Work & Service

Christ's Marvellous Giving

Titus 2:14

… labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest"? You working men, you labouring men, Christ bids you come to him "all ye that labour." And …

What Meanest Thou, O Sleeper?

Jonah 1:5-6

… The Lord will work, not by committees, but by his Churches. The Church must do her own work, and when all our Churches are thoroughly aroused to this …

Early Wedded Life (Continued)

… The domestic circle is her kingdom ; that she may there create happiness and comfort, is her life-work ; and his smiling gratitude is all the reward she seeks …

On the Choice of a Text

… I confess that I frequently sit hour after hour praying and waiting for a subject, and that this is the main part of my study; much hard labour …

Seeking the Souls of Men

… not had to labour in vain, or to spend my strength for nought. He has given me a long period of happy and successful service, for which, with …

Jesus Only

… This is to treat him as he loves to be treated, for he bids all those who labour and are heavy laden to come to him, and he …

Under The Apple Tree

… Did I suppose that I served Him? So I would; but my poor service is not worth mentioning in comparison with what He has done for me. Did …

Psalm 57

Psalm 57

… off from the labour and burden of that service. But as the gospel worship and appointments are a more spiritual, pleasant, and reasonable service, and need them less …

Psalm 122

Psalm 122

… There were Levites, their servants, in immense numbers, needed to watch, maintain, clean the temple—to do the menial and ministering work necessary to its elaborate service and …

Christ About His Father’s Business

Luke 2:49

… He was always engaged in this work of example, and this work of establishment. 3. And ah, beloved, when he came to the climax of his labor, when …

The Preacher’s Private Prayer

… Whenever his mind turns to his work, whether he is in it or out of it, he ejaculates a petition, sending up his holy desires as well-directed …

Comfort Proclaimed

Isaiah 40:1

… God, he can work night and day, and scarcely feel fatigued. But take away his comforts and his joys, and then one day’s labour distracts his nerves …

Prayer 5 — To The King Eternal

… Thy work. Hear also prayers that have been put up by wives for their husbands, children for their parents, parents for their children. Let the holy service of …

Psalm 47

Psalm 47

… Be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord." EXPLANATORY NOTES …

The Holy Spirit in Connection with Our Ministry

… shall we lead others to think? It is in our study-work, in that blessed labour when we are alone with the Book before us, that we need …

The Spiced Wine of My Pomegranate

… Labour, O Christian, to follow up every clue which thy Master’s grace affords thee! Labour to maintain a sense of thine entire dependence upon His good will …

The Evils of the Present Time, and Our Object, Necessities, and Encouragements*

… s work was over, the young minister saw the people flocking to the meeting-house. He was surprised at their coming in such numbers to a service at …

To Those Who Have Believed

… It is a sort of maid-of-all-work, and is at home at every kind of labour, and in every rank of life. It is a grace …

The Growth of the Institutions, 1878-1892

… a work will be good and useful, we hope they will, without fail, and without delay, come to our assistance in this fresh branch of service. We cannot …

A Solemn Embassy

2 Corinthians 5:20

… He has brought you down as the fool in the hundred and seventh Psalm, by affliction and by labour, and you are crying out in anguish, "God be …

Lions Lacking—But the Children Satisfied

Psalm 34:10

… Daughters of men in high positions have to work as menials, and long sometimes to be allowed to do that. The rich sometimes “lack, and suffer hunger;” but …

The Battle of Life

… consecrated and the strength of our youth spent in our Master's service, what work we might have accomplished! Now, young men, as a comrade a little farther …

Israel at the Red Sea

Psalm 106:9

… Poor soul! the river itself is work enough for a man to wade through it; for dying is not easy labour. The waters are rushing into his lips …

Psalm 74

Psalm 74

… To build for God with labour, daring, diligence, skill, etc. Verse 6. Vandal work against the truth of God. Verses 6-7. Things feared by a church. 1 …

The “Down-grade” Controversy, from Mr. Spurgeon’s Standpoint

… It is equally impossible to transfer it all to this work, so the only course open to me is to omit it altogether, and to leave the testimony …

The Soul Winner

… Dear brethren, if we are going to 10 in souls, we must go in for downright labour and hard work. And, first, we must work at our preaching …

Illustrations in Preaching

… Calvinism, then, is the spiritual meat which enables a man to labour on in the ways of Christian service; and, though ridiculed as a hump by those who …

A Willing People and an Immutable Leader

Psalm 110:3

… We often cheer ourselves with this subject—well, if we do labour in vain and spend our strength for nought now, it will not be so always; the …

Mr. Spurgeon as a Literary Man (Concluded)

… Spurgeon's loving and sympathetic service and world-wide influence. Taking the later books in chronological order, the first to be noted is The Clue of the Maze …

Faith in the Person of the Lord Jesus

… divine person and finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ. Dear reader, will you have Christ now? Jesus invites all those who labour and are heavy laden to …

The True Apostolical Succession

Psalms 45:16

… Let us say, “No, we will not think of the past to be proud of it, but we will think of the present to labour for it, that …

The Men that “Sell the Books”

… headquarters, to report progress concerning the work of the previous twelve months, to consult with the Committee as to future service, to praise the Lord for His blessing …

Psalm 62

Psalm 62

… It is an eminent work of grace to bring down the will and subdue the affections to such a degree, that the whole mind lies before the Lord …

Psalm 63

Psalm 63

… For worship the hands were uplifted, as also in joy, in thanksgiving, in labour, in confidence; in all these senses we would lift up our hands in Jehovah …

The Believer A New Creature

2 Corinthians 5:17

… be his companions in the rest which he has attained, all his work and labour done; to be with him in the glory which he has gained, made …

The Uses of Anecdotes and Illustrations

… in it thou shalt not do any work.” To these people who never labour because they are so heavenly-minded, I would tell the story of a certain …

Psalm 132

Psalm 132

… Paul saith, "God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have showed toward his name." Under the New Testament dispensation, as well …

High Doctrine

… MY DEAR BRETHREN, Incessant labour has so completely wearied me, that I am compelled to retire for a few weeks from active service. The great Master bade his …

The Wailing of Risca

Jeremiah 4:20

… not labour more that the lost sheep of the house of Israel might be restored. Live while you live; while it is called to-day, work, for the …

Free Grace

Ezekiel 36:32

… But if, instead thereof, we in every work look up to the God of our salvation for help, and strength, and grace, and succor, then our work will …