Prayer points
Looking for work
Unemployed, underemployed, or trying to get out
For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
Psalm 75:6-7 · King James Version
Father, I have sent applications into silence. I have been told no, and worse, I have been told nothing. I bring the silence to You, because You are not silent.
The prayer points
1. Psalm 75:6-7
Promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west... But God is the judge.
Psalm 75:6-7
You are the one who opens the door. Not the economy, not my contacts, not my age. Open a door for me that no man is able to shut.
2. Genesis 39:2
And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man.
Genesis 39:2
Be with me in the work I already have, however small. Let the way I do this job be the reason I am given the next one.
3. Nehemiah 1:11
Prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.
Nehemiah 1:11
Grant me mercy in the sight of the person who reads my application and the person who sits across from me. Let them see what my paper cannot say.
4. Proverbs 22:29
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
Proverbs 22:29
Make me diligent, not desperate. Let my skill be sharpened in this waiting so that I am ready when the door opens.
5. Matthew 6:32
For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
Matthew 6:32
You know exactly what I owe and when it is due. I do not have to explain my need to You. Provide in the gap while I wait.
6. Psalm 27:13
I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
Psalm 27:13
Keep me from despair. Let me see Your goodness here, in this life, not only in the next.
Declarations
Say these out loud. Not to convince God — to remind yourself what is true when your feelings are arguing.
- My provision does not come from an employer. It comes from the Lord who uses employers.
- I am not overlooked. I am being prepared.
- God is opening a door for me that no man can shut.
- I will work with my whole strength wherever He puts me.
Father, guard me from bitterness while I wait, and from pride when the door opens.