daily reading 38.3 (Ephesians 6:5–9)

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


Our opening prayer for this week:

    Jesus, I my cross have taken, all to leave and follow Thee.
    Destitute, despised, forsaken, Thou from hence my all shall be.
    Perish every fond ambition, all I’ve sought or hoped or known.
    Yet how rich is my condition! God and heaven are still mine own.

    Let the world despise and leave me, they have left my Savior, too.
    Human hearts and looks deceive me; Thou art not, like them, untrue.
    And while Thou shalt smile upon me, God of wisdom, love and might,
    Foes may hate and friends disown me, show Thy face and all is bright.

    Go, then, earthly fame and treasure! Come, disaster, scorn and pain!
    In Thy service, pain is pleasure; with Thy favor, loss is gain.
    I have called Thee, “Abba, Father”; I have set my heart on Thee:
    Storms may howl, and clouds may gather, all must work for good to me. Amen.

Ephesians 6:5–9

  • Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as you would Christ.
  • 6 Don't work only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, do God's will from your heart.
  • 7 Serve with a good attitude, as to the Lord and not to people, 8 knowing that whatever good each one does, slave or free, he will receive this back from the Lord.
  • 9  And masters, treat your slaves the same way, without threatening them, because you know that both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.
helpful notes on Ephesians 6:5–9
















For yourself pray:

  • That God makes you a faithful employer/employee in Christ, as applicable

For others pray

  • That God spreads the good news of the kingdom of the Son he loves in Monaco

A song to listen to and ponder, as time allows


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