The Methodist Book of Daily Prayer is an undated, liturgically organized resource that provides complete Morning Prayers and Evening Prayers six days a week, helping readers establish a regular Wesleyan prayer practice at any point during the year. Its concise format and “Where to Start” guide make it a simple, frictionless tool for spiritual health.
Prayer is a spiritual practice, and daily prayer uses the repetition of forms and words to cultivate a deep, meaningful ritual, drawing the individual into an ever-closer relationship with God. This book facilitates deep daily connection with God--a method for spiritual sustenance.
How the book is organized
The book is organized according to the liturgical season but is undated. A “Where to Start” guide helps you begin any time during the year. The book is concise and easy to use--a simple, frictionless tool for spiritual health.
The book provides complete texts for Morning Prayers and Evening Prayers six days a week, with a new set of texts for each week of the year. Each set of prayers centers on a Scripture passage, emphasizing the Psalms.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Prayer schedule | Morning Prayers and Evening Prayers six days a week |
| Organization | Liturgical season |
| Starting point | A “Where to Start” guide helps you begin any time during the year |
| Weekly structure | A new set of texts for each week of the year |
| Scriptural focus | Each set of prayers centers on a Scripture passage, emphasizing the Psalms |
| Style | Concise and easy to use |
Liturgical seasons and weekly prayer
Each week is anchored in its liturgical season: Advent, Christmastide, Epiphany, Lent, Holy Week, Eastertide, Pentecost, Sow & Rest (Ordinary Time), and Harvest & Create (Ordinary Time).
- Advent
- Christmastide
- Epiphany
- Lent
- Holy Week
- Eastertide
- Pentecost
- Sow & Rest (Ordinary Time)
- Harvest & Create (Ordinary Time)
This structure connects daily prayer with the changing rhythm of the Christian year while allowing the reader to begin without waiting for a particular date. The undated format and the “Where to Start” guide make the book suitable for flexible personal use.
Sources and style of the prayers
The prayers draw from familiar historic, classic, and ancient Christian texts and Methodism’s rich hymnody. They also feature fresh, original words from new writers.
The combination of historic Christian prayers, Methodist hymnody, Scripture, the Psalms, and contemporary writing gives the collection a broad spiritual vocabulary. The repeated forms and words support a meaningful ritual without requiring the reader to create every prayer from the beginning.
The revised edition
Originally published in 2023, this revised edition of The Methodist Book of Daily Prayer includes:
- An added sixth day of prayers for each week (the original edition included prayers for five days each week)
- A selection of revised evening reflections
- New front matter with a “Where to Start” guide to facilitate engagement at any point during the year
The revised, deluxe edition also includes a gift & award page.
The added sixth day expands the weekly pattern beyond the five-day structure of the original edition, while the revised evening reflections provide further material for closing the day in prayer. The new front matter is designed to facilitate engagement at any point during the year.
Prayer as spiritual practice
Daily prayer the Wesleyan way. Prayer is a spiritual practice, and daily prayer uses the repetition of forms and words to cultivate a deep, meaningful ritual, drawing the individual into an ever-closer relationship with God.
The book’s method is grounded in regularity, Scripture, and participation in the wider Christian tradition. Morning and evening prayer create recurring points of attention, while the weekly and seasonal organization gives those prayers a wider rhythm.
The book is concise and easy to use--a simple, frictionless tool for spiritual health. Its structure supports readers who want a prepared pattern of prayer as well as those seeking a deeper daily connection with God.
Sorrow and joy in prayer
Our prayers share in the sorrows and joys of our lives, churches and communities across this world. For 2026/2027, the words Sorrow and Joy are chosen like grid references on a map, compass bearings.
As with many paradoxical word phrases - faith and doubt, life and death, light and darkness, noise and silence - ‘sorrow’ and ‘joy’ are like ingredients mixed and baked in a batch of bread, blended and distilled, creating the unique flavours of our lives.
As a Church, we offer mission, ministry and worship in a world increasingly in conflict and divisions, bringing much sorrow. How we deal with conflict and divisions personally and together within the life of the Church matters.
How do we respond faithfully and fruitfully as peacemakers and reconcilers to each other and the world? In our collective life of faith, we want to recognise and support Methodist people who may need a boost of joy in the Lord to keep being and doing what we are called to be and do.
Those who give freely of their time to serve the Church in a voluntary capacity and for people who minister in diverse and often challenging circumstances. May our prayers recognise that sorrow and joy run and flow through each other and through each one of us, because maybe one is the way to the other, because Jesus holds them both with us.
Pray With Me: Lifting All Curses
Daily lectionary and personal prayer
31 days of prayer with a daily lectionary. Prayers offered from Global Partners and district representatives of the Methodist Church in Britain, and Methodists around the UK. Prompts for personal and creative prayer.
- 31 days of prayer with a daily lectionary
- Prayers offered from Global Partners and district representatives of the Methodist Church in Britain
- Prayers from Methodists around the UK
- Prompts for personal and creative prayer
The daily lectionary connects prayer with a regular pattern of Scripture reading, while contributions from Global Partners, district representatives, and Methodists around the UK bring a range of voices into the prayer practice. Prompts for personal and creative prayer provide space for individual response.
Continuing the Prayer Handbook tradition
The revitalisation of the Prayer Handbook for the 2025/2026 edition, Our Story, Our Song, began a new chapter in its long heritage. Watch the video to learn more.
How to submit material for the next Prayer Handbook. The theme for the 2027/2028 Prayer Handbook will be announced during autumn 2026. Prayers of 120 words or less, and photos to accompany them, can be emailed to by 11 January 2027.
Edition details
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Title | The Methodist Book of Daily Prayer |
| Format | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781791036522 |
| Published | October 2025 |
| Original publication | 2023 |
The Methodist Book of Daily Prayer brings together Scripture, the Psalms, historic Christian texts, Methodist hymnody, original prayers, liturgical seasons, and daily rhythms of Morning Prayers and Evening Prayers. Its undated format allows readers to begin at any point, while its weekly structure supports a sustained practice of Wesleyan daily prayer.