Praying for the upcoming election

CANADA – As Canada prepares for the upcoming federal election, Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) President Timothy Teuscher is encouraging LCC members to remember government leaders in prayer.

President Tesucher writes: “With the federal election taking place on October 21, it is fitting and proper, as St. Paul says in 1 Timothy 2:2, that the people in all the congregations of Lutheran Church–Canada lift up their hands in prayer on Sunday, October 20, for our country, and especially for those who will be entrusted the authority of government.”

Congregations are invited to use the following prayer during divine service:

Lord and Ruler of the nations, keep our nation under Your care. Bless the leaders of our land with wisdom that we may be a people at peace among ourselves and a blessing to the other nations of the earth. Grant that tomorrow we may choose trustworthy leaders who will serve faithfully and in the best interests of all the citizens of this nation; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

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