AFRAID

John 7:10-13
Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust.

Jesus Teaches Openly at the Temple

10 But after his brothers left for the festival, Jesus also went, though secretly, staying out of public view. 11 The Jewish leaders tried to find him at the festival and kept asking if anyone had seen him. 12 There was a lot of grumbling about him among the crowds. Some argued, “He’s a good man,” but others said, “He’s nothing but a fraud who deceives the people.” 13 But no one had the courage to speak favorably about him in public, for they were afraid of getting in trouble with the Jewish leaders.


At our youth Bible Study last night, one of the leaders shared with the group how after a series of troubling days at work, she and her co-workers had started to pray before they began their workday. At first she was concerned about how others might respond to the idea of praying at work. What she found was that many of her co-workers were also believers, there were some strong prayer warriors in the group and they liked the idea. They have now made it a daily practice to gather for prayer before work with however many are available on that day. Some days it’s a small group, others days it’s larger but they always pray no matter what the number.

When I worked in corporate America, I can remember being encouraged to keep two things out of the workplace – politics and religion. If my friend had followed that practice, the daily prayer time would not be happening. She was not afraid to share her faith and found a fellowship of believers. Their united prayer is changing their workplace.