daily reading 7.3 (Romans 4:6–8)

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 4:6–8

• Just as David also speaks of the blessing of the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
• ⁷ Blessed are those whose lawless acts are forgiven and whose sins are covered.
• ⁸ Blessed is the person the Lord will never charge with sin.

Helpful notes on Romans 4:6–8 

For yourself pray:

• That God picks you up in Christ when you are on your knees in repentance

For others pray:

• That God gives the words to those you know who have something very difficult today to say to someone else

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

• Psalm 25 (YouTube, duet, "To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul")