Peace

Evening, September 5

Job 38:16

… If this be so in the things which are seen and temporal, I may rest assured that it is even more so in matters spiritual and eternal. Why …

Evening, April 12

Ne 3:15

… How do the flowers flourish? Do any choice fruits appear? Does the King walk within, and rest in the bowers of my spirit? Let me see that the …

Evening, September 21

Ps 26:9

… and can you compass the altar of God with humble hope? If so, rest assured, with the wicked you never shall be gathered, for that calamity is impossible …

Morning, March 5

1Th 5:6

… Among the rest, let me strongly advise Christians to converse together concerning the ways of the Lord. Christian and Hopeful, as they journeyed towards the Celestial City, said …

Evening, March 7

Ps 118:8

… Covet not Jonah’s gourd, but rest in Jonah’s God. Let the sandy foundations of terrestrial trust be the choice of fools, but do thou, like one …

Knowing the Lord Through Pardoned Sin

Jeremiah 31:34

… Now he acquaints himself with God and is at peace. Of this gracious knowledge of the Lord I am going to speak this morning. This is to be …

Morning, January 4

2Pe 3:18

… nearer.” Absence from Christ is hell; but the presence of Jesus is heaven. Rest not then content without an increasing acquaintance with Jesus. Seek to know more of …

Morning, April 7

Ps 4:2

… A throne of honour was found for him upon the bloody tree; no easier place of rest would rebel men yield to their liege Lord. The cross was …

Evening, April 10

Ac 27:23

… one man alone among them remained perfectly calm, and by his word the rest were reassured. Paul was the only man who had heart enough to say, “Sirs …

Safety in Conflict

… fallen tree; but you are to dash forward with the irresistible force of God, sweeping everything away, till you find at last the place of your perfect rest.

Evening, April 3

Is 53:6

… Strange is it that where misery was concentrated mercy reigned; where sorrow reached her climax weary souls find rest. The Saviour bruised is the healing of bruised hearts …

Morning, December 1

Ps 74:17

… Let us draw nigh to him, and in him find joy and peace in believing. Let us wrap ourselves in the warm garments of his promises, and go …

Evening, March 12

1Sa 30:13

… You belong to the Son of God, then trust him ; rest nowhere but on him. You belong to the King of kings, then be decided for him . Thus …

Morning, August 20

2Sa 23:1

… He had temptations from without to disturb his peace, and from within to mar his joy. David no sooner escaped from one trial than he fell into another …

Evening, August 14

Ex 3:7

… Why should the member have a brain of its own when the head fulfils for it every intellectual office? Here, then, must the believer rest his comfort in …

Morning, April 29

Je 17:17

… True, it is written in God’s Word, “Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace;” and it is a great truth, that religion …

Morning, May 26

Ps 55:22

… us close to him, and strengthen us against much temptation. “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusteth in thee.”

Morning, August 19

Mic 5:4

… leave his Church to barrenness.” His eyes never slumber, and his hands never rest; his heart never ceases to beat with love, and his shoulders are never weary …

Psalm 105

Psalm 105

… The rest of the psalm is a sermon, of which these first verses constitute the text. Verse 2. Sing unto him. Bring your best thoughts and express them …

Evening, April 30

Ps 139:17

… hence their final perseverance by which they shall be brought safely to their final rest. In all our wanderings the watchful glance of the Eternal Watcher is evermore …

Morning, May 9

Eph 1:3

… In the everlasting settlements of predestinating wisdom and omnipotent decree, the eye of the Lord Jesus was ever fixed on us; and we may rest assured that in …

Morning, July 14

Ex 20:25

… Trembling sinner, away with thy tools, and fall upon thy knees in humble supplication; and accept the Lord Jesus to be the altar of thine atonement, and rest …

Morning, September 27

De 33:29

… spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.” The rod of chastisement must rest upon us in our measure, but it worketh for us the comfortable fruits of …

Evening, January 22

Job 1:9

… tribulations, because as his tribulations abound, so his consolations abound by Christ Jesus. Rest assured, if you are a child of God, you will be no stranger to …

Evening, January 23

Song 1:4

… We remember that burning fire of love which will never let thee hold thy peace until thy chosen ones be all safely housed, until Zion be glorified, and …

Evening, March 31

2Sa 21:10

… them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.” 2 Samuel …

Evening, August 9

Mk 16:9

… What a blessed deliverance! What a happy change! From delirium to delight, from despair to peace, from hell to heaven! Straightway she became a constant follower of Jesus …

Morning, September 1

Ps 73:24

… There is a word for thee, O believer; rest thou in it. Be assured that thy God will be thy counsellor and friend; he shall guide thee; he …

Morning, November 20

La 3:58

… gracious Comforter, shake off those doubts and fears which so much mar our peace and comfort. Be this our prayer, that we may have done with the harsh …

Morning, January 13

1Ki 22:48

… Would to God that Jehoshaphat’s experience might be a warning to the rest of the Lord’s people, to avoid being unequally yoked together with unbelievers! A …

Evening, March 24

Lu 10:21

… Of all the human race, there was never a man who had a deeper, purer, or more abiding peace than our Lord Jesus Christ. “He was anointed with …

Evening, June 11

Ps 76:3

… Lord, ye who make mention of his name, keep not silence, neither by day, nor when the sun goeth to his rest. Bless the Lord, O my soul.

Morning, June 15

Ge 21:6

… I would surprise my family with my abundant peace; I would delight my friends with my ever-increasing happiness; I would edify the Church with my grateful confessions …

Evening, November 27

Eph 1:7

… Forever blessed be the revelation of atoning love which not only tells me that pardon is possible, but that it is secured to all who rest in Jesus …

Evening, July 29

Jn 6:37

… Oh! the power and majesty which rest in the words “ shall come .” He does not say they have power to come, nor they may come if they will …

Morning, August 26

Ps 111:9

… The covenant is a treasury of wealth, a granary of food, a fountain of life, a store-house of salvation, a charter of peace, and a haven of …

Evening, September 14

Ps 32:5

… the lancet of confession, his spirit was full of torment, and knew no rest. At last it came to this, that he must return unto his God in …

Morning, May 8

Jn 5:13

… when the Lord Jesus speaks the word of power, and gives joy and peace in believing. The evil removed is too great to be removed without our discerning …

Morning, May 25

Ps 38:21

… God of my salvation!’” “O ever in our cleansed breast, Bid thine Eternal Spirit rest; And make our secret soul to be A temple pure and worthy thee.”

Evening, June 9

Jn 5:39

… We must not rest content with having given a superficial reading to a chapter or two, but with the candle of the Spirit we must deliberately seek out …