Category: Metropolitan Gleanings

Insights and meditations for the thoughtful Christian life.

Trusting God to Keep You

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2 Tim 1:12-14 (KJV) 12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed…

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The Glory of the Lord Is Risen Upon Us

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“The Glory of the Lord,” from Handel’s Messiah. Performed by Bow Valley Chorus. Exodus 40:34 
Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. Leviticus 9:23 
And Moses and Aaron went…

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Friday’s Prayer

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“Psalm 8” by Richard Smallwood. 1 John 2:3-6 (ASV) 3 And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the…

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Can Our Land Be Healed?

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Healed? Can our land be healed? The United States is a mighty but wounded nation. God has blessed us to get a level of prosperity and power unrivaled in the history of civilization. Yet, American Christians allowed our love for God and…

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God Is Our Refuge and Strength

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Psalms 46:1-3 (ASV) 1 God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas; 3…

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Sunday Morning Meditation: Quietness & Confidence

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“In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.” (Isaiah 30:15)  Sunday Morning Meditation: Quietness & Confidence The words of The LORD are blessings without measure and eternal comfort to the weary souls who struggle daily here on earth. Our…

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Earthquake!

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James 1: 13-16 (Amplified version) 13 Let no one say when he is tempted, I am tempted from God; for God is incapable of being tempted by [what is] evil and He Himself tempts no one. 14 But every person is tempted…

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But What?

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James 1:6-8 (KJV) 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. 7 For let not that man think that he shall receive…

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