Heavenly Father, Almighty Savior, God of Truth, we praise You. As we remember Your holy Word, we bow before You. Jesus is the Living Word who came into the world to do for us what we couldn’t do for ourselves.
His Word encourages us. “In the beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself” (John 1:1 Amplified).
Renew in each writer in OCW the desire to seek You on the pages of their Bibles and linger in Your presence, savoring Your nearness. Help us see You, Lord, and understand that who we are in You is essential if we are to pass Your Word on to others. Teach us to persevere, to understand and believe that Your Word has power to change the world one person at a time if we but live out our lives in obedience to You. May each writer paraphrase Psalm 119:27 into the prayer of their heart: “Make me understand the way of Your precepts; so shall I meditate on and talk [write] of Your wondrous works.”
Lord, we love You and long for Your ways, but we have far to go. Grow us into Your image, both in our spiritual life and in our writing, that we might pass Your Word on to our readers. Empower our writing so that it touches hurting individuals.
May our obedience and our love for You, Lord Jesus Christ, spread healing throughout the Pacific Northwest, our nation, and the entire world. May it bring joy to You, our Lord and Savior.
We prayerfully bring the words we craft into Your presence in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.
Petey Prater & Eva Gibson
OCW Prayer Coordinators
