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.

Monday, Jan. 16: Martin Luther King Jr. Day We remember in our prayers people, past and present, who stand and advocate with humility and courage for the rights, well-being and value of all people—God’s people—who suffer injustice, mistreatment, neglect or oppression.

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