Based on Matthew 13:18-23

Merciful Father, thank you for your word. Thank you for the honor of preaching it and teaching it. Thank you for time to study it deeply. Thank you for translations in my native language. Thank you for faithful mentors who open your word to me.

Christ Jesus, save me from taking your word for granted. For tuning out at a familiar passage. For twisting your word to my advantage or viewpoint. For using your word as a weapon. For being prideful and hardhearted in what I already know. For staying in the shallows, obsessing in exegesis. For allowing work and trouble to choke the grace of your word’s correction and consolation.

With the help of your grace, I surrender and submit again to the calling you have placed on my life as a follower and a leader. I need you, Holy Spirit. Come, tend the soil of my soul. Keep me soft in your hands, that your word would root deep, grow true, and bear fruit in season and out.

For the building of your kingdom, for the salvation of your world, for the honor and glory of your name alone, blessed Trinity, I long and pray. Amen

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Prayer for Those who Preach and Teach © 2017 Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia
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