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.

If We Would Strengthen Your Church--Sept. 17, 2012



If we would strengthen your church in the faith,
on your wondrous works and on the
glorious splendor of your
majesty we must
meditate.

If we would strengthen your church in the faith,
then we must acknowledge to you
that our own right hand
cannot give us
victory.

If we would strengthen your church in the faith,
then surely we must look for Jesus
and expect him to come
to the festival.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 135; 145; 97; 112
Job 40:1-24
Acts 15:36-16:5
John 11:55-12:8

Selected Verses
Ps. 145:5
On the glorious splendor of your majesty,
      and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.

Job 40:14
"…Then I will also acknowledge to you that your own right hand can give you victory. …" [The LORD to Job]

Acts 16:5
So the churches were strengthened in the faith and increased in numbers daily.

John 11:56
[Many of those going to Jerusalem for the Passover] were looking for Jesus and were asking one another as they stood in the temple, "What do you think? Surely he will not come to the festival, will he?"

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