daily reading 2.3 (Romans 1:21–23)

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 1:21–23

• For though they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became worthless, and their senseless hearts were darkened.
• ²² Claiming to be wise, they became fools ²³ and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.
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Helpful notes on Romans 1:21–23 

For yourself pray:

• That in Christ you do not sin against God by being thankless and by doing what you know is wrong

For others pray:

• That God watches over the public safety personnel guarding you and your area

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

• Psalm 8 (YouTube, choir, "O LORD, how majestic is your name in all the earth.")