daily reading 2.2 (Romans 1:18–20)

5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024

Our opening prayer for this week:

As with gladness, men of old

Did the guiding star behold

As with joy they hailed its light

Leading onward, beaming bright

So, most glorious Lord, may we

Evermore your followers be.

As with joyful steps they sped

To that lowly manger bed

There to bend the knee before

You whom heaven and earth adore;

So may we with willing feet

Ever seek your mercy seat.

As they offered gifts most rare

At that manger rude and bare;

So may we with holy joy,

Pure and free from sin’s alloy,

All our costliest treasures bring,

Christ, to you, our heavenly King.

Holy Jesus, every day

Keep us in the narrow way;

And, when earthly things are past,

Bring our ransomed souls at last

Where they need no star to guide,

Where no clouds your glory hide.

In the heavenly country bright,

We will not need sun or light;

You its Light, its Joy, its Crown,

You its Sun not going down;

There forever may we sing

Alleluias to our King!

Romans 1:18–20

• For God's wrath is revealed from heaven against all godlessness and unrighteousness of people who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth, 19 since what can be known about God is evident among them, because God has shown it to them.
• ²⁰ For his invisible attributes, that is, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world, being understood through what he has made. As a result, people are without excuse.
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Helpful notes on Romans 1:18–20 

For yourself pray:

• That you see more clearly in Christ God's wrath and how he is expressing it

For others pray:

• That God keeps building the kingdom of the Son he loves in Tuvalu

A psalm to listen to and ponder, as time allows:

• Psalm 7 (YouTube, duet, "O LORD, my God, in you I take refuge.")