Work & Service

June 25 — A STAIRCASE TO HEAVEN

John 1:51

… This very day we will be up and down the ladder each hour; climbing in communion, and coming down in labor to save our fellow-men. This is …

March 12 — GOING OUT WITH JOY

Deut. 33:18

… We go out as missionaries, and Jesus saith, "Lo, I am with you unto the end of the world." We go out day by day to our labor …

Feb. 17 — GOD CAN MAKE YOU STRONG

II Chron. 15:7

… If the service of God is worth anything, it is worth everything. We shall find our best reward in the Lord's work if we do it with …

Dec. 9 — THE "ALL" OF BELIEF

Mark 9:23

… Come, my soul, shake off such sinfulness, and trust thy God with the load, the labor, the longing of this present. This done, all is done.

The Empty Seat

1 Samuel 20:27

… of service. The Providence which empties that place is so wise and good that, though we cannot understand its object, we are sure that it will work for …

Heaven an Inheritance

… Now, an inheritance is not a thing which is bought with money, earned by labor, or won by conquest. If any man hath an inheritance, in the proper …

The Desolations of the Lord, the Consolation of His Saints

Psalm 46:8-9

… We know that God has accomplished his own work; but he always has worked and always will work with means. The men who do not approve of working …

A Summons To Battle

2 Samuel 11:1

… Moreover, God has appointed each one of you to a service. You are not all set to preach, nor all to any one form of labor. The hand …

The Wandering Bird

Proverbs 27:8

… labor opens up before us and, like children easily charmed with novelty, we think we could be more useful in doing something else and leaving our old work …

Sounding Out the Word of the Lord

1 Thessalonians 1:8

… They exhibited a labor of love—it was not work, only, but in intensity it deserved to be called "labor." As for hope—that bright-eyed Grace which …

Elijah's Plea

1Kings 18:36

… We have, as individual Christians, sought out, each one, his particular service. We have gone forth, each one, to bring in souls to You, and we have lived …

Method and Music, Or the Art of Holy and Happy Living

Colossians 3:17

… Every man is called to do all the good he can, but some men are set apart to labor in peculiar departments of Christian work—and these should …

Majesty in Misery

Luke 22:63-65

… But here, as if they had been so many savages, the judges of our Lord abandoned Him to those outcasts whom they employed to do their foul work …

The Heart Of Jesus

Matthew 11:29

… And then, secondly, we will labor to obey the exhortations which are connected with this description. For both these matters we shall need the rich assistance of the …

Faith Working By Love

Galatians 5:6

… You must work for God because you love Him—no other labor except the labor of love can be acceptable with Him. Some people serve God because they …

The Church'S Love To Her Loving Lord

Solomon 1:7

… If we truly love our Lord we shall at once press to the front and begin the "work of faith and labor of love." Has not the Master …

Choice Teaching for the Chosen

John 6:45

… Is it not strange that Christ says, "Labor not for the very thing which you cannot get without laboring for it"? And then He says, "Labor for that …

More and More

Psalm 71:14

… In that delightful labor none more happy than he. The longer he was engaged in the work the more he loved it. Now, it came to pass that …

With the King for His Work!

1 Chronicles 4:23

… there they dwelt with the king for his work." 1 Chronicles 4:23 . (A slogan for Sunday school teachers). ALL labor is honorable. No man ever needs to …

Unmitigated Prosperity

Isaiah 53:10

… He shall have a work to do, Brothers and Sisters—He still has that work to do and oh, how well He does it! It is the joy …

'Pray Without Ceasing'

1 Thessalonians 5:17

… Is it common work? 'Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.' Is it business? It is vain to rise up early and …

The Sleep of Death

… and when God’s work is done, we are too glad to think that our work is done too. The mighty Husbandman, when we have fulfilled our day …

The Spur

Ecclesiastes 9:10

… The heathen said, "Work is long, and life is short." But I will venture to alter the sentence and say, "The service of God is long and life …

Further Afield

Acts 13:46-48

… Let him be always abounding in the work of the Lord, for as much as his labor is not in vain in the Lord. Bowed to the earth …

Suffering And Reigning With Jesus

2 Timothy 2:12

… us." Then again, if in your service for Christ you are enabled to sacrifice yourself—bearing upon yourself inconvenience and pain, labor and loss—then I think you …

Grace Abounding

Hosea 14:4

… No labor of man procures it; no effort of man can add to it. God is good from the simple necessity of his nature; God is love, simply …

A Cure For Care

1 Peter 5:7

… If we think there are few men to work, or little means with which to work, we must not be fretful about where the means, or the men …

A Grateful Summary of Twenty Volumes

Ephesians 3:8

… that particular place to labor in. I like to see Christian workers fall in love with their spheres. For instance, the Brethren who work in Golden Lane and …

The Lord Leading—David Following

2 Samuel 5:24

… and fires the heart of any saint, and leads to holy service, it must be the work of God's Grace! Without Him we can do nothing and …

The Pierced One Pierces The Heart

Zechariah 12:10

… We must expect its fulfillment, labor for it and then beyond a doubt, when the due season shall have arrived, Israel shall own her king and upon the …

Acceptable Service

Hebrews 12:28

… benevolent work to examine himself and to judge his part in this labor of love, that he may amend any fault which may hinder his work from being …

Psalm 32

Psalm 32

… A fourth reason is, because confession of sin will work a holy contrition and a godly sorrow in the heart. Ps 38:18. Declaration doth work compunction. Confession …

Everyday Usefulness

John 1:42

… Remembering what we have heard of former times of refreshing, you expect a repetition of the same outward signs and look for the Lord to work as He …

The Hand of God in the History of a Man

Job 7:1

… We have an appointed service and we receive orders from our Lord, which orders are our Law. A servant has his occupations prescribed. He may have to work …

Driving the Vultures Away from the Sacrifice

Genesis 15:11

… of getting bread, the hardness of labor. Many a man has said, "Well now, I have many children and I work hard. And I am poor. Surely I …

Free Grace a Motive for Free Giving

2 Thessalonians 2:16

… service into the chamber of rest. This will not do, my Brothers and Sisters, either for you or for me. We must be braced up to further labor …

Before Daybreak with Christ

Mark 1:35-39

… the hour of success, resolve on wider labor. Go forward! Press on! Go to other cities. Attempt other methods of service, for therefore came you forth from God …

Mysterious Meat

John 4:31-38

… wheat! No drudgery remains when the lowliest labor is seen to be part of a priestly service. When the meanest work glows with the Glory of a Divine …

A Great Bargain

Matthew 13:45

… Many men work so hard with their hands and suffers such fatigue from bodily labor that they are scarcely able to think much, while there are others who …

Faithful Stewardship

1 Corinthians 4:2

… This is a difficult work, but let us try to accomplish it. All of us, according as we are put into the stewardship, must labor for the good …