READ Romans 1
Paul emphasizes the importance of the gospel message.

INSIGHT
According to Romans 1:18-20, all people have two avenues for beginning to learn about God. First, all human beings have an inner awareness of God or conscience (v. 19). Second, they can look at nature and learn several truths about God: (1) His invisible attributes—beauty, intelligence, etc.; (2) His eternal power—what awesome power it takes to put the stars in place!; (3) His divine nature—that there is a God who is higher than humanity and nature. Whenever anyone looks at nature and honestly searches their own heart, they can know that there is a God.

PRAYER
The righteousness of God has been imputed to you if you are a child of God, and you can praise Him in holiness and truth:
The Lord reigns! He is robed in majesty;
The Lord is robed, enveloped in strength.
The world is firmly established;
It cannot be shaken.  
Your throne has been established
From the beginning; you are from eternity
(Psalm 93:1-2).

Pause for praise and thanksgiving, and pray this confession to the Lord as you seek to keep your life free from sin and in fellowship with Him:
You do not want a sacrifice, or I would give it;
You are not pleased with a burnt offering.  
The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit.
You will not despise a broken and humbled heart, God
(Psalm 51:16-17).

Confess any sins that the Holy Spirit brings to your mind, and pray this affirmation to the Lord:
There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to people by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12).

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord  (Romans 6:23).

As you make your requests known to the Lord, include:

• The development of an eternal perspective
• Your activities for the day
• Whatever else is on your heart

Offer this closing prayer to the Lord:
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all (2 Corinthians 13:13).