Peace

Faith in Perfection

Psalm 138:8

… And now you that are afraid about the future, rest with us in this sweet promise. How often do you and I stand star-gazing into the future …

Blessing for Blessing

Ephesians 1:3

… I will read the rest of the third verse—"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings …

Waking to See Christ's Glory

Luke 9:32

… sometimes she comes in when there is a stress of mental excitement, whether joyous or grievous, and gives rest, even by unwilling slumber, to those who otherwise might …

Lame Sheep

Hebrews 12:13

… They have no clear notion whatever of the things which make for their peace. May we be preserved from all willful ignorance and woeful infatuation! May God supply …

David's Five-stringed Harp

… He was a man who would have liked to go through the world at peace with everybody. Even when Saul tried to hunt him to the death, you …

Decided Ungodliness

Jeremiah 5:3

… Indeed, I cannot rest as I am, I need to find something better." Then why do you not find it? You cannot have peace with God all the …

A Singular Title and a Special Favor

Psalm 59:10

… are no stranger there! There Lo ve Divine shall be your guard, And peace and safety your reward." On this special occasion David was driven more closely to …

Gratitude for Great Deliverances

Psalm 102:19-22

… We naturally look for some pleasing sight—we like to let our eyes rest upon that beautiful lake in the distance, or that forest browning with the tints …

The Gracious Lips of Jesus

Psalm 45:2

… Whether we consider the heroic Elijah, or the plaintive Jeremiah, or Isaiah, that seraphic Seer who spoke more of Christ than all the rest, we find that each …

Very Singular

2 Samuel 17:23

… The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Are not you a seer? Return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaazyour son, and …

Thoughts on the Last Battle

1 Corinthians 15:56-57

… been a false prophet instead of a true one, speaking peace, peace, where there was no peace, deluding them with lies, charming them with music, when he ought …

Christ the Destroyer of Death

1 Corinthians 15:26

… The sepulcher is no longer an empty vault, a dreary morgue, but a chamber of rest, a dormitory furnished and prepared, hung with the drapes which Christ, Himself …

Individuality, and Its Opposite

… If all the rest of the world should be blest, and the hamlet to which you minister should be unvisited, the general revival would be no joy to …

The Bond of the Covenant

Ezekiel 20:34-38

… The great question for each one is—Am I under that New Covenant? Am I under that Covenant of Grace and peace?—that Covenant "ordered in all things …

First Things First

… At times our inner life flames up into a blaze of joy and if usually it burns lower, there is at least a steady fire of peace upon …

Alas! I Can Do Nothing!

… There it stands: "In due time Christ died for the ungodly." Fix your mind on that, and rest there. Let this one great, gracious, glorious fact lie in …

Good Earnests of Great Success

Acts 6:7

… Well might great grace rest upon them all, for they loved each other with a pure heart fervently. Such unanimity, as a rule, I consider essential to church …

Substitution

2 Corinthians 5:21

… Now, whosoever believeth in Christ Jesus hath peace with God, because “he hath made Christ to be sin for us, though he knew no sin, that we might …

Watching For Christ's Coming

Luke 12:37

… It often seems to me as if now, after finding rest at the Table by feeding upon Christ, whose real Presence we have—not after a carnal sort …

Ecce Rex

John 19:14

… He was setting up a new Throne on Gabbatha, where He would reign as the King of pardoned sinners and the Prince of Peace! He was King before …

The Keynote of the Year

Psalm 103:1

… How can we complain? If we are not in Hell, everything is mercy! If you, a pardoned sinner, had to spend the rest of your days on earth …

Psalm 123

Psalm 123

… The change of performers in this psalm is very evident; the pronoun in the first distich is in the first person singular, in the rest of psalm the …

New Tokens of Ancient Love

Jeremiah 31:3

… The understanding has been enlightened that acts upon the rest of the powers of the mind—and thus the man is influenced. We may even say compelled without …

The Spirit of Bondage and Adoption

Romans 8:15

… The Spirit of bondage comes not to all alike, for some find peace and life in a moment, and come to Calvary as soon as Sinai begins to …

The History of Little-Faith

Matthew 14:31

… to endure the humiliation which must follow upon the collapse of untried confidence. Rest assured, Brothers and Sisters, that between here and Heaven we shall need every ounce …

Open Heart For The Great Savior

John 1:12

… He had not his peace to make with God in his last hour—he had not then to seek Christ—but was full of perfect peace and rejoicing …

The Dying Thief in a New Light

Luke 23:40-42

… Judas had sold Him, Peter had denied Him and the rest had forsaken Him! And it was then that the dying thief called Him, "Lord," and said, "Remember …

Receiving the Holy Spirit

Acts 19:2

… The knowledge of the letter only puffs up those who rest in it—and eventually the letter kills. But the inward whisper, the secret admonition, the silent operation …

The Crown of Thorns

Matthew 27:29

… He was but meanly dressed, for He wore only the smock frock of a peasant—was He a claimant of the purple? He held His peace—was He …

A Stanza of Deliverance

Psalm 105:37

… We find no rest with them, but our soul is among lions. They seem as though they would devour us, or else frighten us from following the road …

Soul Satisfaction

Psalm 35:3

… And if it is good, it will be a sweet thing for me to know that it is certainly so and then my "peace shall be like a …

Thorns and Thistles

Genesis 3:18

… No, we must not expect perfect peace, perfect happiness even in the home which is blessed with morning and evening prayer, where God locks up the door at …

Apart

Zechariah 12:12-14

… And rest you assured of this fact, that the repentance which has no tears in its eyes and no mourning for sin in its heart is a repentance …

Mediation of Moses

Exodus 32:14

… And he was enjoying a profound peace of mind, when, all of a sudden, he was startled. The whole tone of the speech of the Lord seemed changed …

Hypocrisy

Luke 12:1

… he is virtuous, because to be virtuous is to be praised; but if tomorrow vice were at a premium he would be as vicious as the rest. Applause …

'Magnificat'

Judges 5:12

… We are freemen; we are not slaves; we are not sold into the hand of cruel taskmasters, but we that have believed do enter into rest:" Hebrews 4 …

The Greatest Folly in the World

Romans 3:11

… When you have God as yours, then you have rest, peace, pardon, joy, help— help in time and help in eternity. Oh, happy was the day when first …

Honor for Honor

1 Samuel 2:30

… He has made Himself known to us in a way that He has not revealed Himself to the rest of His creatures. His handiwork is seen in the …

A Distinction with a Difference

Luke 1:18

… While on the other hand, faith brings rest and peace. So much concerning Zacharias. II. Now let us turn our eyes to MARY. Mary used much the same …

Christian Sympathy

Job 30:25

… O that ye would altogether hold your peace and it shall be your wisdom." Job, in his great indignation at the shameful accusation of unkindness to the needy …