St. John’s University, Collegivelle, MN, 56231 2006 Monday, June 22 By: Garrett Vickrey Psalm 40 [From Psalms for a New World] I have trusted You, Holy One and waited for You. When I was mired in misery you touched me with your spirit. You pulled me out and set me on solid ground. You…
St. John’s University, Collegivelle, MN, 56231 2006 Sunday, June 21 By: Sharon Sheriff Psalm 63 A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah. 1 You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is…
St. John’s University, Collegivelle, MN, 56231 2006 Thursday, June 18 By: Edgar Twedt Psalm 100 (nrsv) 1 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth. 2 Worship the Lord with gladness; come into his presence with singing. 3 Know that the Lord is God. It is he that made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep…
St. John’s University, Collegivelle, MN, 56231 2006 Tuesday, June 16 By Edie Dutton PSALM 91 1 Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” 3 Surely he…
St. John’s University, Collegivelle, MN, 56231 2006 Saturday, June 13 PSALM 46 Derlene Williams 1God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. 2Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, 3though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. 4There is a…
St. John’s University, Collegivelle, MN, 56231 2006 Thursday, June 11 By: Grayson Hanchey (10 years old) Psalm 147 (New Revised Standard Version): Praise for God’s Care for Jerusalem This psalm is a celebration. It’s like 3 verses of a hymn where the community of Jerusalem (Israel) praise God. There are 3 parts of the psalm,…
St. John’s University, Collegivelle, MN, 56231 2006 Wednesday, June 10 By Barbara Higdon Psalm 19 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet their…
St. John’s University, Collegivelle, MN, 56231 2006 Thursday, June 4 The Two Ways A meditation by Ray Cook Furr Psalm 1 1Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers; 2but their delight is in the law of the Lord, and…
St. John’s University, Collegivelle, MN, 56231 2006 Sunday, May 31st I am frightened by the insecurities about me. I am sorely tempted to run for my life, to take refuge in foolish escapades that dim the vision and drug the soul. There is no escape from the realities of this fractured world… But there is…
Saturday, May 30th I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern…