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Prayer of the Day: For Immigrants

by God's Politics Editor 12-11-2009 | 2:00pm
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God of cultures, we pray for the millions of immigrants who are living around the world in countries that may be hostile "strangers." Teach us to look beyond the borders of the nation and city in which we live. We pray that immigrant families and especially children who have restricted access to shelter, food, health care, and education would cease to be marginalized by the systems in which they live and instead be treated with dignity. We pray that they would be provided with covering shelter, nourishing food, sustaining health, and a nurturing education.

Excerpted from a prayer written by the Latin American Student Association at Azusa Pacific University, April 2009.

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