HI all, I would like to ask for prayer for myself and my family please. I recently started a new self employed sales job on commission only. September was one of the busiest months on record and I started in October when everything went unbelievably quiet. It's not the money that is an issue, although I can only survive so long without business coming in. For me its more about that whatever I turn to it seems to fail.
The main thing I want to ask for prayer for is that I have been a Christian for over 20 years and for pretty much all of this time it doesnt seem to matter what I do as a job, whenever I try to improve my position it all goes wrong. The 2008 credit crunch meant I had to stay in a low paid job when I was just about to start in a better job in Finance, I have had five times I have been told that I was the best person for a promotion but didnt get it as the manager had pressure on them to give the job to a woman, I was once hand picked for a great life/career changing opportunity only to have it blocked by someone else. Every time I worked my way up to a point I can move forward there was a company restructure or freeze on recruitment and wages blocking me moving forward. When I try to move to a different job or company something always comes up that makes it difficult so I'm now trying the self employed route. Everywhere I turn to try to get a little extra money it goes wrong from circumstances outside my control. I just worn out from it all, I've never had a lucky break and had literally dozens of unlucky ones. There always seems to be someone there lying and accusing you of things as well. I've had a number of times I've even had my work changed by someone to make them look better than me and lies told about me.
Its reached the point where its really affecting my spiritual life as well. I feel like I've been trying to drag myself up for years only to get knocked back at every turn. I've given up trying to speak to my pastor about it as Its reached the point where I dont feel I can even witness to people as my experience of Christian life is that you'll be attacked at every turn and whatever you do the world will keep you down, with God not blessing or prospering. I've spoken to so many people who can't believe all the stuff that has happened to me and say they've never known anything like it. Its not just me having a victim mentality, many, many people have said its far beyond normal. Even in the last year I've had about a dozen events of a serious enough nature that friends have said they've only had one or two things like that in their lives.
So please pray that this will finally stop, that God's promise not to harm me and to prosper me will be evident in my life and that my hard work will result in more than just getting by.
The main thing I want to ask for prayer for is that I have been a Christian for over 20 years and for pretty much all of this time it doesnt seem to matter what I do as a job, whenever I try to improve my position it all goes wrong. The 2008 credit crunch meant I had to stay in a low paid job when I was just about to start in a better job in Finance, I have had five times I have been told that I was the best person for a promotion but didnt get it as the manager had pressure on them to give the job to a woman, I was once hand picked for a great life/career changing opportunity only to have it blocked by someone else. Every time I worked my way up to a point I can move forward there was a company restructure or freeze on recruitment and wages blocking me moving forward. When I try to move to a different job or company something always comes up that makes it difficult so I'm now trying the self employed route. Everywhere I turn to try to get a little extra money it goes wrong from circumstances outside my control. I just worn out from it all, I've never had a lucky break and had literally dozens of unlucky ones. There always seems to be someone there lying and accusing you of things as well. I've had a number of times I've even had my work changed by someone to make them look better than me and lies told about me.
Its reached the point where its really affecting my spiritual life as well. I feel like I've been trying to drag myself up for years only to get knocked back at every turn. I've given up trying to speak to my pastor about it as Its reached the point where I dont feel I can even witness to people as my experience of Christian life is that you'll be attacked at every turn and whatever you do the world will keep you down, with God not blessing or prospering. I've spoken to so many people who can't believe all the stuff that has happened to me and say they've never known anything like it. Its not just me having a victim mentality, many, many people have said its far beyond normal. Even in the last year I've had about a dozen events of a serious enough nature that friends have said they've only had one or two things like that in their lives.
So please pray that this will finally stop, that God's promise not to harm me and to prosper me will be evident in my life and that my hard work will result in more than just getting by.
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