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, March 7: We have many brothers and sisters – of all ages – who live with physical and cognitive disabilities. We ask God to broaden our awareness and cherishing of the faith and diverse gifts they bring to our communities and to the body of Christ.
Tuesday, March 8: We pray on this International Women’s Day that God’s holy and life-giving Spirit move every human heart, that the barriers dividing us may crumble and hatreds cease so we might live in justice and peace.
Wednesday, March 9: As we continue our self-reflection during Lent, we ask God to help us look beyond ourselves and into the lives of people around us and in other nations and guide us to actions of care and justice in the manner and name of Jesus Christ, our Lord, Savior and servant.
Thursday, March 10: We remember in our prayers the work and faithful witness of the Rev. Dorcas Wang, an ELCA missionary serving in the Republic of China.
Friday, March 11: We ask God to bless and inspire Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton’s leadership, especially in helping our church address the issues of racism, racial disparity in the criminal justice system, care for the incarcerated and their families, advocacy for those wrongly convicted, and support and guidance for those who enforce the law and work in the justice system.
Saturday, March 12: We remember in our prayers and ask God to bless and guide the work of the seven young adults serving in the Young Adults in Global Mission program in Argentina and Uruguay.
Sunday, March 13: In our baptism, we experience the freedom that can only come through the power of Jesus’ suffering, death and resurrection. For this undeserved gift of love, we give thanks.