Devotional Materials and Study Aids
Daily Devotional from Lutheran Hour Ministries
Through the Bible in a Year - Daily Reading Program from Bible Gateway
Ways to Make Your Prayer Word-Filled
Use the Psalms
Use favorite Scripture verses |
Use the Lord’s Prayer-slowly!
Use hymns |
Questions to Ask When Reading the Bible
Is there a sin to confess?
Is there a promise to claim?
Is there an attitude to change?
Is there a command to obey?
Is there a vision to catch? |
Is there an example to follow?
Is there a prayer that I might pray?
Is there an error that I might avoid?
Is there a truth that I might believe?
Is there a hope to cling to? |
Review the Day with God
At the end of the day it can be helpful to review the day with God: to go over the events that took place, to see what he might want to say to us through them, and to hand any anxieties or regrets over to him.
Be still for a moment and quiet your mind.
Acknowledge that Jesus is present. Invite him to teach you.
Go back in your mind to when you first woke up. Watch that scene, as if on video. This may lead you to pray for patience, greater love, courage, forgiveness, or other virtues.
Continue through the day, going from scene to scene. As you reflect on them, some scenes may fill you with gratitude, others with regret. Speak directly to the Lord about this. You may also be led to pray for some of the people you were interacting with during the day.
End with a prayer of thanksgiving for God’s mercy and love. Ask him to refresh you as you sleep.
A Plan for Prayer
Praise
Repent
Ask
Yield
Matthew 6:9-13 “The Lord’s Prayer”
[Jesus says,] “This, then, is how you should pray:
‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name
your kingdom come,
your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily
bread.
Forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven
our debtors.
And lead us not into
temptation,
but deliver us from the evil
one.’
Helpful Scriptures
Philip. 4:6
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
John 16:24
Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.
Romans 8:26
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.
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