For whatever stressful situation you are going through, there is a daily prayer for you. God wants us to lay all our burdens at his feet. Including work stress. God wants to hear all about your work, so go ahead and talk to him about it.
You are a child of God, and he cares about your mental health and happiness. As soon as you wake up, have a morning prayer session, and talk to God. Invite him into your day before work with these prayers for work stress.
What God says about stress at work?
God wants you to lay that stress at his feet: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” (Philippians 4:6).
God wants you to leave all that stress with him, he will handle it: “Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest”. (Matthew 11:28)
When Jeremiah was hard at work rebuilding God’s temple with other people, they faced great opposition and stress. Because they knew that the work, they were doing was for God they prayed to God and asked him to intervene in this stressful workplace stress, you can do the same thing:
“Hear us, our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity. Do not cover up their guilt or blot out their sins from your sight, for they have thrown insults in the face of the builders. So, we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with all their heart”. (Nehemiah 4:4-6)
What to pray for when work is overwhelming?
Pray for everything that worries you and concerns you. Also pray for God to give you peace of mind while experiencing stress at work. Pray that God gives you the wisdom to collaborate with difficult colleagues, managers, or bosses.
Ask God to help you be the light in your workplace and to turn that toxic place into a spirit-filled and spirit lead place. Ask God to show you if it is time to move on and find another Job.
When praying also remember that you may be the toxic one as well so ask God to show you any areas where you need to do better.
Most Importantly it is always a good thing to introspect when you feel overwhelmed at work, so always ask God to show you the truth about your behavior, actions, and words.
Do not make the mistake of thinking that Christian prayers are always about asking God to deal with your enemies, but you should also ask our holy father to deal with you. That is why it is important to understand the power of prayer. It can work on other people like your family members, but it can also work on you.
But don’t worry you are the child of a merciful father so when he deals with you, he also shows you mercy and grace.
Now that we know what God says about stress and what we should pray for, let’s talk about the 7 prayers for work stress.
7 Prayers for Work Stress
1. Prayer: I need peace of mind at work
Dear Jesus
Thank you for the job that you have blessed me with. These past weeks I have been experiencing a lot of work stress and I am not coping. O Lord I do not have any peace of mind and the workplace stress I am experiencing makes me hate waking up every morning.
All the stressful situations are too much for me to bear. Dear Father, I am asking you to help me. I need the Holy Spirit to come and give me peace of mind. You are almighty God and I know that only you can give me the peace and calmness I need.
This difficult situation that I am going through makes me a miserable person. I do not like the person I am at work because of the stress so with this short prayer I ask you God to please give me perfect peace of mind and make me calm.
Only you can do that and that is why I am asking you to help me. You said in your word that we should come to you if we are carrying heavy burdens and you will give us rest. So here I am laying down my heavy burden.
Dear God, you are almighty God, and nothing is impossible with you, that is how I know you will give me peace that surpasses all understanding.
O Lord, in these times of need, I cry out to you God of peace.
This is my prayer of peace in the workplace in the name of Jesus. Amen.
2. Prayer: God, should I leave my stressful workplace?
O dear heavenly father I drag my feet going to work every day. It suffocates me and sucks all the air out of my lungs. O dear father because of all this stress I am thinking about looking for another job.
Father, should I leave this stressful workplace?
I need your guidance, Lord Jesus. God I do not want to make any decisions without you. I ask that your word be a light unto my feet. Help me to not focus on my feelings and all the racing thoughts in my head but rather focus and listen to you.
You promised that you will guide me in every direction I take. And it’s only when I go with you that you will bless everything I touch.
Jesus Christ, please listen to me and answer my prayer.
Help me to listen to your answer and to accept it
In Jesus’ name, I pray Amen.
3. Prayer: God, help me manage stress
Lord, please help me to not let my anger and stress lead me to sin. Help me stop being reactive when I have work problems that are stressful for me. I pray for divine wisdom to handle difficult people at work.
I ask that you grant me great wisdom to handle heavy pressure from work without being explosive or impossible to work with. This job that you have given me is a great gift and I enjoy it. It is just that I feel that it is a toxic workplace, and I would like to be the light and change it to be better.
Dear God, I would like to be the light of God in my place of work and to make a positive change. Even through the most difficult times, father, I ask you to please help me to keep my composure.
Father, you have shown me steadfast love and I ask you to please help me show my work colleagues steadfast love.
Dear Lord Jesus, I know that the joy of the Lord is my strength, and I will be able to overcome all my work problems with you. I know it will be difficult, but the best part is that I will not be doing it on my own, you will be guiding me.
In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
4. Prayer: God, forgive me for my toxic behavior at work and help me be better
Father, as I come before your throne of grace, I would like to apologize that I have been an unpleasant person at work. Although I am going through times of trouble in my workplace, I understand that I have been part of the problem as well.
Forgive me and give me the strength to change and be better. Guide me to apologize to my colleagues and always strive to be better every day.
God, I know that you are a good shepherd, and you are here to guide my actions and my mouth so that I say and do the right things.
In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
5. Prayer: Help to find solutions for all the challenges
Father, I am here before you because I am facing a lot of new challenges that are creating a stressful environment for me.
Lord, I do not know how to handle these challenges and I do not have solutions for them. Father, you are an all-knowing father and powerful God and I ask you to please show me the possible solutions to my problems.
Although I have been having a hard time at work, Lord, I ask you to please help me approach all these challenges with a sound mind. Despite all the trials of various kinds that I am facing I lay all of them before you. With the little faith that I have, I ask that you come and intervene with my workplace stress.
I pray that you help me fight off all the increasing tension at work and focus on the good work that has been assigned to me to do.
I pray for wisdom and knowledge to find solutions to all the challenges that are stressing me. Your word says whoever lacks wisdom should ask for it and he will receive it, so here I am God asking for supernatural wisdom and knowledge that comes from Christ Jesus.
Now that I have laid it all before you, please help me to stop worrying about it and rather enjoy your sweet rest. While you work in my life and my work, I will enjoy the daily bread that you continue to give me. I will continue to work hard here at the job that you have given me.
In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
6. Prayer: God I need a promotion
God, I have been working hard and I am stressed because I have been overlooked when promotions happen. I feel that I do my best on a daily basis without missing deadlines.
I always go the extra mile when working but my bosses do not reward me. This is very stressful for me, and I feel demotivated. I would like to get a promotion at work and get a salary increase because I have worked hard to earn it.
God, I know that your plans for my life may be different from yours and that may be some of the possible sources of stress for me. Help me to be patient and to wait for you to promote me.
Watch over my attitude at work and help me to continue to keep a great relationship with my colleagues and superiors even if I feel overlooked. Give me the strength to still work hard and deliver over and above what is expected of me.
In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
7. Prayer: God my colleagues are plotting and sabotaging me at every turn
My dear God, I am going through a stressful period at work because my colleagues are always sabotaging me and plotting against me. They stand in corners and gossip behind my back.
I have no real friends and I feel isolated and alone. I feel like everyone at work including my team members are against me and all the efforts I have made to be better and try to build healthy relationships have failed, badly.
That is why I am here on my knees asking you to hear my cry. Show me where I am going wrong. Soften the hearts of my colleagues towards me. Guide me to find the best way to handle these stressful circumstances.
I love my work and I am thankful that you have blessed me with it, but this situation makes me hate going to work. It gives me constant headaches and I am asking you to please intervene.
I lay it before you and I have faith that you are working to resolve this. Work through me and my colleagues.
Father do not abandon me in my time of need, instead, be close to me.
Remind me that you will never leave me nor forsake me and that you never forsake the righteous. You said in your word that you are close to those who call on you and here I am God at your feet laying my burdens down.
I pray for this in Jesus’ name
These are all the 7 prayers for work stress to help you talk to your father in heaven
Final words
These are all powerful prayers for work stress you can pray when you are stressed at work. Reduce anxiety and stress and live happily. God has given you work so you can serve him through that work and be able to feed yourself and your family. He has not given it to you so it can exhaust you and stress you out.
That’s why you must pray when you feel that stress is taking over your work life. Ask God to give you clarity of mind and peace.
God hears all prayers, and he will answer. Be still and wait on him.
