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, July 14: Pray for people who labor behind the scenes, serve in jobs hidden from our view, work while we sleep or play, or who are forgotten or ignored that we be mindful of their lives, grateful for their gifts and skills, and affirming of what they do in our communities and world.

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