This hymn from Lutheran Service Book (589) makes a great prayer:
Speak, O Lord, Your servant listens, Let Your Word to me come near;
Newborn life and spirit give me, Let each promise still my fear.
Death's dread power, its inward strife, Wars against Your Word of life;
Fill me, Lord, with love's strong fervor, That I cling to You forever!
Lord, Your Words are waters living, When my thirsting spirit pleads.
Lord, Your Words are bread life-giving; On Your words my spirit feeds.
Lord, Your Words will be my light, Through death's cold and dreary night;
Yes, they are my sword prevailing, And my cup of joy unfailing!
Stanzas one and three
