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.

Protect Me, O Holy Spirit--Sept. 26, 2012



I have heard of you, O Holy Spirit;
yes, I have heard, and I know your name.
I am tempted to seek glory and authority;
remind me that all glory and honor
belong to God; and deliver me
from worshipping them.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 65; 147:1-11; 125; 91
Esth. 6:1-14
Acts 19:1-10
Luke 4:1-13

 

Selected Verses

Ps. 91:14
Those who love me, I will deliver;
          I will protect those who know my name.

Esth. 6:6
So Haman came in, and the king said to him, "What shall be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor?"  Haman said to himself, "Whom would the king wish to honor more than me?"

Acts 19:2
[Paul] said to [the disciples he found in Ephesus], "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?"  They replied, "No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."

Luke 4:6-7
And the devil said to him, "To you I will give their glory and all this authority; for it has been given over to me, and I give it to anyone I please.  If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours."

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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