Work & Service

Hope in Hopeless Cases

Matthew 17:17

… Christ has the power to work any kind of wonder and He is still willing and able at this present hour to work spiritual miracles in the midst …

The Fullness and the Filling

John 1:16

… Two or three of us, therefore, being Protestants, held a little service for the worship of God in the simple manner that is our habit. After this, I …

Predestination and Calling

Romans 8:30

… I know this—I believe God was at work with my heart for years before I knew anything about him. I knew there was a work; I knew …

Facts and Inferences

Psalm 37:35-37

… And through a long line of ancestors, these estates have belonged to our family." He had no trouble in his youth and no labor in his manhood—he …

Good Cause for Great Zeal

Ezra 4:14

… The highest—the most ardent—form of service would seem to be but a trifling recompense for the immense expense which the Lord has been at in supporting …

The Lord's Eternal Rest

Psalm 132:14

… is a finished work. Every soul saved by Grace, every soul brought home to Glory is the result and the reward of almighty labor. He who spoke and …

Forward! Forward! Forward!

Exodus 14:15

… As for my own soul, God knows how I yearn over souls—I work and if there is any man living who can work more for God than …

Grace Abounding

Romans 5:20

… Divine Justice makes short work of sin—it treads it under foot and stamps it out—even as men do with sparks of fire, for God hates sin …

The Sinner's Friend

Matthew 11:19

… He takes himself the mattock and the spade, and goes to work in the great quarry that he may get out the rough stones which afterwards he will …

The New Heart

Ezekiel 36:26

… to live in his service, and if needful to die for his honor, that is not of human nature—that is the work of divine graces. There is …

Justification, Propitiation, Declaration

Romans 3:24-26

… Oh, how men labor to get rid of this! There are certain persons who think themselves philosophic, who will do all they can to throw dirt into the …

The Centurion—Or An Exhortation To The Virtuous

Luke 7:4-9

… Let the Christian labor so to live that he shall not lack a friend. "Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness," is one of Christ's …

Bright Prospects for Young Believers

Malachi 4:2

… Dear Friends, it is not wrong to labor and to work and do all we can, but it is wrong to grow cumbered with it—to get fretful …

Preparing for the Week of Prayer

Revelation 8:3

… Sisters, be you steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord." And also …

The Believer's Glad Prospects

Song 2:17

… We shall be swift as seraphs and strong as cherubs in the course of service—and that service shall be to us the Heaven of our delight! Oh …

The Amen

Revelation 3:14

… I delight to do Your will, O God." From old eternity He declared Himself to be ready to go through the work, and when the time came He …

The Wordless Book

Psalm 51:7

… You spent your money for that which was not bread, and your labor for that which did not satisfy you, yet you went on wasting your substance with …

Under His Shadow

Psalm 91:1

… SPURGEON, AT A COMMUNION SERVICE AT MENTONE, EARLY IN THE YEAR 1880. "He that dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow …

Fullness of Joy Our Privilege

1 John 1:4

… Jesus Christ has come into the world to call to Himself all those who labor and are heavy-laden! And when you are sick and weary with the …

A Song at the Wellhead

Numbers 21:16-18

… work. And when God shall bless a Church and people, they must all feel that it is a very great honor to do anything in the service of …

Where to Find Fruit

Hosea 14:8

… plan designs of good, act out deeds of mercy, persevere in labor, and continue in service before God. I will tell you why I am absolutely sure a …

Meditation on God

Psalm 104:34

… How important, therefore, is meditation as a mental exercise, to have our minds in constant readiness for any service! I have thus pointed out to you that meditation …

The Cry Of The Heathen

Acts 16:9

… What an instance of Divine sovereignty we have in our text! He who is wise can see sovereignty everywhere in the work of salvation, but how clearly is …

Beauty for Ashes

Isaiah 61:3

… lies in the mission of Christ, in the Person of Christ, in the work of Christ, in the application of the blood of Christ to our hearts! We …

Restless! Peaceless!

Isaiah 57:20

… He receives a fresh anointing for new service, even the anointing of the Holy Spirit. 5. My cup runs over.''I have all I want and even more …

'Repentance and Remission'

Luke 24:47

… If we preach it thus, our labor will be in vain—at least to a very large extent! Nor are we to preach it merely as a matter …

Opening Services

… work; still, the main anxiety and arrangement had rested upon her, and had it not been for those ladies, who, like the women of Israel, brought the labor …

Our Lord's Voluntary Poverty

2 Corinthians 8:9

… I cannot doubt but what, in so doing, you may do good service to the cause of God. But what I said was this, that to live with …

God's Knowledge of Sin

Psalm 69:5

… That the Lord should know my public service is sufficiently awe-striking—but that He should know my privatethoughts—ah, this sinks me into the very dust! The …

Jesus in Gethsemane

John 18:1

… work?" It is useless if it is fruitless and so is it with us—if we do not bear fruit unto God, we are of no service to …

Preach, Preach, Preach Everywhere!

Mark 16:15

… for the grave will soon open for you and there is no work nor service in the grave where you are hastening. "Up, guards, and at them!" was …

The Enemies of the Cross of Christ

Philippians 3:18

… hear Christ crying to them through us, "Come unto Me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." "Come now, and let …

Praise for the Gift of Gifts

2 Corinthians 9:15

… It is the work of His Holy Spirit and must be His free gift. And when you come to die, as you may—unless the Lord comes, as …

Growth in Faith

Luke 17:5

… She may do all her work—it will be hard for me to do all mine. You with a little shop and much labor to make both ends …

Private and Confidential

Psalm 25:14

… In our manufacturing districts, particularly, the rights of the upper class, who find the capital, and the claims of the working class, who bring their skill and labor …

A Painful and Puzzling Question

Mark 4:40

… You spend your money for that which is not bread and you labor for that which satisfies not—but here is something that is really bread and that …

Ripe Fruit

Micah 7:1

… Everything between Hell and Heaven which denotes salvation is the work of the Spirit of God, and the work of the Grace of Jesus. You not only cannot …

The Blessed Christ

Matthew 21:9

… He was blessed in His coming, blessed while He carried on the work. Though His the pain and sorrow, yet it was all blessing to us, from the …

Vanity Deprecated

Psalm 119:37

… All the fools do not make jests—full many there are of somber mood who spend money for that which is not bread, and their labor for that …

The Honored Guest

Luke 19:6

… Only let me know Your will— tell me by Your Word, by Your minister, by Your Holy Spirit! Work in my own heart, personally—teach me Your way …