Peace

Morning, May 22

Ps 107:7

… it thus with me?” I looked for light, but lo, darkness came; for peace, but behold, trouble. I said in my heart, my mountain standeth firm; I shall …

Evening, April 29

Ps 149:4

… our business which did not come under our gracious Lord’s inspection! Believer, rest assured that the heart of Jesus cares about your meaner affairs. The breadth of …

Evening, May 21

Ge 42:2

… Believer, though all things are apparently against thee, rest assured that God has made a reservation on thy behalf; in the roll of thy griefs there is a …

Morning, July 5

Ro 1:7

… The fact is, if we had seen the apostle Paul, we should have thought him remarkably like the rest of the chosen family: and if we had talked …

Evening, February 11

Rev 2:4

… Then the flowers appeared in our heart; hope, love, peace, and patience sprung from the sod; the hyacinth of repentance, the snowdrop of pure holiness, the crocus of …

Evening, November 30

Rev 12:7

… War rages all around, and to dream of peace is dangerous and futile. Glory be to God, we know the end of the war. The great dragon shall …

Evening, October 9

Mt 15:23

… Genuine faith may be in the soul like a hidden seed, but as yet it may not have budded and blossomed into joy and peace. A painful silence …

Morning, April 20

Heb 2:14

… How long will be its voyage? How many wearying winds must beat upon the sail ere it shall be reefed in the port of peace? How long shall …

Evening, February 25

Jon 1:3

… Let me return to my allegiance, that I may rejoice in thy presence.” In the next place, Jonah lost all peace of mind . Sin soon destroys a believer …

Morning, July 6

Pr 1:33

… Stay yourself upon his promise; rest in his faithfulness, and bid defiance to the blackest future, for there is nothing in it direful for you. Your sole concern …

Morning, August 22

Song 5:8

… Gracious souls are never perfectly at ease except they are in a state of nearness to Christ; for when they are away from him they lose their peace …

Evening, February 14

Lu 8:47

… Courage, timid one! thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace. “ Being justified by faith, we have peace with God.”

The Security of the Church

Psalm 125:2

… There is the heresy of Rome, she that sitteth upon many waters seeketh as far as she can to delude the Church, and to draw the rest of …

Morning, April 25

Song 2:10

… To come to thee is to come home from exile, to come to land out of the raging storm, to come to rest after long labour, to come …

Morning, September 25

Ro 3:26

Morning, September 25 Go To Evening Reading “Just, and the justifier of him which believeth.” Romans 3:26 Being justified by faith, we have peace with God. Conscience …

Our Lord's Voluntary Poverty

2 Corinthians 8:9

… so to walk that they may be worthy to be examples to the rest of the flock. But even this argument is a poor one compared with that …

Morning, November 10

De 33:27

… At home, we take our rest ; it is there we find repose after the fatigue and toil of the day. And so our hearts find rest in God …

Morning, May 2

Jn 17:15

… They want to go home, not so much for the Saviour’s company, as to be at rest. Now it is quite right to desire to depart if …

Thanksgiving And Prayer

Psalm 65:11

… Fifty days afterward came the wheat harvest, when two loaves, made of the new flour, were offered before the Lord in sacrifice, together with burnt-offerings, peace-offerings …

Iconoclast

2 Kings 18:4

… or what is the place of My rest? Has not My hand made all these things?" Our sires also stood out against another idolatry which still survives in …

The Best Cloak

Isaiah 59:17

… The Christian man is to wear zeal as we wear an outward garment which covers all the rest of our garments—a flowing robe which encompasses the entire …

The Glory of Our Strength

Psalm 89:17

… If, then, you are in the Covenant, you will have the rod—you may rest sure of that! If you do not walk in God's ways, but …

'A Time to Love'

Ecclesiastes 3:8

… and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace." Ours is a checkered life. We are not long in any one state and …

Who Loves Christ More?

Luke 7:41-43

… O Beloved, lie in Christ's bosom where all the sweetest perfumes are! Rest your head upon His breast where the myrrh, and aloes, and cassia are to …

Growth in Faith

Luke 17:5

… Go in peace!" Though your past life may have been ever so vile and you have come in here without God and without hope, yet if you now …

Enduring to the End

Matthew 10:22

… Would not you be better with having a little rest?” Ah! that word rest —some of us are very fond of it; but we ought to recollect that …

The Census of Israel

Numbers 16:66

… If not a sparrow falls to the ground without our Father's knowledge, we may rest assured that no man dies without the will of God—no man …

A Troubled Prayer

Psalm 25:18

… Come, then, though sin and sorrow rest like a double burden upon our body and soul—let us go to Him and say, "Look upon my affliction and …

The Great Arbitration Case

Job 9:33

… But if not, remember, though He may make peace for others, He will never make peace for you! Understand this—that until the Grace of God has made …

The Sinner's Refuge

Numbers 35:11

… Now there is quite a troop on the road—the man is still ahead, there is no rest for him. Though one of his pursuers may pause for …

Praise Comely to the Upright

Psalm 33:1

… And he must look up to the Cross of Christ and rest there, or else he has not yet learned what it is to stand upright, for this …

Christ Lifted Up

John 12:32

… Sometimes the ambitious soldier pants for battle, because in days of peace he cannot distinguish himself. “Here I sit,” saith he, “and rust my sword in my scabbard …

The Resurrection of the Dead

Acts 24:15

… Would it be likely that two bright spirits would sit in heaven clothed in flesh, while the rest of us were unclothed? Would it be at all reasonable …

Christ Loosens From Infirmities

Luke 13:11-13

… They believe in Christ and rest on the precious blood, yet they are sometimes afraid that they have sinned the unpardonable sin. Though their better and more reasonable …

Declension from First Love

Revelation 2:4

… And rest assured, God’s grace being with me, neither you nor myself shall be spared in the pulpit in any personal sin that I may observe in …

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

Luke 15:4-7

… It was a rest-giving act, very likely needful to the sheep which could go no further, and was faint and weary. It was a full rest to …

Salvation to the Uttermost

Hebrews 7:25

… If you would be at peace with God, you must come to him through Christ, as the way, the truth, and the life, making mention of his righteousness …

Hiding Among the Stuff

1 Samuel 10:22-23

… But he held his peace," a piece of wisdom which it were well if some ministers and others, too, among us knew well how to imitate—if they …

Life, and the Path to It

Psalm 16:11

… There is one more pleasure of Heaven that I must mention, and that is rest—not that state of idleness of which some lazy people foolishly think—but …

Titles of Honor

… No, they come hand in hand, for we have joy and peace in believing! II. I have taken so long in speaking of these titles of honor that …