daily reading 41.2 (Colossians 2:1–5)

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


Our opening prayer for this week:

    Love is the gracious gift of your goodness;
    Love is the patient fruit of your care;
    Love is the gentle work of your Spirit, 
    Who is the source of love everywhere.

    You loved me first, Lord, sending me Jesus,
    Then I responded, trusting your Son.
    Now you invite me to love my neighbor,
    Showing your true love to everyone.

    Love means forgiveness patience and kindness,
    Love is not jealous, boastful or rude.
    Love endures all things, bearing, believing;
    Love hopes forever, rejoices in truth.

    Love in a marriage, love freely given,
    Love of a husband, love of a wife—
    Made to continue, blossom and flourish,
    Grow ever deeper throughout this life.

    Love among Christians, love in the family
    Love for the Savior whose blood was shed,
    Love and submission one to another
    As unto Christ, who reigns as our head. Amen.

Colossians 2:1–5

  • For I want you to know how greatly I am struggling for you, for those in Laodicea, and for all who have not seen me in person.
  • 2 I want their hearts to be encouraged and joined together in love, so that they may have all the riches of complete understanding and have the knowledge of God's mystery–Christ. 3 In him are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
  • 4 I am saying this so that no one will deceive you with arguments that sound reasonable.
  • 5 For I may be absent in body, but I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see how well ordered you are and the strength of your faith in Christ.
helpful notes on Colossians 2:1–5





















For yourself pray

  • That God directs you more and more to Christ

For others pray

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

A song to listen to and ponder, as time allows

  • Psalm 124 (YouTube, duet, "If it had not been the Lord who is on our side")



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