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.

Saturday, July 29: Mary, Martha and Lazarus of Bethany People who are close to us and stand with us in every situation are important blessings and assets in life – gifts from God. We pray all may know the love, care and support of family, friends and community, especially in times of loneliness, crisis, despair and illness.

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