Work & Service

A Question for a Questioner

Psalm 77:9

… When this is done, we may have a moment or two left for the Christian worker who is dispirited, who cannot do his work as he would wish …

Pleading

Psalm 70:5

… and that He is not bound to work after any rule of our making. If the fleece be wet He bedews it, and that not because it is …

Christ the End of the Law

Romans 10:4

… I beseech the Lord so to work that some of you may not be able to help it. And oh, I have been praying that, while this morning …

God's People in the Furnace

Isaiah 48:10

… There he is at work. Ah! Mr. Black. smith, you will have many a hard day’s work before you will make anything out of that bar of …

Psalm 70

Psalm 70

… When men labour to turn others back from the right road, it is God's retaliation to drive them back from the point they are aiming at. Verse …

Consecration to God—Illustrated by Abraham’s Circumcision

Genesis 17:1-2

… to service, and purification as a vessel fitted for the Master’s use. All the called are justified, and all the justified are by a work of the …

Contentment

Philippians 4:11

… When we are increasing, and growing in rank, and honour, and human esteem, it is easy work to be contented; but when we have to say with John …

The First Sermon in the Tabernacle

Acts 5:42

… And more, we must preach Christ in the solitariness of his redemption work. We must not permit for a moment the fair white linen of his righteousness to …

An Appeal To Sinners

Luke 15:2

… It is a work so great, that no man can do it unaided by God; for faith is the gift of God, and he gives it only to …

Gospel Missions

Acts 13:49

… should be found calling themselves Christians, who seek to stop our work of faith and labour of love, for the sake of a little consideration about the ‘constitution …

Christ Our Passover

1 Corinthians 5:7

… to him? Should I not feel bound to consecrate myself entirely to his service, to lay body, soul, and spirit, time, talents, all upon his altar. And though …

The Minister's Farewell

Acts 20:26-27

… At the commencement of the Service, Mr. SPURGEON said:—“The service of this morning will partake very much of the character of a farewell discourse and a farewell …

Psalm 13

Psalm 13

… Ruminating upon trouble is bitter work. Children fill their mouths with bitterness when they rebelliously chew the pill which they ought obediently to have taken at once. "How …

God’s Barriers Against Man’s Sin

Jeremiah 5:22-23

… For his dear sake, I would that I may yet be able to labour more. Such toils as might be hardly noticed in the ramp for the service …

To the Saddest of the Sad

Exodus 6:9

… They had to work from morning to night. The Egyptian fellahs of the present age have known what it is to work very, very hard, and to let …

'Love and I' A Mystery

John 17:26

… This is true of any sentence of this matchless prayer; but for me the work of exposition becomes unusually heavy, because my text is the close and climax …

Life In Christ

John 14:19

… and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.” The work of regeneration, in which the new life …

A Desperate Case—How to Meet It

Matthew 17:19-21

… If you should meet him in the street, and talk with him, and argue with him, it would be all time and labour thrown away; nay, I have …

Faith and Repentance Inseparable

Mark 1:15

… He does invite men, and oh, how lovingly he woos them to be wise. "Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will …

The Abiding of the Spirit the Glory of the Church

Haggai 2:4-5

… his work shall be." "Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is …

Posture, Action, Gesture, Etc. (Second Lecture)

… These will sometimes labour quite as much, but with far less likeness to useful occupations; they beat the air and work hard at doing nothing. Gentlemen from the …

The Best Beloved

Song 5:16

… his doctrine persuasive, his life irreproachable, his character enchanting, and his work a self-denying labour for the common good of all his people, but he himself is …

Full Redemption

Exodus 10:26

… Their service was not acceptable, and so if you imagine in your heart that you can sometimes service God, and sometimes service self and be your own master …

Psalm 80

Psalm 80

… Salvation expected in connection with the people of God, their prayers, labours, and daily service. Verse 3. The double work in salvation, (1) Turn us; (2) Turn to …

A Heavenly Pattern for Our Earthly Life

Matthew 6:10

… We ask why the Lord does not work a miracle, and cover the heads of his messengers from the death shaft? No reason is revealed to us, but …

Religion—a Reality

Deuteronomy 32:47

… You are wise, and you labour and put your money into a bag which is full of holes, and spend it for that which is not bread, and …

Psalm 129

Psalm 129

… delighting in their cruel labour. They missed not an inch, but went from end to end of the field, meaning to make thorough work of their congenial engagement …

Beginning at Jerusalem

Luke 24:47

… work a thousand years to bring one soul to Christ! A soul is such a precious jewel that you would be abundantly rewarded if a century of service …

Later Sermonettes

… work together in harmony, and work together for the good of His chosen people, will not leave His noblest creatures unemployed. Let us, then, begin song and service …

The Warrant of Faith

1 John 3:23

… they all relate to the person and the work of our Lord Jesus Christ. We must believe him to be God’s Son—so the text puts it …

The Minister’s Self-Watch

… For some work we choose none but the strong; and when God calls us to ministerial labour we should endeavour to get grace that we may be strengthened …

Anecdotes from the Pulpit

… After, I set me at my labour, where I spend the whole day in getting of my living, and keep me from all falsehood; for I hate nothing …

Satan's Banquet

John 2:9-10

… It is called the table of worldliness. “Humph,” says a man, “Well, I dislike the profligate; there’s my eldest son, I’ve been hard at work saving …

The God of the Aged

Isaiah 46:4

… There is another duty which is peculiarly the work of the aged, and that is, the work of comforting the young believer. There is no one more qualified …

Psalm 65

Psalm 65

… When a man does his work well, there is no use in calling in others for novelty's sake. A Psalm and song of David. The Hebrew calls …

I Will Give You Rest

… We are often weary; sometimes we are weary in God’s work, though I trust we are never weary of it. There are many things to cause us …

Psalm 149

Psalm 149

… to suffer and to labour, than the man who has a dumb spirit and a hymnless heart. When he sings at his work, he will both do more …

Psalm 33

Psalm 33

… This is peculiarly your duty, your obligations are greater, and your spiritual nature more adapted to the work, be ye then first in the glad service. Even the …

Psalm 109

Psalm 109

… Intended therefore to be sung, and sung in the temple service! Yet is it by no means easy to imagine the whole nation singing such dreadful imprecations. We …

Psalm 7

Psalm 7

… He stooped to the dirty work of digging. He did not fear to soil his own hands, he was willing to work in a ditch if others might …