{"id":5351,"date":"2023-11-21T18:35:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T23:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/faculty\/?p=5351"},"modified":"2023-11-22T18:42:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T23:42:20","slug":"praying-for-my-co-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/campus.cru.org\/faculty\/2023\/praying-for-my-co-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Praying for My Co-Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Lately, I have felt that God wants me to pray for my co-workers. I know that this should not have been a new idea \u2013 or practice \u2013 but for some reason, it never occurred to me. I pray for friends, family, world events, and (sometimes) my students \u00a0\u2013 but I have never regularly prayed for my co-workers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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In my new journey of praying for co-workers, I found myself focusing, at first, on things that would increase their work performance \u2013 energy levels, sense of commitment and involvement in our department, interpersonal interactions, etc. Then, I realized that these prayers were somewhat self-serving, as they were all about improving my workplace.<\/p>

I expanded my prayers for colleagues (faculty and staff) to include what I know about them \u2013 health struggles, family\/relationship issues, ability to juggle work and home, future goals, etc.<\/p>

And, slowly, I\u2019ve come to realize that I don\u2019t know some of my co-workers well enough to pray for them beyond work. So now I\u2019m looking for chances to invite these co-workers to join me for coffee or lunch so we can become better acquainted \u2013 and not so I can know how to pray for them.<\/p>

I\u2019m not yet at the place of actually asking my co-workers how I could pray for them, but I have an inkling that God may be leading me there soon. To be honest, the idea makes me feel very uncomfortable.<\/p>

While universities are supposed to be a place where many ideas and beliefs are welcome, I\u2019ve sometimes found that the opposite is true. I\u2019m worried that workplace disagreements or issues may arise, and that my stance on issues or interpersonal interactions may drive others away from God if I am more open about being a Christ follower.<\/p>

I also realized that I\u2019ve been praying for good things (e.g., good health, strong family interactions) for my co-workers, but maybe that would not be the best for them. Many times, God uses the hard times to draw us closer to Him. God\u2019s will and my co-workers drawing closer to Him should really be the focus of my prayers.<\/p>

Despite these doubts and concerns, I\u2019ve been reminded that prayer is not about me \u2013 it\u2019s about God and the work that He will do in the lives of everyone in my department.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Angela Curl<\/strong><\/h3>

Social Work<\/h3>

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