daily reading 51.1 (Philippians 3:17–4:1)

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


Our opening prayer for this week:

    Rejoice, rejoice, believers,
    and let your lights appear;
    the evening is advancing,
    and darker night is near.
    The Bridegroom is arising
    and soon is drawing nigh.
    Up, pray and watch and wrestle;
    at midnight comes the cry.

    The watchers on the mountain
    proclaim the Bridegroom near;
    go forth, as he approaches,
    with alleluias clear.
    The marriage feast is waiting;
    the gates wide open stand,
    Arise, O heirs of glory;
    the Bridegroom is at hand.

    You saints, who here in patience
    your cross and suff'rings bore,
    shall live and reign forever
    when sorrow is no more.
    Around the throne of glory
    the Lamb you shall behold,
    in triumph lay before him
    your shining crowns of gold.

    Our hope and expectation,
    O Jesus, now appear;
    arise, O Sun so longed for,
    above this shadowed sphere.
    With hearts and hands uplifted
    we plead, O Lord, to see
    the day of earth's redemption
    that sets your people free. Amen.

Philippians 3:17–4:1

  • Join in imitating me, brothers and sisters, and pay careful attention to those who live according to the example you have in us.
  • 18 For I have often told you, and now say again with tears, that many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.
  • 19 Their end is destruction; their god is their stomach; their glory is in their shame. They are focused on earthly things, 20 but our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly wait for a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 21 He will transform the body of our humble condition into the likeness of his glorious body, by the power that enables him to subject everything to himself.
  • 1 So then, my dearly loved and longed for brothers and sisters, my joy and crown, in this manner stand firm in the Lord, dear friends.
helpful notes on Philippians 3:17–4:1




For yourself pray

  • That God saves you in Christ from your own selfishness

For others pray

  • That through hope in Christ coming back soon your congregation stands firm in the Lord

A song to listen to and ponder, as time allows

  • Psalm 145 (YouTube, choir, songregation, soloist, "I will praise your name forever, my King and my God)

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