Of all the things Martin Luther is known for, among the foremost is his dedication to prayer. He is famous for commenting, “I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.” And he wasn’t exaggerating, either. Many of his friends and students attested that he would spend several hours on his knees in fervent, daily prayer—often at seemingly inopportune times in the middle of the day. At one point, Luther’s longtime friend, asked if he would teach him how to pray. Luther responded by writing a letter which he called, “A Simple Way to Pray.”

We have adapted Luther’s letter into this tool to help you pray through any passage of Scripture.