daily reading 15.3 (Romans 8:26–27)

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


Our opening prayer for today:

    At the Lamb’s high feast we sing
    Praise to our victorious King,
    Who has washed us in the tide
    Flowing from his pierced side.
    Alleluia!

    Mighty victim from on high,
    Hell’s fierce powers beneath you lie;
    You have conquered in the fight,
    You have brought us life and light:
    Alleluia!

    Now no more can death appall,
    Now no more the grave entrall;
    You have opened paradise,
    And your saints in you shall rise.
    Alleluia!

    Easter triumph, Easter joy,
    This alone can sin destroy;
    From sin’s power, Lord, set us free,
    Newborn souls in you to be.
    Alleluia!

    Father, who the crown shall give,
    Savior, by whose death we live,
    Spirit, guide through all our days.
    Three in one, your name we praise.
    Alleluia!Amen.

  

Romans 8:26–27

  • In the same way the Spirit also helps us in our weakness, because we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with unspoken groanings.
  • 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because he intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
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Helpful notes on Romans 8:26–27



For yourself pray:

  • That God gives you more of his Holy Spirit

For others pray:

  • That God gives your congregation more energy to pray when they don't know what to pray

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

  • Psalm 58 (YouTube, duet with piano, "Wash them away as with the waters.")

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