Category: Metropolitan Gleanings

Insights and meditations for the thoughtful Christian life.

No Night There

Rev 21:25 (KJV)  “And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.” “No Night There” When I was a child,  the fact that there would be no night in…

Don’t Be Afraid

But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. Proverbs 1:33 (KJV) Fear is an awful, toxic emotion. It causes your heart to race, your blood pressure to rise, and chases sleep far…

The Sold Soul

Rev 18:11-13 (KJV) 11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: 12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen,…

Fish Outside Your Comfort Zone

Luke 5:5 Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.” Fish Outside Your Comfort Zone  Everybody likes progress, and seeing that things are moving along…

Watch Your Mouth!

“..the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.” John 6:63 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Romans 10:17 (NKJV) Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And…

Naked!

Rev 3:18-19 (KJV) 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint…

What Heaven Is Like

The London Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Sir Colin Davis) performs the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah. Revelation 11:15 (KJV)  The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for…

Your Prayers Shake-up the Whole World

2 Chronicles 16:9 (KJV): 9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou…

How to Overcome Evil With Good

Romans 12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer;…