:30 - Prayer Before Work
Your manager just messaged: what exactly were you doing between 2:00 and 2:30 yesterday? Management rolled out a new spreadsheet, and now everyone logs their…
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He Faked His Salary and Got a 40% Raise. Then What? - Prayer Before Work
Final round interview. Senior role. The candidate inflated their current salary, and the company came back with an offer 20% above the fake number. That’s…
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You Worked 43 Hours. Your Manager Called It “Bare Minimum.” - Prayer Before Work
Prayer Before Work website You worked 43 hours last week. You skipped your breaks. You crushed everything on your list. And your manager just called it the…
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You Were Told to Go Easy on a Failing Employee - Prayer Before Work
Prayer Before Work website You're a newer manager. You love your work and your team. Then a new hire shows up: twenty-seven, no experience, placed there by his…
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A Different Department Just Ended Your Remote Work - Prayer Before Work
Prayer Before Work website You had an arrangement that worked. Your job can be done entirely from home, you've got an hour-plus commute each way, and when you…
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Everyone Asks Dave. You're His New Manager. - Prayer Before Work
Prayer Before Work website Every team has that one person everybody goes to when something breaks. Let's call him Dave. He's been there forever, and if a…
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You Have the Email. Your Boss Still Blames You. - Prayer Before Work
Prayer Before Work website Your boss approved your side project. She knew the codename. She even brought it up herself. Then another team mentions it in a…
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Your Raise Now Comes Out of Your Coworkers' Hours - Prayer Before Work
Prayer Before Work website Your department gets one fixed pot of money for payroll. If someone gets a raise, the hours come out of somebody else on the team…
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A Customer Blamed You for a Mistake You Didn't Make. Now What? - Prayer Before Work
Prayer Before Work website A customer just told your boss you made a mistake. You know for a fact you didn't. But now it's sitting in an email thread, and…
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You've Read the Same Email Four Times. It's Not the Email. | Prayer Before Work
Prayer Before Work website You've read the same email for the third time this morning. Four times, actually, and you still couldn't tell someone what it said…
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You Think a Coworker Is Talking About You. You Can't Prove It. Prayer Before Work
Prayer Before Work website Something's changed. People are acting differently around you, or a comment got back to you that sounded a little too specific to be…
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Your Boss Made a Joke About Your Body. You Laughed. Here's Why That's Costing You-Prayer Before Work
Prayer Before Work website Your boss made a joke about your height, your weight, your hairline — pick one — and looked at you expecting a laugh. So you gave…
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Not a 'Goals Person'? Then Why Did You Chase That Promotion? - Prayer Before Work
Prayer Before Work websiteYou sat in the goal-setting meeting and said it: "I'm not really a goals person." The conversation moved on, and so did you. But if…
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I Reported a Theft, HR Blamed Me Instead - Prayer Before Work
Prayer Before Work website Someone stole cash out of her purse at work. She did exactly what you're supposed to do, reported it to HR. And somehow walked out…
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They Turned Down a 7 PM Call And Nothing Bad Happened - Prayer Before Work
Prayer Before Work website Someone younger than you on your team turned down a 7 PM call last week, said they'd handle it first thing in the morning instead…
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Why I Can Still Hear My Old Boss's Voice Word for Word - Prayer Before Work
Prayer Before Work website It's been years since you left that job, and somehow you can still recall the exact tone of voice your old boss used, word for word…
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The 9 PM Text That Made Me Realize I'd Become My Old Boss - Prayer Before Work
You just caught yourself sending a message at nine o'clock at night, expecting a reply before bed. And it hits you, this is exactly the kind of manager you…
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The Ultimatum That Set Me Free - Prayer Before Work
Your boss just said it point-blank: deal with it, or find another job. No real conversation, just an ultimatum - and it was meant to shut you up and send you…
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We're a Family Here' - Until They Laid Off a 10-Year Employee - Prayer Before Work
Prayer Before Work website You've heard it in the all-hands meetings, in onboarding, maybe from your own manager: "we're a family here." Then you watched…
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You've Watched a Coworker Get Bullied for Months - Prayer Before Work
Prayer Before Work website You've watched it happen from a distance for a while now, a coworker being treated poorly by someone who's been there for years and…
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My Boss Said I'm Not Committed, Because I Leave at 5 PM - Prayer Before Work
Prayer Before Work website Your boss just told you that you're not cut out for this career. His evidence: you go home at a normal hour on Friday. Share Your…
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Your Old Bully Just Started Reporting to You - Prayer Before Work
Prayer Before Work website The person who made your work life miserable years ago just joined your team. Except now he reports to you. Maybe it was constant…
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When "I Can Handle It" Becomes the Problem - Prayer Before Work
Prayer Before Work Your to-do list from yesterday is still open. Today's list is stacked right on top of it. And somewhere in there is a task from last week…
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Someone Stole Your Lunch. Here's What It Reveals - Prayer Before Work
Prayer Before Work Someone in the break room ate a lunch that wasn't theirs this week. They're calling it an accident, sincerely, except it happened to be a…
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When Your Company Culture Runs on Fear - Prayer Before Work
Share Your Story Does it feel like everyone around you is bracing for something? A bad review, being next on the list, more added to your plate while…
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Why Do You Look for Problems on a Good Day? - Prayer Before Work
Prayer Before Work Nothing's actually wrong today. No fires to put out, no bad news waiting. And somehow you're scanning for something to worry about anyway -…
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What Does Your Manager Say About You When You're Not There? - Prayer Before Work
Share Your Story You've noticed it in small moments, your manager mentioning what a coworker did wrong, in a tone that's a little too casual, or maybe a little…
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My Supervisor Went Silent for 2 Months at My New Job - Prayer Before Work
PRAYER BEFORE WORK website You were hired two months ago for a special program everyone said was about to launch. It hasn't. Contractual delays pushed the…
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Nobody Said Good Morning to Me at Work Today - Prayer Before Work
Prayer Before Work Nobody said good morning to you today. Not out of malice, everyone's head was down, moving fast, focused on their own lists. But it got you…
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7 Years In and I'm Completely Burned Out at Work - Prayer Before Work
Prayer Before Work The first seven years, you gave everything. The mission, the people, the outcomes, you cared. Somewhere along the way that caring wore thin…
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My 15-Minute Meeting Turned Into an Hour of My Boss's Personal Life - Prayer Before Work
Prayer Before Work Your one-on-one was supposed to be 15 minutes. It's been almost an hour, and you've heard more about your supervisor's ex than you ever…
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Political Arguments Keep Breaking Out at My Office - Prayer Before Work
Prayer Before Work You're not against people having opinions, you actually respect passion about things that matter. But lately the workplace conversations…
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Something's Wrong at Home and I Can't Focus at Work - Prayer Before Work
Something's going on at home, and it followed you to work today whether you wanted it to or not. A hard conversation you haven't resolved. A health scare. A…
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I Have a Great Job and I'm Still Not Happy - Prayer Before Work
You've got the job most people would want - good pay, real security. And underneath the gratitude you genuinely feel, there's a dissatisfaction you can't quite…
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The Honest People at My Job Keep Getting Passed Over - Prayer Before Work
You've noticed a pattern at work, and it's starting to wear on you. The people who say what they actually think, who don't posture, who just do good work, they…
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I Posted One Thing on LinkedIn, Then Got a Call From 5 Levels Up - Prayer Before Work
Six months into a job you love, you posted something on LinkedIn you were genuinely proud of. You mentioned a project name, turns out it wasn't public yet…
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20 Years In and I'm Not Sure I Want This Career Anymore - Prayer Before Work
You worked hard to get here. You climbed, and you climbed well. But somewhere along the way, a question started showing up that you weren't expecting: is this…
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I Shared One Link at Work, Then HR Called Me In - Prayer Before Work
He showed two coworkers a link. That's it, just a public link about someone else's history. He didn't think twice about it in the moment. Then he was sitting…
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Everyone Left at 4:30 and I Was Still There - Prayer Before Work
By 4:30, half the team has cleared out. Coats on, laptops closed, gone. And there's still one person left, not because the boss is watching, but because they…
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After 10 Years, They Replaced Her With Someone Cheaper - Prayer Before Work
Someone at work just got let go after almost 10 years on the job. Word going around is they got replaced by someone cheaper. Ten years of showing up, solving…
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If I Quit Tomorrow, Three Departments Would Stop Working - Prayer Before Work
She's the only one who understands the system. If she left tomorrow, three departments would grind to a halt within a week. She knows it. Her manager knows it…
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My Manager Just Sent Me a Friend Request - Prayer Before Work
Submit your story here Your manager sends you a friend request, not on LinkedIn, but Instagram and Facebook, both. You don't accept it. Not because you have…
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Why Nobody Lasts Long Sitting Next to Her - Prayer Before Work
Submit your story here Ever walk into work and just feel the temperature drop the second you see someone at their desk? One listener knows that feeling well…
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The Coworker You Keep Meaning to Pray For - Prayer Before Work
You walk past the same desk every morning. And for half a second, you think, "I should really pray for her sometime." Then you're at your own desk, already…