Every Monday, Living Lutheran offers a week’s worth of prayers from the ELCA resource Prayer Ventures, which can be downloaded here. These petitions – one for each day this week – 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, Oct. 12: We offer to God our prayerful songs, full of thanksgiving and stories of God’s wondrous deeds.
Tuesday, Oct. 13: We pray this day for ELCA missionaries who serve in partner church seminaries around the world and ask God to bless their work of helping prepare and inspire new leaders for the church.
Wednesday, Oct. 14: We pray for the United Church of Christ, a full communion partner, and for the continuing growth of our relationship as together we share the gospel and serve in the world.
Thursday, Oct. 15: We ask God to guide and deepen the faith practices of individuals and congregations, especially the practices of invitation, prayer, study, worship, generosity, encouragement and service.
Friday, Oct. 16: We remember in our prayers, with joy and hope, the first class of International Women Leaders pursuing higher education this fall with scholarships through Always Being Made New: The Campaign for the ELCA.
Saturday, Oct. 17: Our prayers are filled with thanksgiving for Jesus Christ, our Savior, who took upon himself the pain and punishment of death we deserved and gave us the gift of new life – eternal life.
Sunday, Oct. 18: Our understanding of power and authority is turned upside down by Jesus. We ask God to teach us humility and sacrifice, and open our hearts to lives of service in the world.