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Prayer Ventures

December 17

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.

Saturday, Dec. 17: People working during the holidays sacrifice much to serve our needs and our communities. We pray they find employment that pays fair wages to support themselves and their families, find times for rest and renewal, and experience the joy we have in Jesus Christ.

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