Work & Service

Zion's Prosperity

Psalm 102:13

… If we do not, by Divine Grace, live and labor for our fellow-creatures, their decline will have a deleterious influence upon our own piety. The coldness of …

Cries From the Cross

Psalm 22:1

… We can scarcely guess what it was that our Savior felt when He said, "Why are You so far from helping Me?" His work is one which none …

The Spur

John 9:4

… I have a work to do, and I must do it." Dear Brothers and Sisters, our Church will be grandly equipped for service when you all have this …

The Secret of Strength

Art thou proud, believer, because thou hast been profitable to the Church, and done some little service to thy times? Who maketh thee to differ, and what hast …

On Humbling Ourselves before God

1 Peter 5:6

… allowed peacefully to work for God with His sweet smile to cheer me in my loneliness! Oh, to be a little ant, allowed to labor on at God …

The Honored Servant

Proverbs 27:18

… It would be no recreation for us to have a furlough from the great work of the Lord—we only wish that we could live, labor, spend ourselves …

A Solemn Impeachment of Unbelievers

1 John 5:10

… Me all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." "But I do not labor." Do not labor? How do you get your …

Holiness, The Law of God's House

Ezekiel 43:12

… Let us not trust in our own struggling and striving, but let us as much trust Christ to work sanctification in us as to work justification for us …

The Shrill Trumpet of Admonition

Jeremiah 48:11

… They labor in the way of evil, as men dig for hidden treasure. "And they say, How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High …

The Best Burden for Young Shoulders

Lamentations 3:27

… It will be fretted and troubled with the labor it will have to do. It will be very hard work to drive it and the farmer will accomplish …

Meal-time in the Cornfields

… first in the labor itself, and a second time in the labor’s sweet results. He gives them such joy and consolation in the service of their Master …

Work For Jesus

Matthew 21:28

… First, the character under which it calls us, "Son." Secondly, the service to which it calls us, "go work." Thirdly, the time for which it calls us, "go …

The Blind Man's Eyes Opened—or, Practical Christianity

John 9:3

… three years! Centuries of service could not equal the labor of that brief period. Brothers, some of us have had 30 years of work, but we have done …

Serving the Lord With Gladness

Psalm 100:2

… Therefore to serve God with faith and confidence must be delightful! Believing service is not the performance of a work naturally irksome to us, to which we bring …

Songs For Desolate Hearts

Isaiah 54:1

… But I will say, do labor, dear Brethren, if you are members of churches that are not prospering, to be conscious of the sad mischief that you are …

Future Punishment A Fearful Thing

Hebrews 10:31

… Beloved, we know by observation in our pastoral work that while the mercy of God draws many to Him, there are some who are more affected at first …

Delay Is Dangerous

Genesis 24:55

… Suppose they do leave us and engage in the service of Christ, yet we shall have had their help in the work of the devil for a good …

What the Farm Laborers Can Do and What They Cannot Do

Mark 4:26-29

… The sower and the reaper may well rejoice together, for our work is one and we labor for one Lord! Observe, then, the sphere of agency. We can …

What the Farm Laborers Can Do and What They Cannot do

… ye bestowed no labor.” Is there not a promise, “In due season we shall reap, if we faint not”? Christian workers begin their harvest work by watching for …

Psalm 51

Psalm 51

… he names washing as the work a doing, and cleansing as the work done; he names washing as considering the agent, and cleansing as applying it to the …

Psalm 45

Psalm 45

… her unceasing songs, and adores in her perpetual service. Teach us to be wholly thine. Bear with us, and work by thy Spirit in us till thy will …

The Dove'S Return To The Ark

Genesis 8:9

… I withheld not my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced in all my labor—and this was my portion of all my labor. Then I looked …

“Forward!”

… But this morning you committed yourselves again to the Lord’s work; you did not deliberate, or consult with flesh and blood; but you plunged right in, renouncing …

Psalm 16

Psalm 16

… of Jesus' mediatorial work, and by his goodness are made what they are. The peculiar people, zealous for good works, and hallowed to sacred service, are arrayed in …

The Gospel'S Power In A Christian'S Life

Philippians 1:27

… The other exhorts you to labor because Heaven is yours as the gift of Divine Grace and he would have you act as one who is made meet …

"My Redeemer Liveth"

… He lives on purpose to carry on the work for which He once laid down His life. He is interceding for sinners at the right hand of the …

Psalm 25

Psalm 25

… It is our duty and our privilege to wait upon the Lord in service, in worship, in expectancy, in trust all the days of our life. Our faith …

The Church of Christ

Ezekiel 34:26

… 34 ) that I read at the commencement of the service is a prophetical one; and, I take it, it has relation, not to the condition of the Jews …

A Serious Reprimand

2 Kings 5:13

… This is what Romanism says in some form or other—"By doing some great thing, work out your own salvation and work it out constantly." I know the …

Simeon's Swan Song

Luke 2:29

… It is only a departure! It is a departure after a day of service. "Lord, now let You Your servant depart. My day's work is done. Let …

Good Cheer From Christ's Victory Over the World

John 16:33

… Esau's posterity never suffered bondage in Egypt, but Israel must be trained by hard service. Persecution is for the righteous, wicked men are in honor among their …

Trust In God—True Wisdom

Proverbs 16:20

… Without wisdom, man may be compared to a soil untilled which may yield some fair flowers, but can never field a harvest which shall repay the labor of …

Lecture II: Anecdotes From The Pulpit.

… After, I set me at my labor, where I spend the whole day in getting of my living, and keep me from all falsehood, for I hate nothing …

Voices from the Excellent Glory

Matthew 3:16

… And the last, just before He closed His work, by being offered up. It is a fit thing to pray that all our works may be begun, continued …

“The Boy-Preacher of the Fens”

… My Sunday-school work was over, tea had been taken, and I set off through Barnwell, and away along the Newmarket Road, with a gentleman some few years …

The True Christian’s Blessedness

Romans 8:28

… Now, at the present moment all things work. Since the day when Adam fell all things have had to toil and labor. Before Adam’s fall the world …

Paul As a Pattern Convert

1 Timothy 1:16

… To use a metaphor from the artist's studio, Paul was the ideal sketch of a convert, an outline of the work of Jesus on mankind, a picture …

A Safe Prospective

Daniel 8:19

… You keep to your work, still, for "at the time appointed the end shall be." God will not suffer the faithful worker to work in vain. Your labor …

The Former and the Latter Rain

Jeremiah 5:24

… The difficulty of the Christian is very seldom the commencement of the work. The true labor lies in the perseverance which alone can win the victory. I address …

'Grace and Glory'

Psalm 84:11

… We know that if we are steadfast, unmov-able, always abounding in the work of the Lord, this is our comfort—that our labor is not in vain …