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Prayer for Refugees and Immigrants

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God who was once a refugee in Egypt, we pray for those displaced: Families torn apart at borders. Children sleeping in camps. Parents risking everything...

This is prayers on compassion and justice, drawing on Matthew 25:35, Leviticus 19:33-34 and Hebrews 13:2.

God who was once a refugee in Egypt,

we pray for those displaced:

Families torn apart at borders.

Children sleeping in camps.

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Matthew 25:35 Leviticus 19:33-34 Hebrews 13:2

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