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.

To Set Our Minds on the Spirit--March 31, 2018



We lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven.
Let your face shine upon your servants;
save us in your steadfast love.

We do not harden our hearts;
we set our mind on the Spirit,
which gives us life and peace.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 43; 149; 31; 143
Lam. 3:37-58
Heb. 4:1-16
Rom. 8:1-11

Selected Verses
Ps. 31:16
 Let your face shine upon your servant;
          save me in your steadfast love. 

Lam. 3:41
Let us lift up our hearts as well as our hands to God in heaven.

Heb. 4:7b
…"Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts."

Rom. 8:6
To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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