I’ve been using the following prayer for the close of day by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. It can be found in the United Methodist Hymnal as number 689. But since you probably don’t have a hymnal at home, I’m going to share it with you here. For my own use, I’ve updated the language with a few tweaks. ( E.g. “you” replacing “thee” and “thou.”)
O Lord my God, I thank you that you have brought this day to its close. I thank you that you give rest to body and soul. Your hand has been over me, guarding me and preserving me.
Forgive my feeble faith and all the wrong I have done this day, and help me to forgive all who wronged me.
Grant that I may sleep in peace beneath your care, and defend me from the temptations of darkness. Into thy hands I commend my loved ones, I commend this household, I commend my body and soul. O God, your holy name be praised. Amen. [1]
1 The United Methodist Hymnal (Nashville, TN: United Methodist Publishing House, 1989), 689.