Every day, Living Lutheran offers a prayer from the ELCA resource Prayer ventures (the prayers for the entire month can be downloaded here). These daily 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, Dec. 22 We pray that—like Elizabeth awaiting the birth of John, and Mary awaiting the birth of Jesus—we will trust God and move forward through our uncertainties.

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