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.

Friday, April 28: Give thanks to God on Arbor Day for the beauty, life-giving qualities, resources and habitats provided by trees, woodlands and wilderness forests, and pray for wisdom and renewed commitment to steward and protect these gifts entrusted to our care.

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