daily reading 34.3 (Ephesians 4:1–3)

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


Our opening prayer for this week:

    Christ, our good and faithful Shepherd,
    Watching all your lambs and sheep;
    Christ, the gate that guards the sheepfold,
    Neverfailing vigil keep.
    When we stray, Good Shepherd, seek us,
    Find us, lift us, bear us home;
    Lamb of God, our Shepherd, keep us;
    Let us hear your voice alone.

    Christ, the way that leads unfailing
    To the God we glorify;
    Christ, the truth that frees the captives;
    Christ, the life that cannot die.
    Mediator to the Father, 
    Sacrifice and Great High Priest;
    Bring us to the new creation,
    There to share your wedding feast.

    Christ, the Alpha and Omega;
    Christ, the firstborn from the dead;
    Christ, the life and resurrection;
    Christ, the church’s glorious Head:
    Praise and thanks and adoration
    And unending worship be
    To the Father and the Spirit
    And to you eternally. Amen.

Ephesians 4:1–3

  • Therefore I, the prisoner in the Lord, urge you to live worthy of the calling you have received, 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,  3 making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
helpful notes on Ephesians 4:1–3


"worthy" seems to mean somehow balancing all God's goodness to you with how you respond






For yourself pray:

  • That God gives you patience in Christ when others irritate you

For others pray

  • That God gives your whole congregation unity in the Spirit through the bond of peace

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

  • Psalm 114 (YouTube, duet, "Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord")

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