Walking Together in the Word

Devotional guide for the week of May 10-May 15, 2021

Welcome to Walking Together in the Word!

These devotional materials guide you through the Bible readings for the May 16, 2021 Sunday worship service. We pray they are a blessing to you and your family!


Why study God's Word and pray together?


  • Bible study and prayer strengthens faith and brings you closer to God and to one another.
  • Study of readings and hymns for the weekend prepares you for worship.
  • The way parents express and model their faith helps shape young people’s faith lives.
  • God's Word gives life!---new life now and eternal life with Jesus in heaven. (John 20:31)

About this Devotional Study Guide

  • Five Days of devotional material. Catch up or review on the 6th day, worship on Sunday!
  • Bible Readings are the LCMS 3-year lectionary readings for the upcoming Sunday.
  • Talk about It and Dig Deeper guide discussion and meditation on the Bible passages.
  • Kid Talk has questions and activities especially for kids and families.
  • Prayer starters are given--add your own as well! Scroll to the bottom for the Lord's Prayer and Luther's Morning and Evening Prayers.
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Opening and Prayer

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.


Heavenly Father, bless our time together as we study Your Word. Amen.

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Read John 17:11-19 from your Bible, or

Click HERE to read the Gospel Reading online.

Devotion on the Gospel

Devotion on John 17:11-19

Talk about it


  • What did Jesus give to the disciples to equip them for their mission? What does He still give to us today? (see verse 14)


  • Why would their (and our) faithful use of the Word bring the hatred of the world? (see John 15:18-25)

Kid Talk

Kid Talk

Read John 17:11-19.


The night before Jesus went to the cross to die for the sins of the world, He prayed for His disciples—and for us! Even as Jesus faced death, He was thinking about you and me. What great love He has for you! Jesus continues to pray to God the Father for us.


  • How can you thank Him today for His love?

Kid Talk

Listen and Sing: Thankful

Thankful | Roar VBS | Group Publishing

Digging Deeper

Meditate on this section of Scripture, using these prompts:


  • What thoughts come to mind as you read this passage?
  • What is confusing or surprising about this passage?
  • What does this passage teach you about God, His love for you, and His will for your life?

Then pray over the passage, talk about it with a friend or spiritual mentor, and explore further by reading the notes in a study Bible.
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And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

1 John 5:11–12

Closing and Prayer

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us all (2 Corinthians 13:14).


Throughout the week, write prayers of praise, thanksgiving, and requests in a prayer journal or on a sheet of paper. Take turns praying when you gather for devotions.
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Opening and Prayer

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.


Heavenly Father, bless our time together as we study Your Word. Amen.

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Read Acts 1:12-26 from your Bible, or

Click HERE to read the First Reading online.

Talk about it

  • Why was 12 the appropriate number of apostles?


  • What qualifications were considered to be essential to be nominated to fill Judas’ spot? Why do you think these were essential qualifications?

Listen: Take My Life

Take My Life and Let It Be - Reawaken Hymns (Acoustic Hymn)
Kid Talk

Kid Talk

Read Acts 1:12-26.


After Jesus ascended to heaven, the disciples and other believers got together to pray constantly. Why do you think they did that? Through prayer, they could still talk with Jesus. We can talk with Jesus through prayer too!


  • What will you say to Him today?

Kid Talk

Digging Deeper

Meditate on this section of Scripture, using these prompts:


  • What thoughts come to mind as you read this passage?
  • What is confusing or surprising about this passage?
  • What does this passage teach you about God, His love for you, and His will for your life?

Then pray over the passage, talk about it with a friend or spiritual mentor, and explore further by reading the notes in a study Bible.

Closing and Prayers

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us all (2 Corinthians 13:14).


Pray the Lord's Prayer, Luther's Morning or Evening Prayers, and/or add your own prayers.

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Opening and Prayer

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.


Heavenly Father, bless our time together as we study Your Word. Amen.

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Read 1 John 5:9-15 from your Bible, or

Click HERE to read the Epistle Reading online.

Devotion on the Epistle

Devotion on 1John 5:9-15

Talk about it

  • John is clear earlier in this chapter that the Holy Spirit testifies that Jesus is the very Son of God who died for our sins. How is that testimony about Jesus a life-changing influence on our lives?


  • Why did John write this epistle? What good did it do for his hearers—and for us today? (see verse 13)
Kid Talk

Kid Talk

Read 1 John 5:9-15.


How do you know if something someone tells you is true? If it’s God speaking, you know it’s true! God says that He has given us eternal life through Jesus. We can believe it!

Kid Talk

Download a coloring page on the Epistle

Digging Deeper

Meditate on this section of Scripture, using these prompts:


  • What thoughts come to mind as you read this passage?
  • What is confusing or surprising about this passage?
  • What does this passage teach you about God, His love for you, and His will for your life?

Then pray over the passage, talk about it with a friend or spiritual mentor, and explore further by reading the notes in a study Bible.

Closing and Prayer

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us all (2 Corinthians 13:14).


Pray the Lord's Prayer, Luther's Morning or Evening Prayers, and/or add your own prayers.

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Opening and Prayer

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.


Heavenly Father, bless our time together as we study Your Word. Amen.

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Read Psalm 1 from your Bible, or

Click HERE to read the Psalm online.

Talk about it

  • What metaphor does the psalmist use to describe one who delights in and follows God’s law? (see verse 3)


  • Compare this imagery with what Jesus says in John 15:1-17. What similarities do you see?

Listen to "Psalm 1"

Psalm 1 (Lyric Video)
Kid Talk

Kid Talk

Read Psalm 1.


What does a tree need to grow and bear fruit? Good soil, sunshine, and water.


What do we need to grow in faith and love for God and others? God's Word! When we read and listen to God's Word, we are fed with His love and forgiveness and wisdom!

Kid Talk

Listen and Sing: Your Life Will Change

Your Life Will Change | High Seas Music Video | Group Publishing

Digging Deeper

Meditate on this section of Scripture, using these prompts:


  • What thoughts come to mind as you read this passage?
  • What is confusing or surprising about this passage?
  • What does this passage teach you about God, His love for you, and His will for your life?

Then pray over the passage, talk about it with a friend or spiritual mentor, and explore further by reading the notes in a study Bible.

Closing and Prayer

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us all (2 Corinthians 13:14).


Pray the Lord's Prayer, Luther's Morning or Evening Prayers, and/or add your own prayers.

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Opening and Prayer

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.


Heavenly Father, bless our time together as we study Your Word. Amen.

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Son of God, Eternal Savior -- LSB 842

Son of God, eternal Savior,

Source of life and truth and grace,

Word made flesh, whose birth among us

Hallows all our human race,

You our Head, who, throned in glory,

For Your own will ever plead:

Fill us with Your love and pity,

Heal our wrongs, and help our need.


As You, Lord, have lived for others,

So may we for others live.

Freely have Your gifts been granted;

Freely may Your servants give.

Yours the gold and Yours the silver,

Yours the wealth of land and sea;

We but stewards of Your bounty

Held in solemn trust will be.


Come, O Christ, and reign among us,

King of love and Prince of Peace;

Hush the storm of strife and passion,

Bid its cruel discords cease.

By Your patient years of toiling,

By Your silent hours of pain,

Quench our fevered thirst of pleasure,

Stem our selfish greed of gain.


Son of God, eternal Savior,

Source of life and truth and grace,

Word made flesh, whose birth among us

Hallows all our human race:

By Your praying, by Your willing

That Your people should be one,

Grant, O grant our hope’s fruition:

Here on earth Your will be done.


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Talk about it

  • How does this hymn declare the authority and divinity of Christ?

Listen and Sing!

Hymn 842 Son of God, Eternal Savior

Closing and Prayer

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us all (2 Corinthians 13:14).


Pray the Lord's Prayer, Luther's Morning or Evening Prayers, and/or add your own prayers.

PRAYERS

The Lord's Prayer

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.

Luther's Morning Prayer

I thank you my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please You. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen.

Luther's Evening Prayer

I thank you my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ Your dear Son, that you have graciously kept me this day; and I pray that You would forgive me all my sins where I have done wrong, and graciously keep me this night. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen.
Chapel of the Cross--Lutheran

Chapel of the Cross--Lutheran

Chapel of the Cross--Lutheran
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