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.

We Come to You in Worship, Christ--Jan. 5, 2016


We come to you in worship, Christ, for you are holy,
and we extol your name.
We come to you with the voice of thanksgiving,
for you have delivered us.
We come to you in our weakness and need,
for in you we can be strong.
We come to you in hope, for you are
the resurrection and the life.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 99; 146; 96; 110
Jonah 2:2-9
Eph. 6:10-20
John 11:17-27, 38-44

Selected Verses
Ps. 99:9
Extol the LORD our God,
          and worship at his holy mountain;
          for the LORD our God is holy.

Jonah 2:9
"…But I with the voice of thanksgiving
            will sacrifice to you;
what I have vowed I will pay.
            Deliverance belongs to the LORD!"
[Johah's prayer, from the belly of the fish]

Eph. 6:10
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power.

John 11:25a
Jesus said to [Martha], "I am the resurrection and the life.  …"
Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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