daily reading 13.3 (Romans 7:18–20)

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


Our opening prayer for this week:

        Hosanna, Lord — you have rescued us
        from darkness into your light —
         we see you come in the name of God
        and welcome you with delight!
        How great you are, how wonderful
        as scribes and singers record:
        for all your grace and limitless love
        receive our thanks, O Lord!

        We lift our voices in praise to God —
        his faithful mercies endure:
        through joys and dangers and even death
        his promise remains secure.
        He heard his people's fervent prayers,
        he made them fearless and bold:
        let us, like them, rely on his strength
        and watch his plans unfold.

        Our Lord and Saviour, God's servant Son,
        you faced rejection and strife
        and died to open the gate that leads
        to freedom and peace and life.
        Now build us as your living church
        to worship, making you known;
        and may your Spirit dwell in our hearts,
        O Christ our cornerstone! Amen.

  

Romans 7:18–20

  • For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For the desire to do what is good is with me, but there is no ability to do it.
  • 19 For I do not do the good that I want to do, but I practice the evil that I do not want to do.
  • 20 Now if I do what I do not want, I am no longer the one that does it, but it is the sin that lives in me.
Helpful notes on Romans 7:18–20






For yourself pray:

  • That you do not despair

For others pray:

  • That God gives wisdom, skill, and humility to the medical people who care for you and your community

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

  • Psalm 49 (YouTube, duet, "Don't be afraid when men grow rich.")

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