Work & Service

The Rider on the White Horse and the Armies with Him

Revelation 19:11-16

… The work He undertook to do He has accomplished! He has in nothing drawn back from the Covenant engagements under which He laid Himself of old. He stood …

The Well-Beloved

… to battle with, no doubts to drive away, we should have a heavenly service. For my part, I wish I could be bound over to play only upon …

Two Good Things

Psalm 119:71

… And so the trouble did not work in them any permanent good; it rather developed their combative tendencies and they have ever since remained with their hands against …

Psalm 43

Psalm 43

… He who is the author of a mysterious trial can best expound it to us. "Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God …

Love

1 John 4:19

… She has a work to do which must be accomplished. She is straitened because your help is withheld from her; pour your gifts into her treasury, for all …

Two Advents Of Christ

Hebrews 9:27

… And now, though we have the Words of Scripture to assure us that He will come quickly and that His reward is with Him and His work before …

How To Keep the Heart

Philippians 4:7

… And keep thy conscience still; then shall thy heart be full and thy soul strong to do thy Master’s work. Keep thy peace with God. This will …

The Shulamite'S Choice Prayer

Solomon 8:6

… You know that when he put on his holy garments—those robes of glory and beauty—he wore the breastplate of cunning work in which four rows of …

Psalm 82

Psalm 82

… The invocation: Arise, etc. 2. The prediction: For thou shalt, etc.—G. R. WORK UPON THE EIGHTY-SECOND PSALM "The Beauty of Magistracy. An Exposition of Psalm 82 …

Omniscience

Genesis 16:13

… There is a working God everywhere, a God with his eyes open everywhere, a God with his hands at work everywhere; a God doing something, not a God …

Effectual Calling

Luke 19:5

… If it is Jesus at work in thy soul, he will come and tarry in thine heart, and consecrate thee for his own for ever. He says, “I …

The Immutability of Christ

Hebrews 13:8

… And now, last of all, if Jesus Christ be “the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever,” what sad work this is for the ungodly! Ah! sinner, when …

The Truly Blessed Man

Psalm 1:1-3

… His is a secret and mysterious power—the work of the Holy Spirit—who "works in us to will and do of God's good pleasure." In ourselves …

Reigning Grace

Romans 5:21

… The man, being kept in temptation, has a work to do for his Lord. I have often felt that there is no case where Grace reigns more powerfully …

Little Sins

Genesis 19:20

… If it had been a great evil, all men would have set to work to crush it. This little evil is not to be eradicated, and of that …

Are You Mocked?

Psalm 14:6

… You young men in the great firms of London, you working men that work in the factories—you are sneered at. Let them sneer. If they can sneer …

Justice Satisfied

Romans 3:26

… Wesley. “I wish to hear you preach, sir; and there will be sufficient time for the post after service.” “I insist upon your going now, Joseph.” “I will …

The Leafless Tree

Isaiah 6:3

… There is a mine near Plymouth, where the men who work in it, two hundred and fifty feet below the surface, have a little shelf for their Bibles …

Sharing Christ's Life

John 14:19

… He proposed to Himself, when He went away, a certain work. "I go to prepare a place for you," He said. He is still preparing that place for …

How to Become Full of Joy

1 John 1:4

… ought to be a wretched land to lazy people! "They who will not work, neither should they eat." And this refers even more to spiritual sustenance than to …

Elijah’s Appeal to the Undecided

1 Kings 18:21

… If thou makest a profession of being a child of God, if thou art a believer, and thinkest and believest religion is the best, the service of God …

The Remembrance of Christ

1 Corinthians 11:24

… Here the eye, the hand, the mouth, find joyful work. The bread is tasted, and entering within, works upon the sense of taste, which is one of the …

Daniel Facing the Lions' Den

Daniel 6:10

… Oh, if I enlisted in Her Majesty's service, and had my regimentals given me to wear, I would wear them. I should not like to have them …

Heavenly Worship

Revelation 14:1-3

… Some of our friends were then present, when we concluded our service with that glorious hallelujah. Have you ever forgotten it? It was indeed a mighty sound; it …

His Name—Wonderful!

Isaiah 9:6

… Talk ye of the sun, moon, and stars; consider ye the heavens, the work of God’s fingers, the moon and the stars that he hath ordained; but …

Absconding and Apostasy

John 6:67

… May the Lord work in you a good beginning, and then you may rely upon it, He will carry it on to the day of Jesus Christ! Then …

God in the Covenant

Jeremiah 31:33

… grant that favour.” But there is nothing for us to do; he will work all our works in us; and the very graces that are sometimes represented as …

'The Church of the First-born'

Hebrews 12:23

… May the Lord help you all to make sure work here! I pray you do not take it for granted that all is well with your soul, nor …

The Voice of the Blood of Christ

Hebrews 12:24

… However, both Cain and Abel united together in the outward service of God. They both of them brought on a certain high day a sacrifice. Cain took a …

A Merry Christmas

Job 1:4

… to your recollection that Job is said to have seen to his sacred work "early in the morning." It is evil lying in bed when we have sin …

Christ's Plea for Ignorant Sinners

Luke 23:34

… of our own which was good enough, why did Christ come here to work out a righteousness for us? We made Christ to be a superfluity, by considering …

The Peculiar Sleep of the Beloved

Psalm 127:2

… I know that where he has begun the good work he will carry it on. I never fear that I shall fall away, or be lost; my only …

Accomplices in Sin

1 Timothy 5:22

… without reproof—if he shall see a great deficiency of spiritual life and service and not point it out—if, in brief, he shall be an unfaithful servant …

Mercy, Omnipotence, and Justice

Nahum 1:3

… crested billow, upon a sea that knows no shore, and triumphing because his work is done; his quiver empty, for all men are slain, save where life floats …

The Solar Eclipse

Isaiah 45:7

… Happy is the man who understands this —who knows that all things work together for good to them that love God, and believes that even an eclipse of …

COME AND WELCOME

John 6:37

… must remember that— "Law and terrors do but harden All the while they work alone. 'Tis a sense of blood-bought pardon That dissolves the heart of stone …

The Glorious Habitation

Psalm 90:1

… God’s truth as vehemently as possible, and would spend myself in his service; but I wonder I do not stand in every street in London and preach …

Come and Welcome

Revelation 22:17

… Come, and consecrate me more fully to thy service; come, and without a rival reign; come, occupy alone the throne of my heart.” “Come,” then, is the very …

The Good Shepherd

Psalm 23:1

… There is no promise that all things shall work together for your good, but rather you shall be cursed in your basket and cursed in your store, cursed …

The Poor Man's Friend

Psalm 72:12

… who have seen better days.' Once we fancied ourselves able to do our work and sure to get our wages; we did hope to merit a reward for …