Peace

The Best of All—god Is With Us

1 Chronicles 22:18

… him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon—That is, peaceful, or peaceable— 9-14. And I will give peace and quietness …

Hope, Yet No Hope—No Hope, Yet Hope

Isaiah 57:10

… Superstition, strange to say, has been truthful enough to reply, "I have no rest to offer you." For what does Rome offer when you have done all? Purgatory …

Jehovah-Shammah—a Glorious Name for the New Year

Ezekiel 48:35

… And His glorious Presence shall fashion the golden age, the thousand years of peace! Then shall the nations shout, "The Lord Is Come!" What hallelujahs will then rise …

The Widow of Sarepta

1 Kings 17:8

… Inasmuch as you are made like He is, this proves that you are ordained to be made like He, and you may rest and rejoice therein! I beseech …

A Merry Christmas

Job 1:4

… God forbid I should be such a Puritan as to proclaim the annihilation of any day of rest which falls to the lot of the laboring man! I …

An Observation of the Preacher

Ecclesiastes 7:8

… Toil came but now toil is sweetened, for I look back upon it and can take my rest." Or see the good ship as the dock gates are …

Fire—the Need of the Times

Luke 12:49

… This is clear from the context, in which He declares that He is not come to send peace on the earth but a sword, and from the parallel …

A Good Soldier Of Jesus Christ

2 Timothy 2:2

… Ours is battling for the peace, and fighting for rest. We disturb the world to make it quiet, and turn it upside down to set it right. We …

Do You Know Him?

Philippians 3:10

… in thee;” but say, “Jesus, thou art my rest, and when I have thee, my spirit is at peace.” I might thus keep on speaking in praise of …

Our Champion

Judges 16:3

… your salvation if you rest in Him. Between your soul and God, I tell you, there is no dividing wall. "He is our peace, who has made both …

Justification, Propitiation, Declaration

Romans 3:24-26

… It is peace now.'lt is joy now! It is salvation nowwith me! Why should not it be so with you? You did not come here to find …

The Faithful Olive Tree

Judges 9:8

… It was urged to become ambitious and aspire to reign over the rest of the trees. We gather from Jotham's parable, at the outset, that we, also …

The Sons of God

Romans 8:16

… You are quite conscious that this is not your rest. There are too many thorns in your nest, to permit you to hope for an abiding city below …

Creation—An Argument For Faith

Jeremiah 32:17

… be still, as you command the confused notions of men to find rest and peace in Christ. He that made the heavens and the earth, even the everlasting …

Sunlight for Cloudy Days

Psalm 40:17

… Why did God rest on the seventh day? Because He had thought of all that man needed and had made all things good for Him. Our Lord Jesus …

Perseverance Without Presumption

John 10:28

… And because he was a son he came back again with weeping and bitterness of spirit, and found peace and pardon. Had he been no son, he might …

Psalm 36

Psalm 36

… His place of rest becomes the place for plotting. His bed is a hot bed for poisonous weeds. God fearing men meditate upon God and his service; but …

The Sweet Harp of Consolation

Isaiah 41:10

… Jordan divides— what ails you, O Jordan, that you were driven back? God was with His people—they feared not, but entered into their rest! This is the …

The Nobleman's Faith

John 4:46-53

… I will 'rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him.' What, though no amazing joys flash through my spirit? God has said, 'He that believes on Me …

Our Lord's First Appearance before Pilate

John 18:38

… as of hearts that have found rest. At the Cross we find a substantial joy, a far-reaching satisfaction, "the peace of God, which passes all understanding." Here …

Ho! Ho!

Isaiah 55:1

… For you shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the …

The Pentecostal Wind and Fire

Acts 2:2-4

… Let peace rest on that dear Sufferer's soul through all His days of labor and through the passion which would close them. His anointing is that of …

Anxiety, Ambition, Indecision

Luke 12:29

… It is the mindwhich is the main thing—it will bring you daylight or midnight, wealth or poverty, peace or war. I wish, dear Friends, that half the …

Good Cheer for Christians

Isaiah 25:6

… Oh, can it be that this aching head already has a right to a celestial crown? That this palpitating heart has a claim to the rest which remains …

'The Garment of Praise'

Isaiah 61:3

… what are the overflowing wine vats to him? He pines for a peace and rest which these things cannot yield. If the eyes are dark, the sun, itself …

A Good Man in An Evil Case

Psalm 55:22

… You get that in verses six to eight—"I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! For then would I fly away and be at rest …

The Two Pillars Of Salvation

Romans 4:24

… And the way of peace have they not known. Quietness, happiness, and rest are not known by sinful men. They are not in the way of finding peace …

The Sympathy of the Two Worlds

… for there is a ladder, the top whereof doth rest at the foot of the throne of the Almighty, the base whereof is fixed in the lowest place …

Psalm 93

Psalm 93

… as if all at once I were unburdened; as if I had reached a haven of rest; as if I had found a firm foundation, an ultimate principle …

The Solar Eclipse

Isaiah 45:7

… They were totally at a loss to account for it, and knew nothing about the theory which now so satisfactorily sets our minds at rest. And you are …

The Honored Guest

Luke 19:6

… If we refuse to take His yoke upon us and learn of Him, how can we reasonably expect to find rest unto our souls? The words of Jesus …

Our Position and Our Purpose

2 Corinthians 7:1

… Oh, that God would thus multiply to us the Grace and the peace that He has already given us! "Grace and peace be multiplied unto you— 2. Through …

Brave Waiting

Psalm 27:14

… Again, waiting upon the Lord breeds peace within the soul and when a man is perfectly at rest within, he cares little for trials or foes. It is …

Sarah and Her Daughters

Isaiah 51:2

… We should not let our hearts be troubled, but rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him. What is this virtue? It is a calm, quiet trusting …

The Swift Camels

1 Kings 4:20-28

… and he had peace on all sides round about him. And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan …

Limiting God

Psalm 78:41

… Who art thou that thou shouldst say to God, “I will have peace on such a day or else I will cease to supplicated” This is a common …

A Blessed Wonder

Matthew 8:10

… We are, ourselves, living witnesses of what it can do in breathing peace into the soul, and in putting sin away! And I see not why you also …

The Two Builders And Their Houses

Matthew 7:24-27

… They cry, "Peace, peace," and write themselves down among the blessed—and yet a fatal error lies at the base of all their religion. All their hopes are …

The Doors of the Shadow of Death

Job 38:17

… I do not wonder that when a man has done such glorious mischief to Satan's dominions, he should not be allowed to enter into his rest without …

Thinking and Turning

Psalm 119:59

… Such a soul in wretched unquietness walks through dry places seeking rest and finding none. Till it comes home to its God, peace and prosperity it cannot know …