Work & Service

Our Lord in the Valley of Humiliation

Philippians 2:8

… much about God's work, but he did not trouble about himself. 17. Yes, and if I am offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I …

Peter's Prayer

Luke 5:8

… I would serve You, but lest by any means I should give way under the strain, excuse Your servant and give him a humbler post of service." Now …

Our Life, Our Work, Our Change

Job 14:14

… We are too much at times like Jonah—we turn cowards and would gladly flee from our work when it becomes arduous or yields us no honor. If …

Christ a Sanctuary

Isaiah 8:14

… Christ! Another mode of worship is that of service, for to work for God is the best of service. Inside the Ark there was Aaron's rod that …

Caleb—The Man For The Times

Numbers 14:24

… That service which is coupled with cheerfulness is hearty service, and therefore true. Take away joy from the Christian and you have taken away, I believe, that which …

The Empty Place—a Christmas Day Sermon

1 Samuel 20:25

… But every saved man or woman has some work to do for Christ. Are we doing that work? There is our Sunday school. It troubles me if I …

Preface to the First Series

… the work for himself in any shape, but on the contrary delights to give to the work all that he can, both of money and gratis service; and …

Beginning to Serve the Lord

… There is an adaptation in men, even while they are unconverted, which God has put into them for their future service. Luke was qualified to write his Gospel …

The First Fruit of the Spirit

Galatians 5:22

… The service which He prescribes is the only service which He will accept! The winnowing fan is at work right now—I wonder whether it is operating upon …

Learning in Private What to Teach in Public

Matthew 10:27

… And there is also a way of apparently doing but little, but then it is good solid work, thoroughly well done. Nobody can do this solid, permanent work …

Joining the Church

2 Corinthians 8:5

… hands to work for Him, your feet to walk or run for Him—your every faculty of body and mind in beautiful partnership for His service! As for …

Samuel and the Young Man Saul

1 Samuel 9:27

… I long this time to do my Master's work thoroughly with you in the power of the Spirit of God. This time the preacher would hold you …

The Lad's Loaves in the Lord's Hands

John 6:11

… time, been trusting Christ and have never yet begun to work, awaken yourselves to attempt some service for His sake! Aged friends and sick friends can still find …

The Last Three Months at Mentone;–and Afterwards

… The important work of sermon-revision was also left almost entirely in the hands of those upon whom it had devolved during his long illness, the only exceptions …

Our Change of Masters

Romans 6:18

… If you want us to justify our service of Him, we tell you that service is perfect freedom and supreme delight. We have had to suffer a little …

The Christian—A Debtor

Romans 8:12

… Let the truths of Christianity work out their perfect work: and pride, bitterness, wrath, envy, and malice, must see their graves. This and this alone can restore the …

A Home for the Fatherless

… S., in sermon preached at the Tabernacle, November 1, 1884, from the text, “She hath wrought a good work on Me.” IT is very generally known that the …

Hearken and Look; or, Encouragement for Believers

Isaiah 51:2-3

… O that the work of the Lord may be speedily done; that the Lord may carry on his work of righteousness and make a short work in the …

Psalm 148

Psalm 148

… For by saying, "Work on", and encouraging those who are working, you, so to speak, work with them in wish. In this sort of encouragement, then, the Psalmist …

The Redeemer Described by Himself

Isaiah 50:2-6

… before He performed that service, He learned the sacred art from His Father. It seems, according to this verse, that His chief work was to speak words in …

"Lo, I Come"—Exposition

Psalm 40:6-8

… They slew the sacrifices and presented their peace offerings, but the soul had gone out of the service and, at last, their God grew weary of their formal …

Faith's Firm Resolve

Psalm 71:16

… Here was enough work for a lifetime and here was the man who was at home in the work! I cannot go into it. Therefore I say this …

Faith Purifying the Heart

Acts 15:9

… Depend upon it, Brothers and Sisters, there is nothing like practical work for Christ to teach us Christ's Truth! For the most part, the heretics of the …

Elijah Fainting

1 Kings 19:4

… What strength and courage he had! He seemed to have nothing of the timidity, trembling and weakness of ordinary manhood—he was a very athlete in the service …

The Tabernacle Opened

… There have been some persons of position who have cast in their lot amongst us; but, still, the mass who did the work of building this house, and …

The Ascension and the Second Advent Practically Considered

Acts 1:10

… Jesus is coming as a matter of fact, therefore go down to your sphere of service as a matter of fact. Get to work and teach the ignorant …

Sabbath-work

John 5:9

… Although Jesus, in a measure, worked, He was all the while doing Sabbath-work—the very service for which the day was set apart, that God might be …

The Call of 'Today'

Hebrews 3:7

… Cannot I call in help? Yes, but I am robbing my Master of my friend's service. I have work to do which never can be done in …

Sins of Omission

Jeremiah 11:8

… In the next verses, the Prophet goes on to mention their sins of commission, but he very properly gives the first place to their shortcomings in positive service …

Suffering Outside the Camp

Hebrews 13:12

… Still, sanctification sometimes, and most generally, signifies another thing—it means the work of the Spirit within us. There is a work which God the Holy Spirit carries …

Saving the Lost

Luke 19:10

… He came to seek and to save the lost! Would God that His Church would keep to the same kind of work! But His Church seems to me …

David's First Victory

1 Samuel 17:50

… you had done nothing at all! So, too, in the service of God, though you are to work for God as if the fulfillment of your mission rested …

A King Sent in Love

2 Chronicles 2:11

… it in some form of service for Christ. Someone might say to you, 'Well, I should think that you had had enough work with that quill-driving, or …

"Clear Shining After Rain"

2 Samuel 23:4

… Yet, as a usual rule, the work of Grace begins in the heart with a time of gloom. Clouds gather—there is a general dampness round about—the …

Lessons From the Malta Fire

Acts 28:2

… As much as lies in us, we should seek to do good unto all men, and we can never know to whom we may be rendering service. These …

"All Hail!"

Matthew 28:9

… And I would like you to go out to the work and service of another week strengthened and rendered mighty and wise for all you have to do …

A High Day in Heaven

Luke 15:10

… the service— "From the Cross uplifted high Where the Savior deigns to die, What melodious sounds I hear, Bursting on my ravished ear! 'Love's redeeming work is …

"Goodness, as a Morning Cloud"

2 Chronicles 24:2

… And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to …

Feb. 25 — SET APART

Isa. 61:6

… that we are set apart for holy service, and shall name us the priests of the Lord. We may work, or trade, as others do, and yet we …

Two Arguments Against Sin

Jeremiah 44:4

… His work. It is, as it were, as though his Master were up early in the morning, bidding him make haste to go to His service and not …