Prayers for Writers: Praying God's Word Over Your WritingSample

Introduction

There is something powerful about praying God’s Word over our lives. By ‘praying God’s Word, ’ I am talking about piggybacking off words, and the prayers found throughout the Scriptures. We see the highs and lows of those saints who have gone before us, and we can identify with their praises and cries lifted up to the Lord.

To name a few, Moses, Elijah, Hannah, David, Mary, Paul, and our Lord Jesus Himself. Reading their prayers breathes new life into our own prayer lives. In a sense, we can ride on their shoulders and see through the lens of their own victories and struggles.

Utilizing God’s Word in our prayers is like laying down kindling to help start a fire in our own hearts. If we need a prayer jump-start, we can lift up the many prayers found throughout the Bible while adjusting those prayers for our own personal situation.

We have the unique vantage point of looking back on these prayers lifted up thousands of years ago and seeing all the ways God answered those powerful utterings. And when we remember that we are praying to that same God Almighty, it makes their prayers even more meaningful.

As Christian writers and creatives, we relate to these Kingdom writers of old as we also endeavor to write words that outlive us and impact others coming behind us. None of us would doubt that each of these men and women found in the Word was led by the Holy Spirit. In the same way, if we seek to write potent words of lasting substance, we must be people of prayer who that same Holy Spirit leads.

In these prayers for Christian writers, we base each prayer on the verses following each prayer. More specifically, the first verse you read is an actual prayer lifted up by one of those saints of old.

The topics for each day are not exhaustive but should provide a good start for the person seeking to honor the Lord in their writing. We will all have need to pray in these directions at some point in our lives, if not daily, weekly, and monthly.

Finally, you can journal some of your own thoughts and reflections to close each day. We encourage you to write out your own prayers based on your examination of God’s Word. You could pick out a verse or passage from places like the gospels, the Epistles, Psalms, or Proverbs. Look for specific ways to apply each verse to your own prayer.

Regarding God’s Word, David penned these words,

“I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life.” (Psalm 119:93 NIV)

It is our hope that these few days are a reminder of how powerful praying God’s Word can be over our writing as the Lord preserves us day by day.