Hey y'all...I hope your week is starting off well...

I'm asking for prayer for my husband, Andy. He doesn't have the greatest job history mainly due to laziness in the past. He started working for a body shop several months ago and he likes it but things have started getting rough for him. All of a sudden everything he does seems to be wrong. They're constantly calling him into the office to chew him out about something. The first 5 years of our marriage he had around 10 jobs because he couldn't keep one. He would wake up and maybe cough or sneeze once and decide he was too ill to go to work. The stress of me trying to work as much overtime as I could just to make ends meet was more than I could handle. Not only did it have a negative effect on my health, it also had a negative effect on our marriage and it didn't look like we were going to survive. Luckily, God had other plans and we were able to work through the problems. However, now that it seems like he's being reprimanded every day for one thing or another, I'm getting very nervous that it may start happening again soon. We can't afford for him to lose his job again. I'm not making as much as I was at my last job and overtime isn't approved for at my current job. He says he's in no danger of losing his job but in the past few months at least 2 people lost their job and they didn't know it was coming. There was no warning. All of a sudden they were introduced to their replacement. Please pray that whatever the problems are that Andy is having at work, he will be able to work through them. He needs to be able to work with his customers better, take better notes, and basically be more on top of things than what he's been being. I'm afraid of what'll happen if he loses his job because we can't live off of my income. There's no way. Thank you for all your prayers. Have a great week, what's left of it anyway...

Heavenly Father,
You Know, see, hear, and understand ALL things. You know the motives and intentions in the hearts of men. In Jesus name, we petition Your intervention in this family's finances and security. We ask that You would provide a way out of any existing debts, Father. Cancel their debt and provide both of them a secure job with better wages and benefits to fulfill financial commitments. We ask Your favour on both of them and surround them with Your Peace against the fears of the unknown. Let all that You perform be for Your glory and honour, Father. Amen and Amen!

Heavenly Father we lift Andy, and Steph up to you today. I pray that you be there to comfort Steph. For Andy we pray for this job. We ask that you intercede, and help him to do the things he needs to do, in order to succeed. ***I was wandering if you had ever considered Andy going to counciling? Sometimes the problems that people have at work (when they loose job after Job) is a social problem. Many times people who experience social problems do not talk about it, as they are ashamed, and/or embarassed to! Sometimes they will not even admit it to the people closest to them. ***If he has a social problem this would explain so many job losses, and this puts all the pressure on you to make it. I pray that you find out the underlying issues, as to why he cannot seem to keep a Job!

He's just kind of a no nonsense kind of person. He doesn't put himself in his client's shoes to try to see what they're going through. The problem is he's seen so many people bring vehicles in to be repaired and they'll start listing all kinds of things that are supposedly results of an accident but a lot of them are things that were already wrong with the car and they're just trying to get something fixed for free while they're there. He's become cold to the fact that maybe some of the clients are telling the truth and truly need help. He needs to remember that not everyone out there is trying to get a free ride.

As for the jobs in the past, I really believe it was pure laziness. He'd tell you the same thing. He regrets his work history and wishes he could go back and change it. I don't think he would go to counseling even if I suggested it. He's gone to marriage counseling before but I don't think he would consider one on one counseling. I'll mention it to him though. Thanks for the prayers. I appreciate them.

I will keep you both in my prayers. I pray that the Lord gives him the patience to deal with the customers. I pray that he learns to think before he talks, or takes action. I pray that his boss's give him favor.

I pray for you, and for peace. I pray that your load be light, and you are given the ability to calm your husband with your words (concerning work). ***I really feel for you, as I know how stressful it can be to have the weight of the world on your shoulders.
(or at least it feels this way.)

Dear Heavenly Father, Please be with Steph and her husband as they are dealing with the fear of job loss. Please wrap your arms around Steph that she will have faith and know that your are watching over them and you will see them through. For this we pray in Jesus name. AMEN