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.

Thursday, Oct. 6: We ask God to grant us boldness and compassion in denouncing and preventing violence that threatens the lives and safety of women, children and families. We pray our congregations are always safe places of healing and hope, especially for those experiencing, fleeing or recovering from domestic violence.

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