11th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Galatians 2. 16, 19-21 ESV – living by faith

Reading: Galatians 2:16, 19-21 ESV

We know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified….

For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.

Prayer: Lord Jesus – There is nothing I can do to make you love me more than you do right now… it’s all about you, Lord. By your grace through faith… I am included in your family. Live your life in me and through me… help me to do the right things no matter how hard they may be at the time. And may I never shy away from taking up my cross… and following you. To you be all the glory. Amen.

Hymn: “In the Cross of Christ I Glory” – John Bowring (1825)
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