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daily reading 31.4 (Ephesians 2:4–5)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for this week:      Praise the One who breaks the darkness      With a liberating light;      Praise the One who frees the prisoners,      Turning blindness into sight.      Praise the One who preached the gospel,      Healing every dread disease,      Calming storms and feeding thousands      With the Father’s word of peace.      Praise the One who blessed the children      With a strong, yet gentle, word;      Praise the One who drove out demons      With a piercing, two-edged sword.      Praise the One who brings cool water      To the desert’s burning sand;      From this well comes living water,      Quenching thirst in every land.      Let...

daily reading 31.3 (Ephesians 2:1–3)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for this week:      Praise the One who breaks the darkness      With a liberating light;      Praise the One who frees the prisoners,      Turning blindness into sight.      Praise the One who preached the gospel,      Healing every dread disease,      Calming storms and feeding thousands      With the Father’s word of peace.      Praise the One who blessed the children      With a strong, yet gentle, word;      Praise the One who drove out demons      With a piercing, two-edged sword.      Praise the One who brings cool water      To the desert’s burning sand;      From this well comes living water,      Quenching thirst in every land.      Let...

daily reading 31.2 (Ephesians 1:22–23)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for this week:      Praise the One who breaks the darkness      With a liberating light;      Praise the One who frees the prisoners,      Turning blindness into sight.      Praise the One who preached the gospel,      Healing every dread disease,      Calming storms and feeding thousands      With the Father’s word of peace.      Praise the One who blessed the children      With a strong, yet gentle, word;      Praise the One who drove out demons      With a piercing, two-edged sword.      Praise the One who brings cool water      To the desert’s burning sand;      From this well comes living water,      Quenching thirst in every land.      Let...

daily reading 31.1 (Ephesians 1:18–21)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for this week:      Praise the One who breaks the darkness      With a liberating light;      Praise the One who frees the prisoners,      Turning blindness into sight.      Praise the One who preached the gospel,      Healing every dread disease,      Calming storms and feeding thousands      With the Father’s word of peace.      Praise the One who blessed the children      With a strong, yet gentle, word;      Praise the One who drove out demons      With a piercing, two-edged sword.      Praise the One who brings cool water      To the desert’s burning sand;      From this well comes living water,      Quenching thirst in every land.      Let...

daily reading 30.5 (Ephesians 1:15–17)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for this week:      In Christ is all I need,      The Shepherd of my soul,      Whose word of life is life indeed,      Who makes the wounded whole.      In him secure I stand,      His promises I claim,      For none can pluck me from his hand      Who knows his sheep by name.      In Christ is all my gain,      For he has borne my loss;      My grievous guilt, my sin and stain,      I lay beneath his cross.      In him new life begins,      I share his Name and sign;      For I am his, who bore my sins,      And he himself is mine.      In Christ is all my peace,      His presence calms my fears;      So may my ho...

daily reading 30.4 (Ephesians 1:13–14)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for this week:      In Christ is all I need,      The Shepherd of my soul,      Whose word of life is life indeed,      Who makes the wounded whole.      In him secure I stand,      His promises I claim,      For none can pluck me from his hand      Who knows his sheep by name.      In Christ is all my gain,      For he has borne my loss;      My grievous guilt, my sin and stain,      I lay beneath his cross.      In him new life begins,      I share his Name and sign;      For I am his, who bore my sins,      And he himself is mine.      In Christ is all my peace,      His presence calms my fears;      So may my ho...

daily reading 30.3 (Ephesians 1:9–12)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for this week:      In Christ is all I need,      The Shepherd of my soul,      Whose word of life is life indeed,      Who makes the wounded whole.      In him secure I stand,      His promises I claim,      For none can pluck me from his hand      Who knows his sheep by name.      In Christ is all my gain,      For he has borne my loss;      My grievous guilt, my sin and stain,      I lay beneath his cross.      In him new life begins,      I share his Name and sign;      For I am his, who bore my sins,      And he himself is mine.      In Christ is all my peace,      His presence calms my fears;      So may my ho...

daily reading 30.2 (Ephesians 1:7–8)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for this week:      In Christ is all I need,      The Shepherd of my soul,      Whose word of life is life indeed,      Who makes the wounded whole.      In him secure I stand,      His promises I claim,      For none can pluck me from his hand      Who knows his sheep by name.      In Christ is all my gain,      For he has borne my loss;      My grievous guilt, my sin and stain,      I lay beneath his cross.      In him new life begins,      I share his Name and sign;      For I am his, who bore my sins,      And he himself is mine.      In Christ is all my peace,      His presence calms my fears;      So may my ho...

daily reading 30.1 (Ephesians 1:3–6)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for this week:      In Christ is all I need,      The Shepherd of my soul,      Whose word of life is life indeed,      Who makes the wounded whole.      In him secure I stand,      His promises I claim,      For none can pluck me from his hand      Who knows his sheep by name.      In Christ is all my gain,      For he has borne my loss;      My grievous guilt, my sin and stain,      I lay beneath his cross.      In him new life begins,      I share his Name and sign;      For I am his, who bore my sins,      And he himself is mine.      In Christ is all my peace,      His presence calms my fears;      So may my ...

daily reading 29.3 (Ephesians 1:1–2)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for this week:      Dear Lord, to your true servants give      The grace to you alone to live.      Set free from sin to serve you, Lord,      They go to share your living Word,      The gospel message to proclaim      That all may know your saving name.      They gladly go at your command      To spread your Word o’er sea and land.      Be with them, Lord, and make them strong      To heal sin’s ills, to right the wrong.      Your rule is over wind and wave,      And mighty is your arm to save.      When all their labor seems in vain,      Revive their sinking hopes again;      And when success crowns what they do,      Oh, keep them humble, Lord and true ...

daily reading 29.2 (Romans 16:25–27)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for this week:      Dear Lord, to your true servants give      The grace to you alone to live.      Set free from sin to serve you, Lord,      They go to share your living Word,      The gospel message to proclaim      That all may know your saving name.      They gladly go at your command      To spread your Word o’er sea and land.      Be with them, Lord, and make them strong      To heal sin’s ills, to right the wrong.      Your rule is over wind and wave,      And mighty is your arm to save.      When all their labor seems in vain,      Revive their sinking hopes again;      And when success crowns what they do,      Oh, keep them humble, Lord and true ...

daily reading 29.1 (Romans 16:21–24)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for this week:      Dear Lord, to your true servants give      The grace to you alone to live.      Set free from sin to serve you, Lord,      They go to share your living Word,      The gospel message to proclaim      That all may know your saving name.      They gladly go at your command      To spread your Word o’er sea and land.      Be with them, Lord, and make them strong      To heal sin’s ills, to right the wrong.      Your rule is over wind and wave,      And mighty is your arm to save.      When all their labor seems in vain,      Revive their sinking hopes again;      And when success crowns what they do,      Oh, keep them humble, Lord and true ...

daily reading 28.5 (Romans 16:17–20)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for this week:      Jesus, lead us on, Till our rest is won.      And although the way be cheerless      We will follow, calm and fearless.      Guide us by your hand.      To our fatherland.      If the way be drear, If the foe be near,      Let not faithless fears o’ertake us.      Let not faith and hope forsake us,      For through many a woe      To our home we go.      When we seek relief From a long-felt grief,      When temptations come alluring,      Make us patient and enduring.      Show us that bright shore      Where we weep no more.      Jesus, still lead on, Till our rest is won.      Heavenly Leader, still direct us,    ...

daily reading 28.4 (Romans 16:13–16)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for this week:      Jesus, lead us on, Till our rest is won.      And although the way be cheerless      We will follow, calm and fearless.      Guide us by your hand.      To our fatherland.      If the way be drear, If the foe be near,      Let not faithless fears o’ertake us.      Let not faith and hope forsake us,      For through many a woe      To our home we go.      When we seek relief From a long-felt grief,      When temptations come alluring,      Make us patient and enduring.      Show us that bright shore      Where we weep no more.      Jesus, still lead on, Till our rest is won.      Heavenly Leader, still direct us,    ...

daily reading 28.3 (Romans 16:8–12)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for this week:      Jesus, lead us on, Till our rest is won.      And although the way be cheerless      We will follow, calm and fearless.      Guide us by your hand.      To our fatherland.      If the way be drear, If the foe be near,      Let not faithless fears o’ertake us.      Let not faith and hope forsake us,      For through many a woe      To our home we go.      When we seek relief From a long-felt grief,      When temptations come alluring,      Make us patient and enduring.      Show us that bright shore      Where we weep no more.      Jesus, still lead on, Till our rest is won.      Heavenly Leader, still direct us,    ...

daily reading 28.2 (Romans 16:5–7)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for this week:      Jesus, lead us on, Till our rest is won.      And although the way be cheerless      We will follow, calm and fearless.      Guide us by your hand.      To our fatherland.      If the way be drear, If the foe be near,      Let not faithless fears o’ertake us.      Let not faith and hope forsake us,      For through many a woe      To our home we go.      When we seek relief From a long-felt grief,      When temptations come alluring,      Make us patient and enduring.      Show us that bright shore      Where we weep no more.      Jesus, still lead on, Till our rest is won.      Heavenly Leader, still direct us,    ...

daily reading 28.1 (Romans 16:3–5a)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for this week:      Jesus, lead us on, Till our rest is won.      And although the way be cheerless      We will follow, calm and fearless.      Guide us by your hand.      To our fatherland.      If the way be drear, If the foe be near,      Let not faithless fears o’ertake us.      Let not faith and hope forsake us,      For through many a woe      To our home we go.      When we seek relief From a long-felt grief,      When temptations come alluring,      Make us patient and enduring.      Show us that bright shore      Where we weep no more.      Jesus, still lead on, Till our rest is won.      Heavenly Leader, still direct us,    ...

daily reading 27.5 (Romans 16:1–2)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for this week:      I praise you, Lord: Above my foes      You raised my head in triumph high,      Not slow to mark my secret woes,      Nor deaf to my desponding cry.      I praise you, Lord; my heart was faint,      My feet were sinking to the grave,      But you were near to my complaint,      To hear, to heal me, and to save.      A moment, and your anger dies;      Your grace is life for evermore:      The sun may set on weeping eyes,      But joy returns when night is o’er.      In song before the Lord rejoice,      His praise let all his saints proclaim,      And still, with thankful heart and voice,      Give glory to his holy name.    ...

daily reading 27.4 (Romans 15:30–33)

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5-days-a-week through Romans and the letters Paul wrote from Rome in 2024 Our opening prayer for this week:      I praise you, Lord: Above my foes      You raised my head in triumph high,      Not slow to mark my secret woes,      Nor deaf to my desponding cry.      I praise you, Lord; my heart was faint,      My feet were sinking to the grave,      But you were near to my complaint,      To hear, to heal me, and to save.      A moment, and your anger dies;      Your grace is life for evermore:      The sun may set on weeping eyes,      But joy returns when night is o’er.      In song before the Lord rejoice,      His praise let all his saints proclaim,      And still, with thankful heart and voice,      Give glory to his holy name.    ...