Work & Service

Receiving the Holy Spirit

Acts 19:2

… should be more ready for service and should do greater things than these. That same Spirit who moves the saints to work, also empowers them to achieve the …

On Laying Foundations

Luke 6:46-49

… A common temptation with hearers of the Word of God, according to the two parables before us, is to neglect foundation work—to get hurriedly over the first …

An Awful Premonition

Matthew 16:28

… If they are for hours, or days, or weeks, or months, upon the bed of sickness, yet the real work of dying is but short. It is more …

The Children and Their Hosannas

Matthew 21:15

… Although I may seem to be somewhat confined in my run of thought, I cannot help it—I must keep the service sacred to its purpose. I have …

The Waterpots at Cana

John 2:7

… Do you not see that God will do his own work? These efforts are just your trying to take the work out of God’s hands. The proper …

The Double "Come"

Revelation 22:17

… Lord, come, I pray You, come, that this poor work of mine may be ended, because a greater work shall be accomplished by Your coming." Let your heart …

God's People Melted and Tried

Jeremiah 9:7

… They are a great perplexity to those with whom they live and who labor for their good—and it seems as if God, Himself, regarded it as a …

Backsliding Healed

Hosea 14:4

… service knows him no more. He cannot mix in our assemblies, and never will again. He rises very late in the day, and the slightest motion is labor …

The Hearing of Faith

Galatians 3:2

… Sanctification does not come to us from self-reliance, but as a work of the Spirit received by faith in Christ. Believing in Him, He is "made of …

The Dream of the Barley Cake

Judges 7:13

… Go on with your work for the Lord. Cease not because you are of such small account, for by such as you, God is pleased to work! Never …

The Tenderness of Jesus

Hebrews 4:15

… Come, you that labor and are heavy laden, and lay your burdens at His feet! Come, you whose souls sink down within you under a sense of sin …

Christ's Pastoral Prayer for His People

John 17:9

… The work of God is as holy and acceptable in domestic service, or in trade, as any service that can be rendered in the pulpit, or even by …

Man'S Thoughts And God'S Thoughts

Isaiah 55:8

… It may be that into perfect peace and joyous confidence God's thoughts may lift you as on eagle's wings this morning—a work which your deepest …

The Two Builders And Their Houses

Matthew 7:24-27

… labor. Oftentimes did that wise builder pause to wipe the sweat from his brow. Oftentimes did he retire to his bed worn out with his day's work …

A Waiting God and a Waiting People

Isaiah 30:18

… Would you go to your rest before your day's work is fairly finished? Wait, for it is necessary for others, if not for yourself. Wait and work …

The Golden Key Of Prayer

Jeremiah 33:3

… In all labor there is profit, but most of all in the work of intercession—I am sure of this—for I have reaped it. As I put …

A Peal of Bells

Zechariah 14:20

… by Zechariah, are to be dedicated to God and used in his service. I shall work out this great thought in a somewhat novel manner. First, let us …

The Withered Fig Tree

Matthew 21:17-20

… He is a stranger to the work of the Holy Ghost. Are there not such persons? Are there not persons who are defenders of orthodoxy and yet are …

The Sinner's Refuge

Numbers 35:11

… Here, however, the type does not adequately represent the work of our Lord Jesus Christ. He is not a refuge provided for men who are innocent, but for …

Strong Meat

Hebrews 5:14

… We must, then, before we can venture upon things hard to be understood, labor to arrive at full age. But then our text tells us that they have …

Unprofitable Servants

Matthew 25:30

… becomes an unprofitable servant, for who can do a work, well, which he hates to do? Forced service is not desirable. God needs not slaves to Grace His …

The Miracle of the Loaves

Mark 6:52

… If I could help Him, there would be no need for Him to work a miracle on my account. But since I can bring nothing whatever, I need …

The Seed by the Wayside

Luke 8:5

… service often derive much comfort from Christian communion, but there must be some parts of your work in which you have to act by yourselves—to labor alone …

A Cure for a Weak Heart

Psalm 31:24

… They are not weary of the work, but they are weary in it. They see very clearly the imperfections in their service and they are further troubled because …

Unpurchasable Love

Solomon 8:7

… Sad, sorrowful truth! If God would but say to men, "I will accept unspiritual service," He might be the God of the whole earth at once! Or rather …

The New Park Street Pulpit

Revelation 1:12-17

… but that can be of no spiritual benefit to us." My Friends, you labor under a very great mistake, and I trust I may convince you of that …

The Echo

Psalm 27:8

… I say, again, then, that the obedience of the text is but the natural duty of man but wherever it is carried out, it is by the work …

The Flight to Zoar

Genesis 19:23

… Conscience is blowing his dreadful trumpet and startling the sleepy sinner, he is doing good service. But, sometimes, after the sinner is thoroughly awakened, the devil comes and …

"Waters To Swim In"

… The work of the Spirit in sustentation. The work of the Spirit in inspiration. The work of the Spirit upon the human body of Christ. The work of …

Honor for Honor

1 Samuel 2:30

… I shall not seek to honor the denomination to which I belong, but I will live and labor simply to honor God"—well, my Brother, if that is …

The Alter

Matthew 23:19

… But still I meant to honor Him, and now, my God, accept my poor service for my Redeemer's sake." This is the way to put our service …

Partnership With Christ

1 Corinthians 1:9

… When the Lord has begun any work of Grace in us, do we not find that He has carried it on? Has He ever forsaken us? Has He …

The Sweet and the Sweetener

Psalm 104:34

… Man goes forth unto his work and to his labor until the evening. O LORD, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom have you made them all: the …

Teaching for the Outer and Inner Circles

Mark 4:33

… labor upon the teacher and makes it easy to the learner. Let us learn from our Lord's example and remember that we must do the work for …

An Old-Fashioned Conversion

Job 33:29

… The Spirit from the four winds breathed on a valley covered with dry bones in the days of the fathers and He comes forth, still, to work upon …

Christ Our Life—Soon To Appear

Colossians 3:4

… Scarcely knowing how to fulfill the appointed service of this morning, I sit down and remember the ancient minstrel, who, when the genius of song had for a …

The Three Hours of Darkness

Matthew 27:45

… If the Cross is in the dark, so will all your work be— "What do you think of Christ?is the test To try both your work and …

The Divine Call for Missionaries

Isaiah 6:8

… good word and work, swift to go anywhere and everywhere, as He may call us, being, as it were, six-winged in the service of our God! Again …

The Thorn in the Flesh

2 Corinthians 12:7

… How many has God blessed in the ministry for a little while, or, if not in the ministry, in some other form of service? But, alas, how soon …

Spiritual Knowledge and Its Practical Results

Colossians 1:9

… him this great service—take his case before the Lord in prayer—and in so doing you have gone the wisest way to work to enrich him. Note …