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.

Great Things Beyond Understanding--Aug. 28, 2020

 

You do great things beyond understanding

and marvelous things without number;

let your Holy Spirit fall upon us.

 

We come to you thirsty, Jesus,

fill us with living water;

 

hear our supplication;

accept our prayer.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 88; 148; 6; 20

Job 9:1-15, 32-35

Acts 10:34-48

John 7:37-52

 

Selected Verses

Ps. 6:9

The LORD has heard my supplication;
          the LORD accepts my prayer.

 

Job 9:10

“…who does great things beyond understanding, and marvelous things without number.  …”

[Job, to his friends]

 

Acts 10:44

While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard the word.

 

John 7: 37-52

On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink.  …”


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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