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Work, calling, diligence, stewardship, and service
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The Sinner's End
Psalm 73:17
… Perhaps on that holy day the priests read in the scanty pages of the then written work some ancient story, such as refreshed the Psalmist in his happier …
SERMON • SERMON 2969Angelic Protection in Appointed Ways
Psalm 91:11
… Always follow the cloud of God's Providence—don't run before it, for if you run before it, you may find it hard work to get back …
SERMON • SERMON 3447A Present Helper
Acts 18:10
… with you to accept your service. Nobody has taken any notice of you lately. You have gone plodding on at your work with not a creature to help …
SERMON • SERMON 138Prayer—the Forerunner of Mercy
Ezekiel 36:37
… If he be a true minister, there will be work to be done in this matter. He cannot write his sermon and read it to you; he does …
SERMON • SERMON 1010Light for Those Who Sit in Darkness
Matthew 4:15-16
… How precious is that word, “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Is not that made for you …
SERMON • SERMON 2860Owl or Eagle?
Psalm 102:6
… Some of God's servants must be of a joyful disposition, or they would never get through the heavy work that is appointed to them. Others, who have …
SERMON • SERMON 1136"Forever With The Lord"
Philippians 1:23
… He desired the same when he was willing to remain with Christ's people and to labor on. His mind, as we have seen, hung in an equilibrium …
SERMON • SERMON 1115The Good Shepherdess
Solomon 1:7
… Why, that would soon grow into making a Christ out of our own service—an Antichrist out of our own labors! Beware of that! Love your work, but …
SERMON • SERMON 2577Living on the Word
Deuteronomy 8:3
… of Your service from Your Father and use it on Your own behalf. Take some of that power which You have devoted to His great work and employ …
SERMON • SERMON 1005Lessons From Nature
Psalm 104:17-18
… To despise the creating work of God, what is it but, in a measure, to despise God himself? “Whoso mocketh the poor despiseth his Maker.” To despise the …
SERMON • SERMON 2085A Dirge for the Down-grade and a Song For Faith
Isaiah 66:10
… one service and weary of that! How is it with many Christian people as to meetings for prayer? Prayer Meetings are the very soul of Church work and …
SERMON • SERMON 2134The Rough Hewer
Hosea 6:4
… his axe had made? This would be a case of labor in vain. Such is my work with many of you, my Hearers. Practically, I have to deal …
SERMON • SERMON 1886God's Remembrance of His Covenant
Psalm 106:44
… I have lived as if I were my own master instead of yielding myself wholly to Your service. I have sometimes acted as a man of the world …
SERMON • SERMON 1632The Nazarene and the Sect of the Nazarenes
Matthew 2:23
… inviting the fallen to Himself and saying—'Come unto Me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.' Well, well," they said …
SERMON • SERMON 1214Strengthening Medicine For God's Servants
Joshua 1:5
… Secondly, no desertion for yourself. "I will not fail you." Your labor shall not be in vain in the Lord. What is it? Is it the great work …
SERMON • SERMON 1099The Man Of Sorrows
Isaiah 53:3
… and strength to Him! Live in His service, and die in His service! Lay not down your harness, but work on as long as you shall live. While …
SERMON • SERMON 2693Priest and Victim
Hebrews 7:27
… all the fruitless labor of the ages! And now, all of us who have believed in Him have all the benefits of His perfect work! Having completed his …
SERMON • SERMON 1889The Blood of Sprinkling (Second Sermon.)
Hebrews 12:24
… Over him the supreme power of gratitude will exert its sacred influence, and he will be not only carefully obedient, but ardently zealous in the service of his …
SERMON • SERMON 1260The Unbroken Line Of True Nobles
Psalm 45:16
… I can hardly conceive of Moses, sword in hand, slaying Canaanites at his advanced age! That was fitter work for Joshua and though, in some respects, Joshua was …
SERMON • SERMON 3018The True Lineage
Luke 11:27
… You cannot do Him a greater service than by letting Him save you. Submit yourself, with all your emptiness, to the fullness of His unspeakable compassion! Is there …
SERMON • SERMON 1266Paul's Doxology
Ephesians 3:20
… This chapter has a whole service of worship within itself. It certainly contains a sermon, for Paul gives a very earnest address upon the unveiling of the hidden …
SERMON • SERMON 2933Dead, Yet Alive
Romans 6:11
… I will take by the throat everything that is hostile to God and I will labor to perfect holiness in the fear of God." Tell the sinner that …
SERMON • SERMON 540The Lambs And Their Shepherd
Isaiah 40:11
… We are afraid for some of the young ones, when they have to mingle in their work and in their family associations with the baser sort. The worst …
SERMON • SERMON 2691Sorrow and Sorrow
2 Corinthians 7:10
… They preached continually upon the work of the Spirit of God in convincing sinners of their lost condition, but they were not accustomed to say to them so …
SERMON • SERMON 2334Our Service For Christ Never Finished
Luke 17:7-10
… The text also teaches that our service may change its form. Some of you have been at Sunday School work. Others of you have been at slum work …
SERMON • SERMON 793Nearer and Dearer
Solomon 5:2-8
… not because you rejoice in the work, but because you must. My soul shudders at the thought of routine religion, formal service, dead devotion, mechanical godliness! What a …
SERMON • SERMON 544Lessons From Lydia'S Conversion
Acts 16:13
… In fact, we have no evidence that there was any building at all—probably it was an open-air service by the riverside. Happy omen of the results …
SERMON • SERMON 1425Concern For Other Men's Souls
Romans 9:1-5
… It is pretty easy to work yourself up into a state of feeling, but it was not passing emotion with Paul, it was deep, true, constant grief. He …
SERMON • SERMON 3425Days of Heaven Upon the Earth
Deuteronomy 11:21
… Some of you do not know much about it—you do not work for Christ, you do not pray for souls—you do not feel for souls. But …
SERMON • SERMON 1442Sorrow at the Cross Turned into Joy
John 16:20-22
… We have not yet completed this work of changing sorrow into joy till we notice that now the greatest possible blessings accrue to us because He was made …
SERMON • SERMON 1859The Cross Our Glory
Galatians 6:14
… You may go through service after service and scarcely hear a mention of the atoning blood— but Paul was always bringing forward the expiation for sin—Paul never …
SERMON • SERMON 2943Restraining Prayer
Job 15:4
… Do you not think that often, in the morning, we rise so near to the time of labor, when duty calls us to our daily avocation, that we …
SERMON • SERMON 1057Untrodden Ways
Joshua 3:4
… yourselves." Do we expect, soon, to be laid aside from active service? Then let us work for Jesus while we can! Do we reckon upon a speedy death …
SERMON • SERMON 2126Something Done for Jesus
Matthew 26:10
… That which is purely Christian work ought to be done also upon Him and for Him. I mean by Christian work, evangelical service which grows out of the …
SERMON • SERMON 582The Restoration And Conversion Of The Jews
Ezekiel 37:1-10
… the armies of Heaven! Brethren, be of good courage in your work of faith and labor of love for it is not and shall not be in vain …
SERMON • SERMON 1194"I and the Children"
Isaiah 8:18
… And His work will be complete at the appearing of our Lord and Savior, "for when He shall appear we shall be like He, for we shall see …
SERMON • SERMON 1137To Sunday School Teachers And Other Soul-winners
James 5:19
… Christian garnishing we have enough of, but solid, everyday, actual work for God is what we need. If our lives, however unornamented they may be by leaves of …
SERMON • SERMON 1812A Wonder Explained By Greater Wonders
Lamentations 3:57
… I am not made of such stuff as would ever work up into their fashion, admirable though it is. But I never thought thus concerning the Lord Jesus …
SERMON • SERMON 1270"God With Us"
Matthew 1:23
… By any other name Jesus would not be so sweet, because no other name could fairly describe His great work of saving His people from their sins. When …
SERMON • SERMON 2255God Justified, Though Man Believes Not
Romans 3:3
… We may go in and out of the House of God—and seem to take part in its holy service, and yet, all the while, we may be …