1Prayer and worship bring you into close communion with your Savior. Spending just a few minutes reading this devotional allows you to make that connection and carry the blessing throughout your day. Brief stories, written by Our Daily Bread authors, combined with Scripture and an inspirational thought for the day center around these themes of prayer and worship. By using this devotional to connect to God on a regular basis, you can confidently proclaim with the hymn-writer, "Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!" (Psalm 103:1 ESV).