Work & Service

God-Guided Men

Galatians 1:16

… work, or if they will have to labor among very poor people and get no credit for it, they do not care for that kind of service—and …

Shoes for Pilgrims and Warriors

Ephesians 6:15

… Wear it in the Church, wear it in all holy service, wear it in all fellowship with Christians and you will find your way among the brethren greatly …

A Hasty Expression Penitently Retracted

Psalm 31:22

… Oh, wondrous unbelief, to think the Lord to be so unrighteous as to forget our work of faith and labor of love—to forget His children, to cast …

Love to Jesus the Great Test

John 8:42

… If you love Jesus, you will labor to be like He. I am sure you will. Are you trying to be Christ-like? You perceive in yourself many …

Open House For All Comers

Luke 15:2

… HE FEASTS WITH THEM—their joys are His joys—their work for God is His work for God. He feasts with them at their table and they with …

The Mighty Power Which Creates And Sustains Faith

Ephesians 1:19-23

… Yet, to bring the human mind to exercise simple faith in Jesus is a work of the most astounding power. To bring down the pride of man, to …

Jesus At A Standstill

Mark 10:49

… Saints know no sweeter music than the name of Jesus and sinners know no richer comfort than His Person and His work. We preach to all when we …

The Ever-Living Christ

Revelation 1:18

… The next ground of sweet comfort, whenever we think of Christ in His Glory, is the perfection of His work, which is implied in the expression, "and was …

The Lily Among Thorns

Solomon 2:2

… of the Savior except one and she, perhaps, is a little maid whose service is among the pots, yet shall she be as the wings of a dove …

The Chief Of Sinners

1 Timothy 1:15

… God will take such men by-and-by, and He is beginning to work it already. There are one or two names that will come to your recollection …

Pleading Prayer

Psalm 119:49

… My ear is bored to the doorpost and I would never quit Your service, or labor for another." You remember what the old man-servant said, in the …

Coming—Always Coming

1 Peter 2:4

… God has begun His work upon you. He has used sharp tools and begun to separate you from the world—it has taken a long time to get …

The Fullness of Jesus the Treasury of Saints

John 1:16

… We understand it of our Lord Jesus in the whole of His Character and work. Looking beyond His earthly life we see Him in His Crucifixion, His Resurrection …

A Psalm For The New Year

2 Peter 3:18

… Let your faith daily increase in simplicity, resting more fully and more entirely and more completely upon the finished work of your Lord Jesus Christ. See to it …

An Earnest Warning Against Unbelief

Hebrews 8:18

… Pride has already begun to work in them—and where pride can work, every other sin finds elbowroom. God save us from the deceitfulness of sins! 14. For …

Have You Forgotten Him?

Genesis 41:9

… Egypt must be very particular in his service. It is very possible that the butler was so busy with his work and his gains, and looking after his …

Comfort for Tried Believers

1 Corinthians 10:13

… I have to labor hard and I have much difficulty in earning my daily bread—and I am beset with trials of many kinds." Well, dear Friend, even …

“All These Things”—A Sermon with Three Texts

Genesis 42:36

… For awhile the work of the Spirit was beclouded and eclipsed in that venerable man of God. And so, Brethren, we, also, must set ourselves upon our watchtower …

"How Good to Those Who Seek!"

Lamentations 3:25

… Or when he is at his work, driving the plane, or using the hammer—if you are close to him, you may see his lips moving and you …

'That King Ahaz'

2 Chronicles 28:22

… I do not wish to be laid aside from pulpit labor, but I must confess that I have often felt unusual spiritual power when coming up to preach …

The Two "Comes"

Revelation 22:17

… The Divine Redeemer, leaning from His Throne where He sits as the reward of His accomplished work, and bending over sinners with the same love which led Him …

A Revival Promise

Isaiah 44:3-6

… The motive power coming, your machinery will do its work. Of course, if it is imperfect machinery, the Holy Spirit will not make it do all the work …

The Yoke Removed and the Lord Revealed

Ezekiel 34:27

… of bondage! To emancipate a soul from the thralldom of sin is a labor worthy of God—and to His liberating hand be Glory forever and ever! Then …

Good News For You

Luke 10:33

… The priest had to preach, and might be too late for the service, and therefore he could not stop to relieve the man. Besides, he might have soiled …

A Straight Talk

Luke 14:20

… If a servant has an unconverted master, let him labor with double diligence to glorify God that he may win his master. Thus you see there are two …

Mocking the King

Matthew 27:28-30

… and labor among the very lowest of our population—where filth and vice abound. I can understand a delicately-nurtured lady devoting herself to such work as that …

The Parent's and Pastor's Joy

… When they feel, there is still the fear lest it should be mere feeling and should be the work of Nature and not the work of the Spirit …

A Harp of Ten Strings

Luke 1:46

… Even when His rod has made us smart, He has intended it to work for our good and so it has! Praise Him, then, for such goodness! Our …

The Tender Enquiry of a Friend

Jeremiah 47:5

… But you have a stream of opportunity and power flowing by you which you have turned to no practical service. Your tears might well be as plentiful as …

The Joyous Return

Hosea 14:1-3

… for I am God, and there is none else." In the work of salvation, the work of our hands is out of court! Only God must be glorified …

Beware of Unbelief

2 Kings 7:2

… Judgment is his strange work. He is ever ready with his mercy, he waiteth to be gracious, yea, he is always beforehand with us in his grace, but …

Compassion on the Ignorant

Hebrews 5:2

… It will not be long, young worker, if you plunge into the midst of Christian service, before you will meet with open opposition. Scoffers will rail at you …

The Light of the World

Matthew 5:14

… you." Every kind of service for Christ exercises and strengthens faith. I only mention preaching as an instance of a general truth. Christian work also tries patience, love …

Entangled in the Land

Exodus 14:3

… Compelled to work without wages, they cost the tyrant nothing but the expenditure of the lash. His exactions of forced labor had grown intolerable to the people, but …

Cleansing—a Covenant Blessing

Ezekiel 36:25

… They are not fit for any service, for the Lord will not have the unclean to bear His vessels. Their prayers are defiled; their praises are defiled; there …

Healed or Deluded? Which?

Jeremiah 8:11

… Oh, pray to have it so! The healing which we need must go to the root of the business and work a thorough change. Such a work is …

The Savior's Charity

Mark 10:51

… That is the work of the Law of God. The Law is like a sharp needle. It must go through the fabric and draw after it the silver …

"Eyes Right"

Proverbs 4:25

… They toil and slave but it is all in the shadow land—of substantial work they do nothing. An active idleness, a diligent laziness is all that their …

Silken Cords

Hosea 11:4

… The merchant, for some reason unknown, had taken a very great liking to the poor cobbler and was in the habit of giving him all his work to …

A Root Out Of A Dry Ground

Isaiah 53:2

… There are preachers who labor after simple words and seek out instructive similitudes by which to make the Gospel clear to every apprehension—but still, of the unregenerate …