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.

Refreshed from Your Presence--Apr. 9, 2015


God of our salvation,
we bless your name;
you daily bear us up.

We repent before you--
put your Spirit within us, that we
may live, refreshed from your presence,
to do what our Lord Jesus has commanded,
for we ask this in his name.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 47; 147:12-20; 68; 113
Ezek. 37:1-14
Acts 3:11-26
John 15:12-27

Selected Verses
Ps. 68:19
Blessed be the Lord,
          who daily bears us up;
          God is our salvation.  Selah 

Ezek. 37:14
"…I will put my spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you on your own soil; then you shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken and will act, says the LORD.”  [The LORD speaking through the prophet]

Acts 3:19-20
"…Repent therefore, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Messiah appointed for you, that is, Jesus…"  [Peter to the people gathered around him]

John 15:14
"…You are my friends if you do what I command you.  …"  [Jesus to his disciples]

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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