Work & Service

The Life, Walk and Triumph of Faith

Genesis 17:1

… If I labor, I work in His vineyard in His name and for His sake, expecting a gracious reward from Him. "Walk before Me." Not merely, "think before …

Up from the Country and Pressed Into Service

Mark 15:21

… when we suffer or labor for Him. Believing Souls, I pray that this day you may be so impressed into my Lord's service that you may have …

Soul Saving Our One Business

1 Corinthians 9:22

… any other form of Christian labor, mix it up with fervent intercession! And then observe one other thing. Paul went to his work always with an intense sympathy …

The Problem of the Age

Mark 8:4

… Brothers and Sisters, we cannot put aside this work! We that are Christians cannot escape from this service! The Master has laid it upon us and the only …

Sow To Yourselves

Hosea 10:12

… This is a kind of labor which always pays well and when it is over, your other work for God will be much lightened. After the sowing is …

Renewing Strength

Isaiah 40:31

… We will labor in the service of the Lord our God with all our might, not slackening our right hand nor withholding the fullness of our strength but …

Working Out What is Worked In

Philippians 2:12

… it into any other service. To as many as are obedient to the Gospel, the Word of the Holy Spirit comes this morning, "Work out your own salvation …

The Singular Origin of a Christian

Ephesians 2:10

… Whatever, therefore, we are in Christ Jesus is the result of God's work upon us and cannot be the cause of that work. Moreover, our good works …

Sleep Not

1 Thessalonians 5:6

… We work for the present world, and we play with the world to come. Quaint old Quarles long ago likened us to roebucks as to earth, and snails …

Concentration and Diffusion

John 12:3

… to edify saints when the gifts suitable for that work are denied them. Each man and woman must labor according to his or her ability and calling. As …

God'S Estimate Of Time

2 Peter 3:8

… So is work and labor and toil with God. It is for you and I continually to work, work, work. And if our pace is but that of …

Three Homilies From One Text

Matthew 4:23-25

… is a brief homily for ministers upon the work of faith. Then a lecture to saints upon their labor of love. And yet again, a longer sermon full …

The Great Sin Of Doing Nothing

Numbers 32:23

… with an appetite which they have gathered in the service of their Master! If you do not work, your sin will find you out in the loss of …

Fathers In Christ

1 John 2:13

… Believers, when they have, in the course of years, shown themselves able both to labor and to suffer, are fitly ranked among fathers. Why do we call the …

Walking in the Light of the Lord

Isaiah 2:5

… If you have had it, I need not tell you to work on—I think you can never leave off such blessed service! I remember well the story …

In Whom Are You Trusting?

Isaiah 36:5

… I rest with my whole soul upon the finished work of Christ and I have not found anything yet that leads me to suspect I am resting where …

Two Loving Invitations

John 1:39

… They eat of heavenly food and render perfect service. Now earth should be a preparation for Heaven—come and dine—and then go and labor! Freely you receive …

'The Ministry of Reconciliation'

2 Corinthians 5:18

… desire a happier or better work than to stand here and speak on behalf of the God of the whole earth and labor to bring back God's …

Nominal Christians—Real Infidels

John 8:46

… And O, may the Holy Spirit use those infirmities under which I labor this morning to magnify His own strength! You know, dear Friends, there has been a …

The Arrows Of The Lord'S Deliverance

2 Kings 13:19

… And this should be the labor of every Christian. Not in order to save himself, but because he is saved he should labor after the very highest degrees …

"Persecuted, But Not Forsaken"

… But He will not forget our work of faith and labor of love, nor will He leave us to fall in the evil day. "The Lord is righteous …

Is It Nothing To You?

Lamentations 1:12

… In our nature He lived some 30 years or more, enduring much of poverty and labor. And at the end, thereof, He died, not amid the applause of …

The Very Friend You Need

Luke 7:34

… Or do you work in the midst of the busy city where all is noise and turmoil? Yet He will hear you amidst the hum of labor and …

Looking for One Thing and Finding Another

1 Samuel 9:3

… for Christ! Never think any too bad or too vile, but labor on, for God can work wonders in every case. IV. We will close when we have …

A Weighty Charge

… See, then, Brothers and Sisters, that to ward off the ills of these last times we must labor to know the Truth ourselves, and must endeavor to instruct …

The Sprinkling of the Blood of the Sacrifice

Leviticus 4:6

… It seems to me most clear and blessed that our Lord Jesus makes this the main plea with the Father on our behalf—"I have finished the work …

Come From the Four Winds, O Breath!

Ezekiel 37:9

… service before you are brought face to face with the fact that, in itself, the work you propose to do is an utter impossibility! We begin our labor …

First Outlines of Sermons, 1851-1852

… All things work together for good. Security. None can condemn, nor destroy. III. AS ABRAHAM WAS SAVED, SO MUST WE BE. Not by works, or Abraham would have …

Lowly Service

Numbers 4:24-26

… keep to his proper work and shoulder his own burden. But they were all to feel that this ordination by God made their service a very solemn thing …

The Ministry Of Gratitude

Luke 4:39

… when he spends and is spent in the service of Jesus Christ, you know that this must be the work of the Holy Spirit in his soul for …

The Sluggard’s Farm

… They will not even urge other people to labor for the Lord, because, say they, “God will do his own work. Salvation is all of grace!” The notion …

A Golden Prayer

John 12:28

… This surrender includes obedient service, for our great Master goes on to say, "If any man serves Me, let him follow Me." True self-renunciation shows itself in …

Travailing for Souls

Isaiah 66:8

… God was honored and his service maintained in the midst of Judea’s land in the days of the royal bard; but it is clear to readers of …

Good News for the Aged

Matthew 20:6

… It was a choice privilege to be allowed to begin holy service so early in the morning. They agreed with the householder and went to work on his …

The Sluggard's Farm

Proverbs 24:30-32

… They will not even urge other people to labor for the Lord, because, say they, "God will do His own work. Salvation is all of grace!" The notion …

A Call To Prayer and Testimony

Isaiah 62:6

… that the Lord has appointed it, I labor with might and main, feeling a holy confidence in doing the work of the Lord! Since He wills it, we …

Election no Discouragement to Seeking Souls

Exodus 33:19

… work is half done.” “I wound and I heal: when a man is wounded his salvation is commenced.” What! am I to set a sinner industriously to labor …

A Promise For Us And For Our Children

Isaiah 44:1-5

… you." You are engaged in service too heavy for you—"I will help you." Whether it is to suffer, to sacrifice, to labor, or to endure, take this …

The Gladness of the Man of Sorrows

Psalm 45:7

… Were there none in the work? Brethren, let your Lord speak for himself—“Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, I …

The Power Of Prayer And The Pleasure Of Praise

2 Corinthians 1:11

… I find that in the original, the word for, "helping together," implies very earnest WORK. Some people's prayers have no work in them. But the only prayer …