Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer for the day from the ELCA resource “Prayer ventures,” which can be downloaded here. These daily 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.

Tuesday, April 29 We pray for those who suffer the trauma of gun violence in their communities and elsewhere. We ask for wisdom in responding to our stricken neighbors, for guidance in working to ending gun violence and for fearless respect for human life—a precious gift from God, our creator.

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