It has been said that one of the worst things that can happen to you is that you are successful before you are ready to be successful. The music business is littered with individuals whose lives have been wrecked (or, worse still, ended prematurely) because they found success through remarkable talent, but their character was unable to cope with the effects of the stardom. So as we pray that we would be successful, we ask that our character, and the talents that God has instilled in us, both mature and grow together so that we are able to fully enjoy success when it arrives, and not be crushed by it. Success as the bible defines it is not necessarily fame or riches. Rather, it is when we are fully alive, when we are reaching and acheiving the potential that God has created us for. Lower down on this page is a general prayer for success, as well as prayers for success in exams and business, and some bible verses from the old and new testaments on success.

Prayer before Work

A creative prayer inviting God's strength and truth to be central in the decisions of our working day:-

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

T S Eliot, twentieth century poet, (1888-1965)

Prayer for Success

Lord, I earnestly seek after You
I seek Your kingdom, Your will
That heaven may come to earth
And Your presence would be known by all

I lay my plans before You
Please rearrange them as You see fit
See if there is any corrupt way within me
And lead me in the everlasting way

I give you the desires of my heart
My ambitions and my schemes
I surrender them wholly to You
Please anoint them for Your purposes and glory

I give You my whole being
My giftings and my character
Come sharpen my skills and transform my heart
This day and every day

~Amen~

(a modern prayer for success from www.lords-prayer-words.com)

short prayer for success in business

Lord I give you my business
May it be filled with Your values, Your justice, Your goodness
May it shine with Your success
And be fruitful in this season
Amen