Strength for the day
God, you know the kind of day that I am facing today. Thank you for giving me the physical strength to do my work and the grace to handle the tough tasks ahead of me. Help me to do things the way that you would want me to do them. Forgive me when I don't handle things well. I look to you for guidance. Amen.

Help me to find work
Lord Jesus, there is no problem too big or small for you to handle. You handled the problem of my sin when you gave your life for me on the cross. You opened heaven's door when you rose from the dead. You care about our spiritual problems and about our physical troubles, too. I pray that you would help me find work—meaningful and gainful employment. Help me to use my hands to earn my daily bread. As you take care of the sparrows, also provide for my physical needs. I trust in you for you are my refuge in every time of trouble. Amen.

Thankfulness for employment
Heavenly Father, it's good to know that one way we show our love to you, is through the work we do for ourselves and for others. We praise you for the blessing of work. We realize, dear Lord, that our sinful nature grows tired of the same old routine, where we sometimes feel overworked, under appreciated, under valued, or overstressed. Yet you remind us in your the Word that we are to be thankful for a job, and that we can ask you to help us use the knowledge and skill you have given us to the best of our ability. Thank you that through work, you allow us to provide for our families and our future. In Jesus' name. Amen.

As I retire
Father in heaven, through the years you have given me both successes and failures in my occupation. Now as I retire I commit my life's work to you, Lord. For Jesus' sake forgive my sins and shortcomings. Do not look at the times I had a bad attitude or looked out only for my own interests. Accept the labor of my hands as labor done not for men but for you.

Grant your blessing now in the years ahead. Keep me in good health. Let me find work that will prove useful to your people, and give me a degree of personal fulfillment. Help me to enjoy your gifts of family and friends. In the name of Jesus. Amen.