Work & Service

Pride Catechized

Job 34:33

… He who is Omniscient and, therefore, sees the end from the beginning, is also Omnipotent and, therefore, can work His own will exactly as He chooses—He will …

The Old Man Crucified

Romans 6:6

… And if one sin is driven out by change of life, another will often labor to possess the soul in its place. Alas, alas, alas, that men should …

Spring In The Heart

Psalm 65:10

… harvest without this preparatory work. I do not believe that much good will come from attempts at sudden revivals made without previous prayerful labor. A revival to be …

The Loaded Wagon

… nor all the ponderous orbs which his omnipotence has created, cost him any labor in their sustenance. The heathen picture Atlas as stooping beneath the globe; but the …

Spring in the Heart

… harvest without this preparatory work. I do not believe that much good will come from attempts at sudden revivals made without previous prayerful labor. A revival to be …

The Great Supreme

Deuteronomy 32:3

… We conceive the work of our Redemption to be as Divine a work as that of Creation. We consider that the miracles He did partly furnish us with …

Public Testimony—a Debt To God and Man

2 Kings 7:9

… off sinful lethargy, I would have done good service. Dear Friends, do let us quit indifference and get to work for Jesus! It is not enough to me …

The Bride and Her Ornaments—the Sin of Forgetting God

Jeremiah 2:32

… It is their life's work to provide themselves with ornaments for the marriage day. While they do this, let us do better—let us store up the …

Timely Reflections

Romans 13:11

… Work on, worker! You have scarcely time to finish your day's work! Waste not a second! Throw not away these priceless hours. Speed! Speed! Speed! As with …

A Woman of a Sorrowful Spirit

1 Samuel 1:15

… But there are others, I doubt not, who labor to their utmost to be all that is delightful and yet fail in the attempt, because, like Hannah, they …

Patient Job and the Baffled Enemy

Job 1:22

… He courted trial because he believed in his work— God permits trial because He knows that His wisdom and Divine Grace have made us able to bear it …

Christ Manifesting Himself to His People

John 14:22

… When we work the hardest we feel grace the most plentiful, when we dig the deepest we get the sweetest water. He who toils the most has his …

The First Christmas Carol

Luke 2:14

… They sang of Christ, and the salvation which he came into this world to work out. And what they said of this salvation was this: they said, first …

A Word in Season

Job 22:29

… The Lord reigns—all things work together for good to them that love God. You may safely conclude that there is lifting up. Though you may now feel …

The Tomb of Jesus

Matthew 28:6

… Christ was unhonored till he had finished his sufferings; Christ’s body suffered contumely, shame, spitting, buffeting, and reproach, until he had completed his great work; he was …

'Magnificat'

Judges 5:12

… fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat: the flocks …

John Ploughman's Talk

… Fellows who have no estate but their labor, and no family arms except those they work with, will yet spend their little hard earnings at the beershop or …

The Blind Beggar

Mark 10:46-52

… Why is it? did you think that Christ did not mean it when he said—“Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I …

The Enchanted Ground

… The reason is that the service is all alike; they know when they have got to the third “Our Father which art in heaven.” when they have passed …

A Vision of the Latter-Day Glories

Isaiah 2:2

… and when Christ shall come he will make short work of that which is so long a labor to his church. His appearance will immediately convert the Jews …

The Tabernacle of the Most High

Ephesians 2:22

… I see the workmen at their labor. The great saw of the law cute through the stone, and then comes the polishing chisel of the gospel. I see …

'Our Light Affliction'

2 Corinthians 4:17

… True love made her labor light. And he who truly loves the souls of sinners will willingly bear any affliction for their sakes if he may but bring …

Speaking on God's Behalf

Job 36:2

… and doing, steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord! You have …

Little, But Lovely

Luke 12:32

… the work is begun by Him, but if He has begun it, there can be no question about His completing it! He never forsakes the work of His …

Negotiations For Peace

Acts 10:36

… And when he found himself surrounded by the family and their friends, he girt up his loins for his work and gave his whole soul to his subject …

Samuel—an Example of Intercession

1 Samuel 12:23

… The old man felt that there was life and work in him yet, but they clamored for a king and therefore their aged friend must give up his …

The Great Need—Or, The Great Salvation

Isaiah 48:18

… These at first were dispersed by a sight of Christ—we have fresh views of our glorious Savior and His completed work and so the river goes on …

The Bed and Its Covering

Isaiah 28:20

… regularly, and tried to work out a righteousness for myself. I could not do it, At last I took to attending daily service in the Puseyite Church. I …

Araunah's Threshing Floor

1 Chronicles 22:1

… Then they tuned their harps anew— "They brought the chariot from on high To bear Him to His throne, Clapped their triumphant wigs, and cried, 'The glorious work …

The March!

Numbers 10:35

… in some particular work where many are seeking to undo all that you can accomplish? Are you a City Missionary, and do you labor in the midst of …

Struggling Against Sin

Psalm 119:145

… He can work such a transformation in you that you would not know yourself if you could see yourself after you have passed under the Divine hand. Resolve …

Our Magnificent Savior

Isaiah 53:11

… Read it as the labor of His soul, as if He threw His soul so fully into it that His soul labored in the service of God! Or …

The Wounds of Jesus

Luke 24:40

… is in heaven, and he still says, “Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Are you afraid to …

A Vivid Contrast

John 7:53

… It is lonely to be a missionary engaged in Christian work in a heathen land—his loneliness may be even greater than that of such a man as …

The Child Samuel'S Prayer

1 Samuel 3:9

… Never encourage him to come to the Lord's Table unless you really believe that there is a work of Grace in his heart—for why should you …

The Believer Not An Orphan

John 14:18

… Some of us are much occupied in Christ's service and there is a tendency with all of us to get like Martha—"cumbered" in serving for Him …

A Blow For Puseyism

John 6:63

… I am afraid of you lest I have bestowed upon you labor in vain." Let us hear from your lips the Doctrines of Grace and faithful warnings against …

The Sound in the Mulberry Trees

2 Samuel 5:24

… No man has any right to address a congregation on things spiritual, unless he believes that God was given him a special calling to the work, and unless …

The New Wine of the Kingdom

Matthew 26:29

… was but morning, and my work was scarcely begun, and I had fondly mapped it out in the hope of much service to You and Your Church, but …

The Wall Daubed with Untempered Mortar

Ezekiel 13:10-12

… To deliver these mournful warnings boldly and fearlessly is no easy work, and to bring men to receive them is a labor impossible apart from the power of …