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.

Abide in Us, Jesus--Feb. 5, 2020


[From Feb. 3, 2016 archive]

Jesus, you taught us to pray
not to be led into the time of testing,
but to be delivered from evil.
Abide in us, that we may overcome
sin with its fleeting pleasures.
Abide in us, that we may abide in you
and may declare among all
the peoples your marvelous works.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 96; 147:1-11; 132; 134
Gen. 22:1-18
Heb. 11:23-31
John 6:52-59

Selected Verses
Ps. 96:3
Declare [the LORD's] glory among the nations,
          his marvelous works among all the peoples. 

Gen. 22:1a
After these things God tested Abraham. 

Heb. 11:25
…choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 

John 6:56
"…Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them.  …"  [Jesus to those who were upset with what he said.]

Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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