Work & Service

Among Lions

Psalm 57:4

… Woe unto those who tyrannize over my Lord's little ones! Nobody knows what godly working men have to put up with from those among whom they labor …

The Best Strengthening Medicine

Hebrews 11:34

… to make an application of the text to yourself in every work of faith and labor of love in which you may be engaged. II. Now, Beloved Friends …

Zedekiah—or, the Man Who Cannot Say, "No"

Jeremiah 38:5

… I would LABOR TO FREE MEN FROM THIS COMPLAINT. I would labor to free them from it by the Grace of God. First, I would say to you …

Climbing the Mountain

Psalm 24:3

… And so is it with religion; men think it so simple, so easy, but when they once begin to ascend, they find it stern work to climb to …

The First Note of My Song

Psalm 103:3

… But if you do wrong there is no hope for you—there will certainly come upon you the result of evil and you will suffer till you work …

A Witness and a Partaker

1 Peter 5:1

… You do not know the worry and toil and trouble of our service. You labor in a higher sphere. You, sitting on the Apostolic benches, are far above …

The Glory in the Rear

Exodus 14:19-20

… Great suffering and heavy labor are often rewards of faithfulness. Know ye not how the poet puts it,— "If I find him, if I follow, What his guerdon …

The Master’s Profession—The Disciple’s Pursuit

Psalm 40:9

… their hands to work. You need, dear friends, to go much to Jesus Christ, to live much in communion with him, for this life-service has many expenses …

The Proof of Our Ministry

2 Corinthians 13:3

… is no harvest, it is still poor work. Oh, dear Sirs, by the love you bear to us, who labor for Christ among you, let your conversation be …

The Sin-Offering for the Common People

Leviticus 4:27-31

… labor—was to be presented to make atonement. Our Lord Jesus Christ is like the firstling of the bullock, the most precious thing in Heaven, strong for service …

Songs of Deliverance

Judges 5:11

… When we come together, we ought to rehearse the work that Jesus Christ has done for us, the great work which he did on Calvary; the great work …

Paul Apprehended and Apprehending

Philippians 3:12

… it, labor after it! Trust God to work in you to will and to do of His own good pleasure, and while He is doing that, work out …

A Single Eye And Simple Faith

Matthew 6:22

… do the work from beginning to end; work in me to will and to do of Your good pleasure, and then help me to work out my own …

The Day of Salvation

2 Corinthians 6:2

… Hard labor and stern self-denial are not grudged by the suffering peasants if they may but have breathing time and the land may enjoy her Sabbaths. But …

Joy in God

Romans 5:11

… Let us, Beloved, labor to grow in Grace! Let us cry to God to enable us to grow. Let us not be satisfied with what we have already …

Fast-Day Service

DANIEL 9:1-19

… After which, the benediction having been pronounced, the service terminated. There were upwards of 24,000 persons present at this service; and the amount collected towards the Indian …

Special Protracted Prayer

Luke 6:12

… If it is worth while to serve God, it is worth while to pray that the service may be blessed! Why all this labor and cost? It is …

A Sermon for the Time Present

Zephaniah 3:16-18

… This causes much disquietude and breeds doubts and questionings, and thus strength is turned to weakness, and the work of faith, the labor of love, and the patience …

A Singular Title and a Special Favor

Psalm 59:10

… The arm unused loses muscular force—put it to stern labor and it gathers strength. Soldiers are made by war and mariners by storms. The scholar may think …

The Word of a King

Ecclesiastes 8:4

… His word accomplished all and when He wills to destroy either one man or a million, His word is able to work His will. What a mighty word …

Harvest Time

1 Samuel 12:17

… the Lord revealed?" Cheer up, you do labor in a good cause—there must be some to do your work. Have you seen no children converted? Fear not …

The Recorders

1 Chronicles 16:4

… and a pomegranate, music and fruit, service and song. There was also a third company set apart for a somewhat extraordinary work, namely as our text tells us …

Our Last Journey

Job 16:22

… We shall not be able to come back to finish the work we have began. The half-built house will never be completed by our labor. We have …

The Secret Food And The Public Name

Jeremiah 15:16

… He tells us the reason for his continuance in a work which brought him so sorrowful a reward. He makes us understand that he had been faithful in …

To Lovers of Jesus—an Example

Mark 14:6

… Let us labor in our service for the Lord to be more and more hidden! As much as is the proud desire to catch the eye of man …

A Discourse to the Despairing

Genesis 42:1

… Let me correct myself, there is a kind of despair which is the work of the Spirit of God. I wish that you all felt it—a despair …

Means for Restoring the Banished

2Samuel 14:14

… Young men and young women who have a call to such work, persevere in this holy service. You will meet with many difficulties and little apparent success—never …

First Things First

… be in the noblest of all causes, in the service of the best of Masters! In that work, we cannot be too earnest! Seldom enough do we meet …

Jesus The Shepherd

Isaiah 40:11

… to work out of the love he bore to Rachel. And Jesus Christ no sooner descended upon this lower earth than He began at once to labor to …

"There Is No Difference"

Romans 3:22

… There are some who have, as it were, sold themselves to work iniquity, and there are others who have, apparently, kept the Commandments of God from their youth …

Concerning Death

Job 30:23

… Do all your work at your best. Do a day's work in a day and have no balance of debt to carry over to tomorrow's account …

The Question Between the Plagues

Exodus 10:3

… which have no understanding," which must be driven to their work and goaded on in their labor. There are some who come to Christ like vessels towed into …

The Dawn of Revival, or Prayer Speedily Answered

… But there are others who are members of the Church who never enter heartily into our projects of labor, nor yet unite with our solemn assemblies of prayer …

Eternal Faithfulness Unaffected By Human Unbelief

2 Timothy 2:13

… He will bring himself great anxiety, labor and travail, but the work is honorable and has so large a spiritual reward that a man is wise to choose …

Certain Singular Subjects

Joshua 24:4

… A glory blazes along the lines—the letters are all illuminated—the words glow like the sapphire work of Heaven's pavement. Our text has a world of …

Feeble Faith Appealing to a Strong Savior

Mark 9:24

… We probably know of many persons who have not yet been awakened to a sense of their need—and much labor has to be expended by the faithful …

The Withering Work of the Spirit

Isaiah 40:6-8

… labor unto weariness, thou buildest wood that will be burned, and stubble that will be turned to ashes. Give up thine own self-confidence, and let the work …

How A Man's Conduct Comes Home To Him

Proverbs 14:14

… You cannot slide up, no, you have to cut every step with an ice axe—only with incessant labor in cutting and chipping can you make any progress …

The Middle Passage

Habakkuk 3:2

… purposed service. Those who pine for greater exploits have not yet spent themselves, but the danger lies in saying, "I have finished my day's work. Soul, take …

The Sunday School and the Scriptures

2 Timothy 3:15

… not that she is lost to the work of the Church—far from it—she is doing the best possible service for her Lord! Mothers, the godly training …