You are invited to include the following prayers in your devotional life. These prayers have blessed many people over the years. May each prayer be a blessing to you as well. The first prayer is one Jesus taught his disciples when they asked him to teach them to pray.

The Lord's Prayer (Luke 11:1-4; Matthew 6:9-15)

(traditional)  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

(contemporary) Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread, Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory, now and forever.  Amen

The Serenity Prayer (attributed to Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr)

Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things that I can
And the wisdom to know the difference.  Amen.
 

Peace Prayer (attributed to St. Francis of Assisi)

Lord, make us instruments of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let us sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is discord, union;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
Grant that we may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and
it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
 

Morning Prayer (Written by Dr. Martin Luther)

We give thanks to you, heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ your dear Son, that you have protected us through the night from all danger and harm. We ask you to preserve and keep us, this day also, from all sin and evil, that in all our thoughts, words, and deeds we may serve and please you. Into your hands we commend our bodies and souls and all that is ours. Let your holy angels have charge of us, that the wicked one have no power over us.
Amen
 

Evening Prayer (Written by Dr. Martin Luther)

We give thanks to you, heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ your dear Son, that you have this day so graciously protected us. We beg you to forgive us all our sins and the wrong which we have done.  By your great mercy defend us from all the perils and dangers of this night.  Into your hands we commend our bodies and souls, and all that is ours.  Let your holy angels have charge of us, that the wicked one have no power over us.