Liberia - Prayer Ventures

For the church
Merciful God, we thank you for the Lutheran Church in Liberia and the missions founded there in the name of your Son where Christianity continues to grow. Bless the Lutherans in Liberia and in our country as we work together to spread the Good News of your love and compassion.
Merciful God, we thank you for the Lutheran Church in Liberia and the missions founded there in the name of your Son where Christianity continues to grow. Bless the Lutherans in Liberia and in our country as we work together to spread the Good News of your love and compassion.

For current needs
Gracious God, we pray for everyone in Liberia and those refugees who have fled the country as they struggle to recover from many years of harsh civil war conditions. We know that they have a long journey ahead of them as they seek to rebuild, replenish, and protect their natural resources and also to regain political stability which has been absent for many years. Strengthen them, keep them safe, and help them find ways to get past individual differences so that they might find hope in your enduring support and learn how to maintain peace for all peoples.

For those serving
Great and Loving God, we ask for your continuing support of the work done by missionaries in Liberia as they work to spread the Good News of your everlasting love and forgiveness. Guide them as they communicate in many languages. Help them embrace the blessings offered by Christians around the world so that we might understand and pass on the diverse ways in which your love comes to us.

For companion relationships
God of compassion, we give thanks for the Companion Synod Program of the ELCA which allows ELCA synods and congregations to develop more personal relationships with our global Christian neighbors. We pray especially for the ELCA synod in Upper Susquehanna, PA, as they relate to the Lutheran Church in Liberia through prayer and communication, that they might find new meaning in these global connections.

For church leadership
God of wisdom, your insight and guidance fill our hearts and minds. Show us new ways to understand your power and presence. Thank you for the Lutheran Church in Liberia and for those who continue to share your message. Help those who are leaders in the church, more than 20 pastors and dozens of evangelists, as they work to serve more than 45,000 church members. We pray that many more might hear your call to lead the people of this church in your glory.

For open hearts
God our Creator, you make all people part of your family. Bless us as we learn more about our sisters and brothers in the Lutheran Church in Liberia. Help us to embrace our common blessing in serving you. Open our eyes to the gifts you give us in each other. Guide us in building brid-ges between our cultures and our churches. We ask these things in the name we name together, your precious Son, Jesus Christ.