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.
Wednesday, Dec. 14: We remember in our prayers the thousands of displaced refugees living in temporary camps this winter in the Middle East and pray their daily needs are met, they not lose hope and will someday return home or settle into new communities that are safe, nurture trust and care among neighbors and where all can prosper—in every way.
Perseverance and breakthroughs
Lectionary for Jan. 18, 2026 Second Sunday after Epiphany Isaiah 49:1-7; Psalm 40:1-11; 1 Corinthians 1:1-9; John 1:29-42 Have you ever felt so discouraged that you almost quit, but you…