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1 | Scripture search for employment. | Bible general Archive 4 | LiveLong.LiveStrong | 215519 | ||
SEEKING EMPLOYMENT Mark 11:24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. Psalms 5:12 For You, O LORD, will bless the righteous; With favor You will surround him as with a shield. James 1:5-6 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting… Hebrews 11:1-2 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Prayer Heavenly Father, your Word says that whatsoever things that we pray for if we believe we shall receive them, we will have them in the name of Jesus. Father, I ask you now to set aside a fulfilling job for me and one that will meet my financial needs. I thank you for directing me to the right place and giving me wisdom and favor. Even though I don't see this job now, by faith I am believing it will come, in Jesus' name. JOB PROBLEMS 1 Corinthians 14:33 For God is not the author of confusion but of peace… Psalms 55:22 Cast your burden on the LORD, And He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved. Psalms 55:18 He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me… Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. Prayer Heavenly Father, your Word says you are not the author of confusion but of peace. You say we can cast our cares on you and you will sustain us. Lord, I cast this difficult work situation on you and ask that you would create peace and harmony in this matter. Thank you, Heavenly Father, for working all things together for my good, in Jesus' name. |
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2 | Scripture search for employment. | Bible general Archive 4 | stjohn | 215526 | ||
Dear LiveLong.LiveStrong, Welcome to the forum! There are no Scriptures that gives job-search advice that I'm aware of, and I do not wish to dampen your enthusiasm for prayer. And I hope you don’t take this wrong or take offense at this admonition. From time-to-time here at the SBF, we sometimes have special prayer requests, and there is nothing inherently wrong with that. And there are many websites set up for making such prayer requests, But Study Bible Forum, however, is set up for the express purpose of Bible study. Notwithstanding, what you have done is take Scripture out of context to support prayer requests. This practice is common to those who follow the “Word of Faith” or WOF crowd, and it is a false teaching. For instance: Mark 11:24 speaks of prayer for the things which concern the revealed will of God, and Scripture gives us many such examples. Many of which can be read at the beginning of Paul’s epistles, i.e. the revelation and advancement of the Gospel of salvation, glory for His name, the salvation of sinners, edification of the saints, comfort in affliction, strength in our faith and that of our brethren, deliverance from evil, spiritual help for holy living and sanctification to that end, faith in our hope in the life to come, etc, etc. When we pray we should follow the example of Christ and the Apostles. The prayers which we see in scripture (and the Scriptures themselves) never encourage us to pray for our worldly desires. I’m not saying of course that anyone here doesn’t want someone to find a job or that they shouldn’t pray for God’s divine intervention. But may I suggest that perhaps a better suggestion would be to say a prayer for wisdom, then find a newspaper and start looking through the help wanted adds? By the way, that posted question you responded to was from back in 11/3/07 and that user never posted anything else, so I doubt you will hear anything back. Shalom John |
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