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.

Sunday, Sept. 3: Following Jesus is sometimes difficult and even frightening. Pray for faith, courage and humility to put our needs and fears aside that we may follow and serve with confidence in our salvation, the promises of God and God’s assurance that we are never alone.

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