DIY Personal Devotion
This template is designed to be flexible and give you choices. Click on the + symbols to expand the selections.
OPENING PRAYER
God, thank you for giving me this time in your Word. As I pause from the struggles of this sinful world, help me focus on you, trust in your promises, and find peace in your incredible love for me. Strengthen my faith through your Word and keep me always focused on the ultimate gift of eternal life that you have given me through the perfect life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Amen.
BIBLE READING
Read a selected portion from God’s Word. The Bible app is one source for choosing a section of scripture to read:
As you focus on the reading, you may wish to use Luther’s guide to think about this part of God’s Word more deeply:
+ Luther's 4 Questions
- Instruction: What is God saying to me in this Scripture? What promise is he giving me?
- Thanksgiving: What does this Scripture lead me to be thankful for?
- Confession: What sins does this Scripture lead me to confess?
- Prayer: What does this Scripture lead me to pray for?
DEVOTION
If you wish, watch/read a devotion. The sources below are updated frequently.
PERSONAL PRAYER
Pray from your heart about whatever is on your mind. You may wish to use this prayer outline:
+ 'PRAY' Template
- P - Praise God for his greatness and mercy, and thank him for his love.
- R - Repent of your sins and trust in his forgiveness.
- A - Ask God for specific blessings in your life and others'.
- Y - Yield to his will, acknowledging that God is always in control and directs everything according to his plan.
CLOSING PRAYER (choose one)
+ LUTHER'S MORNING PRAYER
In the name of the Father and of the Son (†) and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. I thank you, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, your dear Son, that you have kept me this night from all harm and danger. Keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please you. Into your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let your holy angel be with me, that the wicked foe may have no power over me. Amen.
+ LUTHER'S EVENING PRAYER
In the name of the Father and of the Son (†) and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. I thank you, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, your dear Son, that you have graciously kept me this day. Forgive me all my sins, and graciously keep me this night. Into your hands I commend my body and soul and all things. Let your holy angel be with me, that the wicked foe may have no power over me. Amen.
+ LORD'S PRAYER
Our Father, who art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.