daily reading 7.2 (Romans 4:1–5)

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


Our opening prayer for this week:

O Splendor of God's glory bright,
You daily bring forth light from light.
O Light from Light, light's fountain-spring,
O Day, our days enlightening:

Come, very Sun of truth and love,
Come in your radiance from above,
And shed the Holy Spirit's ray
On all we think or do today.

Teach us to work with all our pow'r
To conquer in temptation's hour.
Let faith her eager fires renew
And hate the false and love the true.
 
Oh, joyful be the livelong day,
Our thoughts as pure as morning ray,
Our faith like noonday's glowing height,
Our souls undimmed by shades of night.

All praise to God the Father be,
All praise to Christ eternally,
Whom with the Spirit we adore
Forever and forevermore.


Romans 4:1–5

  • What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has found? 
  • 2  If Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about-- but not before God.
  • 3 For what does the Scripture say? Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness.
  • 4 Now to the one who works, pay is not credited as a gift, but as something owed. 5 But to the one who does not work, but believes on him who declares the ungodly to be righteous, his faith is credited for righteousness.
Helpful notes on Romans 4:1–5 



For yourself pray:

  • That God gives you confidence in the only verdict that really counts before him (his!)

For others pray:

  • That God builds the kingdom of the Son he loves in Armenia

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

  • Psalm 25 (YouTube, duet, "My eyes are always on you")

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