daily reading 30.1 (Ephesians 1:3–6)

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 hope and love increase
    Amid the passing years.
    In him the light has shone
    That lightens all my way,
    To guide my steps before his throne
    To everlasting day. Amen.

Ephesians 1:3–6

  • Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens in Christ.
  • 4 For he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in love before him.
  • 5 He predestined us to be adopted as sons through Jesus Christ for himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 to the praise of his glorious grace that he lavished on us in the Beloved One.
helpful notes on Ephesians 1:3–6












For yourself pray:

  • That your predestination in Christ fills you with praise to God

For others pray:

  • That God calms tensions and ends bloodshed in Bangladesh for the sake of his kingdom

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

  • Psalm 104 (YouTube, duet, "Bless the Lord, oh my soul")

 

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