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.

Refresh Our Hearts in Christ--Oct. 23, 2021

[From Oct. 26, 2019 archive]

 

God, Our Maker and  King, we rejoice in you.

Refresh our hearts in Christ, for out of

the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 

Grant us treasure of love in our hearts, 

that we may not be slack in doing good things.

 

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 122; 149; 100; 63

Ezra 4:7, 11-24

Ezra 4:7

Philemon 1-25

 

Selected Verses 

Ps. 149:2

Let Israel be glad in its Maker;
          let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.

 

Ezra 4:22

“…Moreover, take care not to be slack in this matter; why should damage grow to the hurt of the king?”

 

Philemon 20

Yes, brother, let me have this benefit from you in the Lord!  Refresh my heart in Christ.

 

Matt. 12:34b-35

“…For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.  The good person brings good things out of a good treasure, and the evil person brings evil things out of an evil treasure.  …”  [Jesus, to his critics]


Posted by Elmer E. Ewing

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