Program Helps — Devotions and Devotional Collections
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- Theme: Caregiving, Christian Living, Comfort and Hope, Dealing with Down Days, Family Times, Joy in the Journey, Prayer, Relationship with God, Relationships with others, Service, Trust, Witnessing
- Season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
- Church year: Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter
Alphabetical Listing of Program Helps Devotions
4 Stewardship Tips for the Next Generation — Devotional Collection, Stewardship
5 Images of the Giving Christian — Devotional Collection, Stewardship
5 Stewardship Principles — Devotional Collection, Stewardship
8 "T"s of Stewardship — Devotional Collection, Stewardship
Abounding in Love — God's Love, Valentine's Day
A Circle of Light — Comfort, God’s Love
A Devotion Based on Psalm 96 — Bible Knowledge
Advent, A Time for Preparing — Advent, Christmas, Hymns
Advent Joy-A-Tude — Advent, Attitudes
Ain’t That the Truth (John 14:6) — Relationship with God
Afraid of What? — Fear, Anxiety, Trust, Comfort
All in God’s Timing — Fertility, God's Timing
A Grace-Full Woman — Relationship with God
All Along Life's Way — Devotional Collection, Bible Women
Always Learning — Reaching into God's Word
Always the Cross — Cross-Focused Life
Am I Qualified for the Job — Personal Spirituality
An Apple a Day — Christian Life
Answered Prayer — Prayer
A Piece of the Rock — Trust, Relationships with God
A Quiet Place (Matthew 14:14) — Caregiving, Family Time
Are You Ready? — Advent, Christmas
As a Mother Comforts Her Child — Comfort, Stress
A Sweet Season — Joy in the Journey
A Tech-Savvy World — Gospel Sharing
A Time Such as This - AM — Trust
New! Author and Word — Seasons of Life, Relationship with God, Hebrews 12:2
A War Room Moment (Ephesians 6:10–11) — Family Times and Trust
Back to School — Christian Life, Witnessing
Back to School in the Word! — Christian Living, School
Balancing Act — Christian Living
Be All You Can Be — Service
Bearing One Another’s Burdens — Comforting Others, Child Loss
Be Confident — Relationship with God
Bedrock! — Relationship with God
Be Faithful — Eternal Life, Heaven
Be Happy, Don’t Worry — Christian Living, Worry
Be Somebody — Service
Be Still — Advent, Christmas
Be Still — Stress
Bloom and Grow! — Witnessing, Christian Living
Bound Up — Compassion, Stress
Bread of Life — Christian Life
Building Materials — Christian Life
Can I Do It All? — Encouragement, LWML, Service, Stress, Time Management
Caring for the Caregiver — Caregiving
Cast Your Net – Again — Discipleship, Witnessing, Fishing
Change (Romans 8:28) — Joy in the Journey
Comfort Food — Care and Concern, Comfort, Compassion
Compassionate Caring — Encouragement, Caregiving
Compassion in Our Daily Life — Kindness, Christian Living
Considering the Missionary Heart of God — God's Love
New! Creating Wondrous Water Wakes — Witnessing
Day By Day — Growing in the Lord — Spiritual Growth
Dishtowel Devotion — Personal Spirituality
Don’t Be That Monkey! — Christian Living, Faithfulness, Wisdom, Discernment
New! Don’t Discard Me, God! — Struggles and Challenges, Relationship with God
Drive Wisely — Wisdom, Christian Living
Extra Pieces — Purpose in Life
Faithful Mates — Marriage
New! Fear Not! — Trust, Struggles & Challenges
Fighting Perfectionism with God’s Grace — Perfectionism, God's Grace
New! Figuring It All Out — Seasons of Life
Finding Hidden Talents — Relationship with Others
Finding Peace in Troubling Times — Trust
Finding the "Way" — Christian Life, Salvation
Follow the Leader — Leadership
Foot Washers — Lent
Fountains of Blessings — Christian Life
Free to Live — Christian Freedom
From Him All My Labor — Prayer
God is my Safety Net — Trust, First Article
God Knits (Psalm 139:13–14) — Relationship with God
God Raises Me Up — Comfort, God’s Love
God’s Everyday Treasures (Genesis 1) — Relationship with God, Family Times
God’s Goodness — Comfort, Trials
God’s Imagination for Your Life’s Puzzle — Attitude, for Young Women
God’s Family — God's Family, Christian Life
God's Perfect Gift — Advent, Christmas
God’s Plan for One Ordinary Woman — Discipleship, Mites, Missions
God’s Unfailing Love — Relationship with God
God Understands — Relationship with God
God, You Want Me? — Missions
Got Joy? — Christmas
Graduating Into Parenthood With Purpose — Christian Life, Families
New! Grandma's Building Blocks (Proverbs 3:5–6) — Family Times
Green Pastures — Jesus, the Good Shepherd, Spring, Christian Life
Guides My Feet — Christian Life
Hand Holders — Love
Harvest Time – Ready! Set! Go! — Witnessing
Heavenly Treasure — Our Number One Priority — Christian Living
He Comes to Our Arena — Advent, Isaiah
His Sheep — Trust
Hope — Encouragement
Housecleaning – Heart Cleaning — Christian Life, Discipleship, Personal Spirituality
New! How Do I Do This, Lord? — Struggles and Challenges
How Mary Prepared for the First Christmas — Advent, Luke
How To Be A New Mom Mentor — Family Times
I Am He … You Are Right — Lent
I Can Do It Myself! — Christian Life
I Have Loved You with an Everlasting Love — Love
Important Connections — Connections, Christian Living, Relationships
In His Steps — Christian Life
Is It Justified? — Justified, Christian Living
Is Your Thirst for God Still Quenched? — Christian Life, Renewal
New! It is Swell — Christian Life
It Would Have Been Enough — Relationship with others, Relationship with God
Jane Doe (Colossians 3:1–4) — Dealing with Down Days
Jesus Christ Above All — Mission Work, Trust
Jesus Paid the Price — Relationship with God
Jesus’ Servants — Christian Living, Service
Jesus, The Light of the World — Advent
Jesus, the Servant — Servant, Service
Journey — Christian Life, Joy in the Journey
Joyful Celebration — Sharing the Gospel, Missions
Kindliness is Next to Godliness — Kindness, Christian Living
Knee Deep in Slime! — Relationships with others, Witnessing
Let God Use You — Service
Let’s Take a Walk (2 Corinthians 5:7) — Christian Living
Lift High the Cross — Salvation, Witnessing
Living in Green Pastures — Christian Life
Living in the Spirit … Gives Me Joy — Joyful, Service
New! Love Explained — Advent, Service, Relationships with others
Love: Not An Option — Relationships with others, Witnessing
Love One Another — Love
Love's Atoning Sacrifice — Lent, God's Love
Loves Me Forever and Ever — God’s Love
Love the Unlovable — Love
Make a Splash! — Baptism
Maybe Your Gift Is … — Spiritual Gifts, Service
Mirror, Mirror — Christian Living, Comparison
Mite Box Devotion 1 — Relationship with God
Mite Box Devotion 2 — Relationship with Others
Mom's Purple Thumb — Comfort and Hope, Family Times
Morning Has Broken — Christian Joy
My Light with a Purpose — Christian Life, Personal Spirituality
My Single Heart — Attitudes, Personal Spirituality
New Beginnings — Trust, New Year
New Growth — Again — Spring, Forgiveness, Christian Living
New Year, New You? (Colossians 3:16–17) — Comfort and Hope, Winter
One Simple Step — Infertility, God's plan for our lives
Only One Returned — Christian Life
On Solid Ground: Living & Sharing Jesus’ Easter Victory — Trust
Open Your Life to God — Prayer
Ordinary People — Attitude, Christian Life
Our Father’s Care — God’s Care, Praise and Thanksgiving
Our Greatest Resource — Christian Life
Our Ultimate Calling — Vocation
Outfitted for Service — Service, Christian Life
Out of the Shepherd’s Fold — Relationship with God
Pass It On — Family
Perfect Protection — Relationship with God, Trust
Pilgrimage of Adoration — Christmas, Vocations
Powered for Confidence — Christian Living
Powerless to Power Up — Dealing with Down Days, Relationship with God, Romans 5:6
Pray for a Bountiful Harvest — Prayer, Harvest
Praying Mothers — Motherhood, Prayer
Priority Number One — Christian Living
Raising Children Who Love Jesus — Family Times
Raising Christian Children — Parenting, Christian Life
Reaping a Bountiful Harvest — Thanksgiving
Recover Your Life: Sing to the Lord a New Song — Christian Living, Relationship with God
Redeemer — Redemption
Rejoice, Always — Comfort, Prayer, Dealing with Down Days
New! Relationship Requirements — Relationship with God
Remember Me — Christian Life
Rock of Safety — Comfort and Hope
Searchlight — Discipleship, Witnessing
New! Seasons in Life — Christian Living, Seasons of Life
"Season of Light" — Epiphany
New! Sent to the Nations — Witnessing, Women Doing God's Work
Serve the Lord with Gladness — Joyful, Service
Sharing the Bread of Life — Service
Shepherds Tell the Good News — Christmas
New! Shine (Matthew 5:16) — Joy in the Journey
Should I Stay or Should I Go? — Christian Living
Showers of Grace — Comfort, Grace, Salvation
Showing our Pastors and Church Workers Love and Respect — Relationship with Others
Simon Says (Acts 10:43) — Relationship with Others, Witnessing
Simeon’s Song — Epiphany
Slipping and Sliding — Christian Living, Trust
Something is Missing — God's Goodness
New! Sowing Seeds in All Seasons of Life — Christian Living, Seasons of Life
New! Struggles and Challenges — Oh, My! — devotion on a hymn, Joy in the journey
Taking Time to Contem’Plate — Comfort and Hope
Talk About Jesus — Relationship with God, Witnessing
Tears of Joy — Easter, Joyful Tears
Tears of Sorrow — Christian Living, Witness
The Blessings of Chemo Day — Encouragement
The Cadillac Kid — Christian Life, Personal Spirituality
The Family Table — Christian Life, Prayer, Fellowship
The Flag of Freedom — Citizenship
The Forever Word — Secure in the Word
The Greatest Love — God's attributes, God's love
The Heavenly Banquet — Christian Life
The Lesson of the Candy Corn — Witnessing, Service
The Lord, My Solid Rock — Relationship with God
New! The Oliver Special, Please! — Relationship with God, Love, Treasured
New! The Season of Caregiving — Seasons of Life, Caregiving
Then Why? — Christian Living
The Old Barn — Advent, Families, God’s Love
The Perfect Age — Christian Living
The Perfect Lamb — Lent, Christian Living
The Power of Loving People — Showing Love
The Priceless Gift — Christmas
The Storm — Comfort and Hope, Isaiah 40:31
The Ultimate Race — Christian Living, Race of Faith
They are Precious in His Sight — God’s Love, Witnessing
Through the Night — Personal Spirituality
Time Out — Advent, Christian Living
Today, Be Strong In Christ — Christian Living
New! Treasured to Perfection — Treasured, Relationship with God
Uncertainty for Your Future — Trust, for Young Women
Unlikely Servants — Devotional Collection, Bible Women, Discipleship
Waiting (Romans 15:13) — Family Times, Hope and Comfort
Waiting for Milestones — Trust, Patience
Walking in His Light — Patriotism and Personal Spirituality
Walking Trees — Caregiving
We Are Full! — Dealing with Down Days
We're Going to Disneyland — Witnessing
What an Opportunity! — Lent, Joy in the Journey
What God Sees — Lent
What's in a Name? — Christian Life, Witnessing
What Is Love? — Love
What Shall I Do? — Making Decisions, Guidance
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross — Lent/Easter
When You Feel Overwhelmed — Trust
Where Does This Fit? (1 Corinthians 2:10b) — Relationship with Others, Prayer
White as Snow — Baptism
Women at Work for the Lord — Christian Life, Relationship with Others
Working with Joy — Sharing the Gospel
Working Together in His Strength — Christian Living, Service
Wounded Workers — Encouragement, Suffering
Woven Threads — Spiritual Gifts, Diversity
Why Was I Left Here? — Encouragement, Personal Spirituality
YOU are Worth It — Self-Worth
You Look Like Your Father — Serving the Lord, Lutheran Women in Mission
