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, Jan. 26: Just as the disciples put down their fishing nets in response to Jesus’ invitation to follow, we pray we are alert and receptive to God’s calling us to service and witness in the world and that we are willing to reorder our priorities, tasks and lives to follow Jesus.

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