- Exodus 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
- Psalm 104:23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
- Psalm 127:1 Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
- Psalm 128:2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
- Proverbs 10:16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
- Ecclesiastes 1:3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
- Lamentations 5:5 Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
- Matthew 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
- John 6:27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
- Ephesians 4:28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
- 1 Timothy 4:10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
- Hebrews 4:11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
- Hebrews 6:10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
- Revelation 14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
Showing posts with label Rest. Show all posts
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Monday, September 07, 2020
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Rest
While I've been running around like a chicken with its head cut off, my old dog has been lying around like a head with its chicken cut off. Guess who's smarter?
"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28
"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28
Thursday, August 19, 2010
"Selah" by Ramsbottom
"Selah" by Ramsbottom
We live in a world of much rush, haste and bustle. Never has there been a time when people have seemed so busy and yet all this with a shorter working week and apparently more leisure time.
Satan loves people to be so busy that they scarcely have time for a moment's thought of eternal things in fact, not even a thought for the nobler things of this life.
The word "SELAH" is found continually in the Book of Psalms. It appears to indicate a pause in the music; so often we find that after something of great importance appears the word "SELAH": stop, pause, think about it.
It must not be rushed. And what is written in Scripture is written on the heart of every sinner saved by grace.
Divine teaching will bring us each to stop, pause and "consider our latter end."
"Pause, my soul, and ask the question, Art thou ready to meet God?"
The spirit of the age affects God's people also.
How easy it is to be swallowed up with the rush and bustle of even lawful, even necessary things!
We need the loving rebuke of the Lord:
"Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: but one thing is needful."
Sometimes the voice of affliction is:
"Come ye yourselves apart and rest awhile."
It is easy to be carried away by the rush and bustle of religious activities.
Were there ever so many services?
Was there ever so much preaching?
But what of the effect?
This is a word specially to gospel preachers.
The recent reading of the life of a well-known preacher of the last century brought this solemnly home. How he was taught the vital importance of drawing nigh even into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, and seeking to dwell there!
"He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide beneath the shadow of the Almighty."
It seems that today there is a wrong balance. We have as much preaching, as many services as the saints of old and, we believe, the same truth. But they were blessed with much nearness, much communion with the Lord, much of the Spirit, much wrestling in prayer.
If we preach much, and pray not as much, there will be little fruit of our ministry.
O for grace to be found waiting daily, hourly, on the Lord!
By B.A. Ramsbottom
We live in a world of much rush, haste and bustle. Never has there been a time when people have seemed so busy and yet all this with a shorter working week and apparently more leisure time.
Satan loves people to be so busy that they scarcely have time for a moment's thought of eternal things in fact, not even a thought for the nobler things of this life.
The word "SELAH" is found continually in the Book of Psalms. It appears to indicate a pause in the music; so often we find that after something of great importance appears the word "SELAH": stop, pause, think about it.
It must not be rushed. And what is written in Scripture is written on the heart of every sinner saved by grace.
Divine teaching will bring us each to stop, pause and "consider our latter end."
"Pause, my soul, and ask the question, Art thou ready to meet God?"
The spirit of the age affects God's people also.
How easy it is to be swallowed up with the rush and bustle of even lawful, even necessary things!
We need the loving rebuke of the Lord:
"Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: but one thing is needful."
Sometimes the voice of affliction is:
"Come ye yourselves apart and rest awhile."
It is easy to be carried away by the rush and bustle of religious activities.
Were there ever so many services?
Was there ever so much preaching?
But what of the effect?
This is a word specially to gospel preachers.
The recent reading of the life of a well-known preacher of the last century brought this solemnly home. How he was taught the vital importance of drawing nigh even into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, and seeking to dwell there!
"He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide beneath the shadow of the Almighty."
It seems that today there is a wrong balance. We have as much preaching, as many services as the saints of old and, we believe, the same truth. But they were blessed with much nearness, much communion with the Lord, much of the Spirit, much wrestling in prayer.
If we preach much, and pray not as much, there will be little fruit of our ministry.
O for grace to be found waiting daily, hourly, on the Lord!
By B.A. Ramsbottom
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