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.

Intercede for Us, Lord Jesus--Jan. 25, 2014


By stages we travel through life, Lord Jesus;
no matter the stage, intercede for us;
we approach God through you.

Your food was to do the will of him
who sent you and to complete his work.
Lord, open to us the gates of righteousness,
that we may come through, giving thanks to you.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 56; 149; 118; 111
Gen. 12:9-13:1
Heb. 7:18-28
John 4:27-42

Selected Verses

Ps. 118:19
Open to me the gates of righteousness,
          that I may enter through them
          and give thanks to the LORD.

Gen. 12:9
And Abram journeyed on by stages toward the Negeb.

Heb. 7:25
Consequently [Jesus] is able for all time to save those who approach God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

John 4:34
Jesus said to [his disciples], "My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to complete his work.  …"

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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