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.

Morning Prayer--Jan. 25, 2018


In the morning let me hear of your steadfast love,
for in you, God Almighty, I put my trust.
You know that I am never  blameless
as I approach you, but teach me,
O Lord, the way I should go,
for to you I lift up my soul.
If even Jesus could do nothing
on his own, but sought to do only
your will, how much more am I in need!

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 143; 147:12-20; 81; 116
Gen. 16:15-17:14
Heb. 10:1-10
John 5:30-47

Selected Verses
Ps. 143:8
 Let me hear of your steadfast love in the morning,
          for in you I put my trust.
Teach me the way I should go,
          for to you I lift up my soul.

Gen. 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, "I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless.  …"

Heb. 10:1
Since the law has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered year after year, make perfect those who approach.

John 5:30
"I can do nothing on my own.  As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek to do not my own will but the will of him who sent me.  …"  [Jesus to those who wanted to kill him]

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