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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.

The Upper Room Disciplines

“I pray you find the same poetic beauty, awe-inspiring wisdom, and challenge to deeper discipleship that I have discovered in the lectionary and the pages of Disciplines.”
—Kara Lassen Oliver

Challenge yourself to a deeper relationship with Christ each day with The Upper Room Disciplines. Readings in this year-long devotional will awaken and strengthen your awareness of God’s presence in your daily life. Each week a different Christian thought leader offers daily meditations and prayers that will help you engage in God’s Word.

Based on the Revised Common Lectionary, a three-year cycle of scripture readings, Disciplines features:

  • A focal scripture passage for each day of the year
  • Brief, insightful meditations from 53 thought leaders from diverse Christian traditions
  • A prayer or reflection to carry with you each day
  • Weekly scripture overviews
  • An index of scripture readings
  • A guide to daily prayer
2024 authors include:


Gabby Cudjoe-Wilkes • Johnathan Wilson-Hartgrove • Will Willimon • Tracy Malone • David Dark • Whitney Simpson • Ray Buckley • and others

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