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, Aug. 17: Bless, praise and give thanks to God, for God is good and hears our every prayer, cry, joyful laugh and sigh.

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