Romans 1 & 3

Father, I love your gospel. It is your power to salvation for everyone who believes. Your righteousness is revealed from faith to faith, and the just live by faith.

You show your person to all men through your creation. Your invisible attributes are clearly seen in all the things that were made. Your eternal power and sovereignty are so clear that all could know you are God, so any who will not see and glorify you are without excuse.

Striving so hard not to see your presence, those who will not believe and give thanks become more and more futile in their mind. They profess great wisdom and yet become obviously foolish. They are ungrateful, and their hearts are darkened. Therefore, Father, you give them up to uncleanness and give them over to their vile passions.

But to those who see you in creation and who are drawn to you in faith, you become a light in our mind. We see that your righteousness comes to each of us through faith in Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ has justified me through faith in your gospel, Father.