Lutheran Prayer

MERCIFUL GOD, Gracious Father, I thank Thee most heartily that Thou hast graciously kept me this day, to this very hour, from all harm of body and soul, and I pray Thee, for Christ Jesus, Thy dear Son’s sake, graciously to forgive all sin I have committed against Thee again this day in thoughts, words and deeds, and to remember them no more in all eternity. And as I am about to retire to rest, I beseech Thee, my Father, Thou wouldst guard me from all ills of body and soul, so that I may rest and sleep secure from the wiles and power of the devil, and from dreams vain and vile, thus rising in the morning to Thy glory, refreshed and in health. And now I commend myself wholly into Thy divine hand; Thou hast redeemed me, Thou faithful God. Amen.