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.

Tuesday, Aug. 16: We give thanks to God for the leadership, service and vision of Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton and pray that God will continue to strengthen her faith, deepen her wisdom and bless her witness and ministry on behalf of the ELCA.

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