Everyday, 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.

Wednesday, July 20: In the face of persistent gun violence in the United States, we remember the victims and their families in our prayers and pray that God will strengthen our will to tackle the complex causes of violence for the sake of human lives and safe communities.

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