Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource Prayer Ventures, which can be downloaded here. These petitions are offered as a guide for your own prayer life as together we pray for the needs of the world and give thanks for the ministries of our church.

Friday, Dec. 30: Christmas presents have been opened and set aside, decorations are being put away and Christmas trees tossed to the curb, but we pray the celebration and joy of the gift of Jesus Christ continues throughout the year, for life.

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