Peace

The Work of Grace the Warrant for Obedience

John 5:11

… with guilt and full of woes and could not rest day nor night until He gave me peace. If I cannot tell anything much concerning the glory of …

The Panting Deer

Psalm 42:1

… So with David—he is ill at ease, but it is no question with him what he needs to give him rest of heart—"So pants my soul …

"Forever With The Lord"

1 Thessalonians 4:17

… the heads were as follows— "Forever life, forever light, forever love, forever peace, forever rest, forever joy." What a chain of delights! What more can heart imagine or …

Rejoice Evermore

1 Thessalonians 5:16

… I would that everyone of us had the heavenly anointing on our wings, the Divine perfumes of peace, joy and rest! For then others would be fascinated to …

Jesus and His Brethren

Genesis 45:1-5

… He knew who his brethren were, he knew which was Benjamin and which was Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah and the rest, and he remembered all the story of …

A Prayer for Revival

Psalm 85:6

… For He will speak peace unto His people, and to His saints. There is peace, peace, nothing else but peace for them! 8. But let them not turn …

A Holy Celebration

Exodus 12:42

… O, what lively joy you had then! Well, I daresay you have purer joy now, deeper peace, more unruffled calm. There was a good deal of flesh about …

Psalm 91

Psalm 91

… It has been so, and so shall it be till we reach the land of peace, and there among the "helmed cherubim and sworded seraphim, " we will wear …

Turning From Death

Ezekiel 33:11

… That word, "die," will come like the point of a dagger to slay the soul's false peace. In the second place, the heart will be affected. ' 'Turn …

The Church—the World's Hope

Acts 27:24

… They neither of them found peace for some months, but, it pleased God, at last, to give mother and child, who had prayed together, peace at the same …

Prosperity Under Persecution

Exodus 1:10-12

… They had settled down very quietly in Goshen, and thought that it was their rest. They had imbibed much of the manners and customs of the Egyptians. We …

Under His Shadow

Psalm 91:1

… God deliver us from that! But there is rest in a conscious grasp of Christ, a rest of contentment with Him as our All-in-All. God give …

Baptismal Regeneration

Mark 16:15-16

… Oh! if you rest upon any ceremony, though it be not baptism—if you rest upon any other than Jesus Christ, you must perish, as surely as this …

Jesus, The King of Truth

John 18:37

… Neither at daybreak had He been permitted to rest, so that from sheer weariness He must have looked very unlike a king. If you had taken some poor …

Faith Essential to Pleasing God

Hebrews 11:6

… If we are pleasing to God, although we shall not escape trial—for even the highest qualities must be tested—yet we shall find great peace and special …

Laying the Hand on the Sacrifice

Leviticus 4:29

… Of all questions in the world, it seems to me that this is the most urgent and pressing one—and that we ought not to rest until we …

Luminous Words

1 Peter 4:1-3

… They are these, "THE REST OF HIS TIME." "The rest of his time." I do not know how much there may be, but, in any case, it cannot …

The Voice Of Cholera

Amos 3:3-6

… It is a most solemn fact that human nature can scarcely bear a long continuance of peace and health. It is almost necessary that we should be, every …

The Desolations of the Lord, the Consolation of His Saints

Psalm 46:8-9

… be peace on earth, and the angel shall say, “I have gone up and down through the earth, and the earth sitteth still and is at rest; I …

Praise Your God, O Zion!

Luke 19:37-40

… But He answered and said unto them, I tell you that if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out." Luke 19:37-40 . THE …

The Sin-Bearer

… the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed.” This sin-bearing on our Lord’s part was continual. The passage before …

One Greater Than the Temple

Matthew 12:6

… or what is the place of my rest? Hath not my hand made all these things?" How remarkably Stephen does, as it were, pass over the temple with …

The Sinner's End

Psalm 73:17

… A seared conscience gives a quietude of stupidity just as a full forgiveness of sin gives a peacefulness of perfect rest. They talk about another world as though …

Barriers Broken Down

Romans 10:3

… They do not know the peace, the joy, the rest it brings— "His worth if all the nations Anew, Sure the whole world would love Him too." But …

Light for Those Who Sit in Darkness

Matthew 4:15-16

… To you who are not familiar with the gospel sound, to you who count yourselves more unworthy than the rest of mankind, to you desponding and despairing ones …

“Westwood”

… He leaped up, gazed around in anger, and then began to bark at the disturber of his peace. When the next crash came, he grew furious, and flew …

The King's Mowings

Amos 7:1

… Then shall we, having fulfilled, like the hireling, our day, lay down our tools of labor and take our rest. Then shall we put down our sword, take …

Unmitigated Prosperity

Isaiah 53:10

… At the very prospect of it, He will break forth into singing! He will rest in His love. He will rejoice over them with singing and He will …

The Man of One Subject

1 Corinthians 2:2

… But if we rest upon the naked Omnipotence of a crucified Savior, upon the innate power of the wondrous deed of love which was consummated upon Calvary—and …

The Unspeakable Gift

2 Corinthians 9:15

… of Christ's humanity and its consequent rest in God and yet He stooped out of His spirit's peace to endure the contradiction of sinners against Himself …

'Where Are the Nine?' Where?

Luke 17:17

… But he will not find it tonight, Mother." "Why, William?" she asked. "Because he is only down on one knee, Mother, and he will never get peace until …

Grace Abounding

Romans 5:20

… We have peace, a deep calm like that which came to the disciples when Christ hushed the winds and waves to sleep. "We have peace with God." His …

Prayer 2 — Thanks Be Unto God

… Oh! give peace to those whose conscience is like the troubled sea which cannot rest. O God, our God, let not the teaching of the Sunday school, the …

"Lo, I Come"—Exposition

Psalm 40:6-8

… He gave Himself no rest till He had left both joy and rest to ransom His own. May I go a step further and say that He had …

How To Converse With God

Job 13:22

… Well did the Psalmist say, "I will hear what God the Lord will speak, for He will speak peace unto His people." God's own command of mercy …

Family Reformation—or, Jacob's Second Visit to Bethel

Genesis 35:1

… I will not speak too negatively, but the Patriarch's acts look as if he desired to find a house for himself where he might rest and be …

God Forgiving Sin

Isaiah 55:7-9

… Most persons, when they remember their past lives, see a certain spot blacker than the rest. Perhaps more light falls upon that spot than upon any other, but …

A TRAITOR SUSPECTED AND CONVICTED

Romans 8:7

… If true religion were banished out of the land, you would not lose a single night's rest! And if it covered the whole earth, it would excite …

"I Thought"

2 Kings 5:11

… I hoped that in some favored hour At once He'd answer my request, And by His love's constraining power Subdue my sins, and give me rest …

For Christ'S Sake

Ephesians 4:32

… They could rest upon their feelings, their resolutions, their goodness of heart, or their prayers—but now that God the Holy Spirit has shown them what they are …