Lutheran Prayer

O LORD JESUS CHRIST, Thou patient sacrificial lamb and sacred atonement for all my sins, and not only for mine but for the sins of the whole world, to Thee I again render thanks from the inmost of my heart, for having, like a father, kept me, as to body and soul, in Thy protection this day, and I pray Thee graciously to pardon and forgive me all my sins, which this day I have committed because of the weakness of my perverted nature and the instigation of the evil spirit, and which weigh heavily upon my heart and conscience. And since I am now about to retire to rest and to sleep, I pray, Thou wouldest spread the wings of Thy grace over me, that I may sleep, beneath them in peace and quietness as to the body, but with the soul watch alway, looking for Thee and Thy glorious coming to judgment, and sighing for the time when I shall be called hence to be with Thee in bliss. Grant this, I beseech Thee, O faithful God, together with Thy dear Son and the Holy Spirit, most blessed for ever. Amen.