Work & Service

Morning, May 26

Ps 55:22

… We attempt to think of that which we fancy he will forget; we labour to take upon ourselves our weary burden, as if he were unable or unwilling …

Morning, July 14

Ex 20:25

… It were well if sinners would remember that so far from perfecting the Saviour’s work, their carnal confidences only pollute and dishonour it. The Lord alone must …

Evening, August 7

1Th 2:18

… As soon as Ezra and Nehemiah begin to labour, Sanballat and Tobiah are stirred up to hinder them. What then? We are not alarmed because Satan hindereth us …

Compel Them to Come In

Luke 14:23

… And now to the work —directly to the work. Unconverted, unreconciled, unregenerate men and women, I am to COMPEL YOU TO COME IN. Permit me first of all …

Morning, July 16

Ex 16:21

Morning, July 16 Go To Evening Reading “They gathered manna every morning.” Exodus 16:21 Labour to maintain a sense of thine entire dependence upon the Lord’s …

Morning, October 8

Lu 5:4

… our work of soul fishing, looking up in faith, and around us in solemn anxiety. Let us toil till night comes, and we shall not labour in vain …

Morning, October 11

La 3:41

… As the runner gains strength for the race by daily exercise, so for the great race of life we acquire energy by the hallowed labour of prayer. Prayer …

Evening, May 11

Jos 1:7

… Moreover, labour is light to a man of cheerful spirit; and success waits upon cheerfulness . The man who toils, rejoicing in his God, believing with all his heart …

Morning, August 1

Ru 2:2

… Wouldst thou glean another ear? “Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” What soft words! Thy heart is …

Morning, September 13

Ps 84:6

… See here the rain fills the pools, so that the wells become useful as reservoirs for the water; labour is not lost, but yet it does not supersede …

Morning, October 12

Ps 119:15

… We should be better Christians if we were more alone, waiting upon God, and gathering through meditation on his Word spiritual strength for labour in his service. We …

Evening, August 6

Ps 72:19

… Are there not some who neglect both to plead and to labour? Reader, is it your prayer? Turn your eyes to Calvary. Behold the Lord of Life nailed …

Evening, April 7

Ps 51:14

… What God sees them to be, that do you labour to feel them to be; and with all openness of heart acknowledge their real character. Observe, that David …

Evening, March 30

La 3:40

… Let us labour to feel what an evil thing this is —little love to our own dying Saviour, little joy in our precious Jesus, little fellowship with the …

Evening, July 25

Ho 5:15

… rendered obedient to the Lord’s will by straitness of bread and hard labour. When rich and increased in goods many professors carry their heads much too loftily …

Morning, October 16

Jn 21:12

… To look at Christ is to live, but for strength to serve him you must “come and dine.” We labour under much unnecessary weakness on account of neglecting …

Evening, November 12

Lu 6:12

… disturb him; the time of inaction, when all but himself had ceased to labour; and the season when slumber made men forget their woes, and cease their applications …

Evening, September 15

Ps 148:14

… Incarnate Deity has no wall of fire about it. “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest,” is the …

Morning, September 7

Mk 2:4

… through door, through window, or through roof, let us, breaking through all impediments, labour to bring poor souls to Jesus. All means are good and decorous when faith …

Morning, November 26

Ec 9:10

… Let us not wait for large opportunities, or for a different kind of work, but do just the things we “find to do” day by day. We have …

Evening, March 15

2Ch 31:21

… men prosper who do their work with all their hearts, while those are almost certain to fail who go to their labour leaving half their hearts behind them …

Morning, October 9

Jude 24

… The road is rough and we are weak, but in addition to this, enemies lurk in ambush, who rush out when we least expect them, and labour to …

Morning, November 23

1Jn 1:6

… He desires the glory of God—we also labour for the same. He desires that the saints may be with him where he is—we desire to be …

Evening, November 24

Pr 24:33-34

… Yet by these littles the day ebbs out, and the time for labour is all gone, and the field is grown over with thorns. It is by little …

Evening, April 19

Rev 3:14

… Jesus Christ said, “Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” If you come to him, he will say …

Evening, December 26

Mt 28:20

… and we are cold no longer, but glow like seraphs, equal to every labour, and capable of every suffering. If we know that Jesus is with us, every …

Evening, January 25

Ro 3:31

… Then not because the law commands, but because your Saviour enjoins, you will labour to be perfect in holiness. Does he bid his saints love one another? Do …

Morning, October 21

2Co 5:14

… Love should give wings to the feet of service, and strength to the arms of labour. Fixed on God with a constancy that is not to be shaken …

Morning, October 5

1Ki 19:8

… They eat of heavenly food and render perfect service. Believer, in the strength you daily gain from Christ labour for him. Some of us have yet to learn …

Morning, June 1

Ge 1:5

… Continue thy service under all changes. If in the day thy watchword be labour , at night exchange it for watch . Every hour has its duty, do thou continue …

Morning, April 25

Song 2:10

… To come to thee is to come home from exile, to come to land out of the raging storm, to come to rest after long labour, to come …

Morning, February 24

Eze 34:26

… In vain you labour, until God the plenteous shower bestows, and sends salvation down. Then, it is plenteous grace . “I will send them showers.” It does not say …

Evening, March 5

Ps 35:3

… I too must labour after an abiding sense of my acceptance in the Beloved, and must have no joy when his love is not shed abroad in my …

Evening, December 17

Jn 10:9

… We go out into the world to labour and suffer, but what a mercy to go in the name and power of Jesus! We are called to bear …

Evening, May 9

Song 7:11-12

… let us see if the vine flourish.” Song of Solomon 7:11,12 The church was about to engage in earnest labour, and desired her Lord’s company …

Evening, October 19

Job 35:10

… fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock …

The Faculty of Impromptu Speech

… Bautain in his admirable work on extempore speaking, remarks, “You will never be capable of speaking properly in public unless you acquire such mastery of your own thought …

How To Meet the Evils of the Age

… If, by excessive labour, we die before reaching the average age of man, worn out in the Master’s service, then, glory be to God, we shall have …

Love's Complaining

Rev 2:4

… in the midst of her earnest service. The church at Ephesus was full of work. "I know thy works and thy labour, and for my name's sake …

The One Thing Needful

Luke 10:42

… Business? Labour? Yes, but there is a higher bread to be earned, and there is a higher life to be considered. Hence the Lord puts it, “Labour not …