daily reading 53.1 (Psalm 149)

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


Our opening prayer for this week:

    Oh, rejoice, all Christians, loudly,
    For our joys have now begun;
    Wondrous things our God has done.
    Tell abroad his goodness proudly,
    Who our race has honored so,
    That he lives with us below.
        Joy, oh, joy beyond all gladness,
        Christ has done away with sadness!
        Hence all sorrow and refining,
        For the Sun of grace is shining!

    See, my soul, your Savior chooses
    Poverty and weakness, too;
    In such love he comes to you.
    Neither crib nor cross refuses,
    All he suffers for your good
    To redeem you by his blood.
        Joy, oh, joy beyond all gladness,
        Christ has done away with sadness!
        Hence all sorrow and refining,
        For the Sun of grace is shining!

    Lord, how shall I thank you rightly?
    I am saved eternally
    By your life and death for me.
    Let me not regard you lightly
    But on you in faith depend,
    Praising you, my heav'nly friend.
        Joy, oh, joy beyond all gladness,
        Christ has done away with sadness!
        Hence all sorrow and refining,
        For the Sun of grace is shining!

    Jesus, guard and guide your members; 
    Make us children of your grace;
    Hear our prayers in ev'ry place.
    Fan to life faith's glowing embers;
    Give all Christians far and near
    Holy peace, a glad new year.
        Joy, oh, joy beyond all gladness,
        Christ has done away with sadness!
        Hence all sorrow and refining,
        For the Sun of grace is shining! Amen.

Psalm 149

  • Hallelujah! 
  • Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of the faithful.
  • 2 Let Israel celebrate its Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.
  • 3 Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with tambourine and lyre.
  • 4 For the LORD takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation.
  • 5 Let the faithful celebrate in triumphal glory; let them shout for joy on their beds.
  • 6 Let the exaltation of God be in their mouths and a double-edged sword in their hands, 7 inflicting vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples, 8 binding their kings with chains and their dignitaries with iron shackles, 9 carrying out the judgment decreed against them. This honor is for all his faithful people. 
  • Hallelujah!
helpful notes on Psalm 149
 


For yourself pray

  • That God gives you such joy and gratitude in Christ that you to fit it all in you have to keep singing even on your bed

For others pray

  • That God gives your pastor(s) energy, holiness, and hope in Christ

A song to listen to and ponder, as time allows

  • Psalm 149 (YouTube, duet, "Sing to the Lord a new song")


 

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