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.

A Sacrifice of Praise--Feb. 10, 2014


 Lord Jesus, yours is an everlasting kingdom,
and your dominion endures throughout all generations;
but there is division in our world because of you.

Forbid that we should ever despise our birthright;
but may we continually offer a sacrifice of praise to you--
that is, the fruit of our lips that confess your name.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 5; 145; 82; 29
Gen. 25:19-34
Heb. 13:1-16
John 7:37-52

Selected Verses

Ps. 145:13
Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
          and your dominion endures throughout all generations.

Gen. 25:34
Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank, and rose and went his way.  Thus Esau despised his birthright.

Heb. 13:15
Through [Jesus], then, let us continually offer a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name.

John 7:43
So there was a division in the crowd because of [Jesus].


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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