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New every morning is your love, great God of light, and all day long you are working for good in the world. Stir up in us desire to serve you, to live peacefully with our neighbors and all your creation, and to devote each day to your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

"A Liturgy for Morning Prayer," Upper Room Worshipbook

Used by permission from the Book of Common Worship, © 2018 Westminster John Knox Press. All rights reserved. This prayer appears in “A Liturgy for Morning Prayer” in Upper Room Worshipbook.

Judith A. Todd

Judith A. Todd is program director for Water in the Desert Ministries. She received her undergraduate education from Hastings College and University of New Mexico. Todd earned an MDiv from McCormick Theological Seminary, and MA in Hebrew Bible and a PhD in Biblical Studies from Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. A former seminary lecturer and associate professor, she now leads retreats in spiritual formation and biblical interpretation. Todd is a member of the Presbyterian Church (USA).

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