Tag: Metropolitan Gleanings

Morning Verse September 23: Accepted in the beloved. – Ephesians 1:6

Morning Verse September 23 “Accepted in the beloved.” Ephesians 1:6 What a state of privilege! It includes our justification before God, but the term “acceptance” in the Greek means more than that. It signifies that we are the objects of divine…

Look Up & Live

Silver-Lining. Photo by Verneda Lights.

2 Chronicles 16:12 In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was afflicted with a disease in his feet. Though his disease was severe, even in his illness he did not seek help from the Lord, but only from the…

To the Pure All Things Are Pure

Titus 1:15-16 (KJV) 15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. 16 They profess that they know God; but in works…

Remember Lot’s Wife!

Genesis 18:22 The men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the Lord. There are many times in our lives where we need to turn. The word “turn” used in today’s verse means “to face.” When…

Take the Snake by the Tail

Exodus 4:4 Then the Lord said to him, “Reach out your hand and take it by the tail.” So Moses reached out and took hold of the snake and it turned back into a staff in his hand. Take the…

Wise Man, Foolish Man

21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, Romans 1:21-22 (KJV)…

Got Faith?

17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. Romans 1:17 (KJV) Scientists and intellectuals often look askance at faith because they think it is vague and…

Word Therapy

1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of…

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…