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.

Discipline Us, and Make Us Ready--April 19, 2019


Gracious and loving God, we seek you
and your strength, seek your presence continually.
Prepare our minds for action; discipline us,
so that when you call, we will be ready to answer;
where Christ goes, we will be ready to follow.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 22; 148; 105; 130
Gen. 22:1-14
1 Peter 1:10-20
John 13:36-38

Selected Verses
Ps. 105:4
Seek the LORD and his strength;
          seek his presence continually. 

Gen. 22:1
After these things God tested Abraham.  He said to him, "Abraham!"  And he said, "Here I am." 

1 Peter 1:13
Therefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed. 

John 13:36
Simon Peter said to [Jesus], "Lord, where are you going?"  Jesus answered, "Where I am going, you cannot follow me now; but you will follow afterward." 

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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