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.

Sunday, Aug. 7: We give thanks to God for the certain gift of eternal life we have in Jesus Christ and pray that this confidence will set us free to love our neighbor and be generous with everything we have, especially for the well-being of people who live in poverty and hunger.

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