I am an emeritus professor from Cornell University and was a Commissioned Lay Preacher in the Presbyterian Church (USA). For many years I have followed the Daily Lectionary as printed in the Mission Yearbook of my church. For each day of a two-year cycle, the lectionary lists four psalms and three other scriptural passages--usually one from the Old Testament and two from the New Testament. My practice is to copy down a verse or two from one of the psalms and from each of the other three passages. After I have written out all four selections, I reflect upon them, rearrange their order, and incorporate them into a meditation. Sometimes I retain much of the original wording; sometimes all that remains of a selection is an idea that was stimulated when I read the original words. All selections are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. For the Daily Lectionary, see the link below.

In All Things, to Glorify God--Apr. 19, 2015


Everlasting God, God of mighty wonders,
we give you thanks, for your steadfast love
endures forever.

How great the signs of your love
that you have given us in Jesus!

Whatever words we say, whatever service
we do in the strength that you supply,
may all that we say, all that we do,
be to glorify you in all things,
through Jesus Christ.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 93; 150; 136; 117
Dan. 4:1-18
1 Pet. 4:7-11
John 21:15-25

Selected Verses
Ps. 136:3-4
O give thanks to the Lord of lords,
          for his steadfast love endures forever;
who alone does great wonders,
          for his steadfast love endures forever… 

Dan. 4:3
How great are [God's] signs,
          how mighty his wonders!
His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
          and his sovereignty is from generation to generation.

1 Pet. 4:11
Whoever speaks must do so as one speaking the very words of God; whoever serves must do so with the strength that God supplies, so that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ.  To him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

John 21:25
But there are also many other things that Jesus did; if every one of them were written down, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.

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