daily reading 2.4 (Romans 1:24–25)

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 1:24–25

  • Therefore God delivered them over in the desires of their hearts to sexual impurity, so that their bodies were degraded among themselves.
  • 25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served what has been created instead of the Creator, who is praised forever. Amen.
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Helpful notes on Romans 1:24–25 




For yourself pray:

  • That in Christ you worship and serve only your Creator

For others pray:

  • That God gives your congregation wisdom and energy to keep spreading his good news in an increasingly idolatrous world

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

  • Psalm 9 (YouTube, duet, "The LORD sits enthroned forever and ever.")

  


 

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