Ready to Begin or Refresh Your Personal Devotions?
Starting personal devotions can feel overwhelming. Where do you begin? Should you start at Genesis and read straight through? Dive into one of the Gospels—Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John? Or maybe use a devotional book for guidance?
The good news is, you don’t have to figure it out alone. Below, you'll find a variety of devotional resources to fit your needs and help you stay connected to God’s Word this year. Whether you're looking for structured plans, creative formats, or simple ways to dive in, there's something here for you.
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Access a collection of helpful Bible study resources and methods.
Current Resources
Walking with Jesus this Summer
Walking with Jesus This Summer is a simple, meaningful reading plan designed to help your family grow in faith—one day at a time. Use your Story Bible or your own Bible at home to walk through the stories of the Old Testament.
Hitchhiking with the Prophets Reading Plan
A summer Bible reading guide through Genesis featuring daily readings, reflection questions, and opportunities to discover God's faithfulness from creation through the lives of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph.
New Testament Reading Plan
This plan is designed to be done 5 days a week, for 5 minutes a day, 3 questions to ponder. This is designed to help you read through the entire New Testament over the course of this year. It is 5 days a week and the two ‘off days’ are designed to allow you time to catch up or invite someone to join you.
60 Days Growing in the Word
These two resources are desgined to help you walk from Genesis to Revelation in 60 days covering key stories throughout the Bible. The second resource is select Bible passages to memorize and learn.
Morning Prayer
Download a morning prayer to save to your phone or print!
Personal Devotion Outline
Many have found the following outline to be helpful for personal devotion time:
- Moment of rest.
- Thankfulness (Today, Baptism, Heaven)
- Confession, Absolution, Creed
- Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
Know what? So what? Now what? - Journal & Closing Prayer for the Day
More Resources
5 Questions to Ask When Studying the Bible
Connected to God's Word Presentation
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1517.org
1517 is a conservative Lutheran group who seeks to provide high quality confessionally Lutheran materials. They have podcasts, videos, and print materials.
Time of Grace
A great WELS resources with video devotions, podcasts, email daily devotions as well as printed books. We use many of their resources in our outreach efforts.
Victory of the Lamb
Our sister church in Franklin, WI, produces a number of online Bible Studies. Check out their resources.
E100
Read through 50 Old Testament and 50 New Testament Stories.
WELS Daily Devotions
WELS has a series of devotions for families, teens, women, military, and families with young children. Sign up and get a devotion in your email daily or weekly.