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 Your Hands--March 14, 2015

[From March 17, 2007 archive]

Deliver me, O God, from sin, that it
may have no dominion over me;
for my times are in your hands.

Do not let my pride, my great pride,
block out your words.  By your
grace deliver me, Lord, I pray.

 

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 43; 149; 31; 143
Jer. 13:1-11
Rom. 6:12-23
John 8:47-59

Selected Verses
Ps. 31:15
My times are in your hand;
            deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors.

Jer. 13:9
Thus says the LORD: Just so I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.

Rom. 6:14
For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

John 8:47
“Whoever is from God hears the words of God.  …”  [Jesus to those who wanted to kill him]
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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