Work & Service

Psalm 83

Psalm 83

… And experience shews how such persons are wont, in their attacks upon the church, to enlist into their service those who are more wildly, but at the same …

'To You'

Acts 13:26

… for I work a work in your days, a work which you shallin no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you. And when the Jews were …

Comfort for Those Whose Prayers Are Feeble

Lamentations 3:56

… We pray God to bless our work and it is because we wish to hear men say what good workers we are. The prayer is good in itself …

The Lord's Supper—a Remembrance Of Jesus

Luke 22:19

… And that is not effected by material substances, however consecrated—it is the work of the Holy Spirit. Until you have believed in Jesus and so know Him …

"The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved"

John 21:20

… Christian service as if they were working by the day for a bad master and at scanty wages. But when they get into the world they work by …

"My Lord and My God!"

John 20:28

… I doubt not that the Spirit of God was at work with Thomas, at that time, very mightily—and that the true cause of his enlightenment was heavenly …

'Hiding in You!'

Psalm 143:9

… Yet he is one day to be placed where all this mysterious training will be of the utmost service to other people. The steel blade that was put …

Inward Conflicts

Solomon 6:13

… Ralph Erskine has left us that strange work, "The Believer's Riddle," the greatest riddle that was ever written, a perfect maze to all but those who have …

Why Should I Weep?

Luke 23:27-31

… There was no work of Grace upon the inner heart, it was all surface work and no more. The worst of it is, such feeling is often deceptive …

The Sin Offering

Leviticus 4:3

… to be cast into prison? If the king requires service of any man, how shall another from whom service is equally due, offer himself as a substitute for …

Our Expectation

Isaiah 53:10

… And as the Christ founded His successes on being dead and buried, surrendering honor, comfort and life, itself, for His work, so should the true Believer be willing …

The Clean and the Unclean

Leviticus 11:2

… It is not the seclusion of a hermit, nor the exclusion of yourselves in a monastery, where you would be of no service to your fellow-men, but …

The Double Forget-me-not

1 Corinthians 11:24

… I hope none of you are under the impression that, at the close of the present service, I am going to administer the Lord's Supper God forbid …

Justification And Glory

Romans 8:30

… Justification is the work of a second, perhaps it needs no appreciable time. The sinner looks to Christ. It is all done—his sin is gone in a …

Sweet Stimulants for the Fainting Soul

Psalm 42:6

… The axe has been at work in the forest of your domestic joys. Tree after tree has fallen—those from whom you plucked the ripest fruits of sweet …

Good News

Proverbs 25:25

… You must come to Him empty-handed, with nothing of your own, and simply rest where God Himself rests—in the blessed Person and the finished work of …

Cleansing—Wrong Or Right?

Job 9:30

… He would never be away if he could help it! When the proper time for service comes and having done that, he asks, "Will not that take away …

"Behold the Lamb of God"

John 1:29

… Many others are dealing with other aspects of our Lord's work. Some, I doubt not, faithfully, and others with evil intent. I may very well leave them …

An Urgent Request for an Immediate Answer

Genesis 24:49

… If we realize that we are always on our Master's service, we shall bear a good testimony before those with whom we come in contact, making it …

More and More

James 4:6

… He who calls you to more service will give you more Grace! Or should you be about to move from a little to a larger occupation, you may …

With or Without Shedding of Blood

Hebrews 9:22

… Who among us can tell all the perils of this mortal life? I remember reading a work in which there were collected together numerous instances of the simple …

Mary'S Song

Luke 1:46

… He feeds among the lilies." This is a happy style of living and anything short of this poor slavish work, oh, you can never know the joy of …

A Song Among the Lilies

Solomon 2:16

… She had done servile work, for they made her a keeper of the vineyards. I should not wonder but what you are doing servile work, too, trying to …

A Traveller’s Letters Home (Continued)

… The side-streets swarm with people, who appear to live in them; there they eat, cook, work, catch fleas, hunt over each other’s heads like so many …

God's Glory in Hiding Sin

Proverbs 25:2

… You know that the work of the Messiah was "to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to …

A Greater Than Solomon

Luke 11:31

… Now, if Christ does such great works, I want you to come to Him, that He may work in you the work of God. That is the point …

The Desire of the Soul in Spiritual Darkness

Isaiah 26:9

… When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained; what is man, that thou art mindful of him …

A Searching Test

Titus 1:15

… I shall only make some observations upon it intended to be of practical service. This text has often been misused—made to mean what was never in the …

What and Whence Are These?

Revelation 7:13-14

… complete their service. Like their Lord, they had to be made perfect through suffering; and if they had not suffered they had not finished the work which he …

Enquiring the Way to Zion

Jeremiah 50:5

… It is a great work, a Divine work, to bring His people to confess that they are not yet saved, for the most of mankind have the notion …

Hideous Discovery

Mark 7:20-23

… It is a supernatural work of God, the Holy Spirit—it is a miracle of Grace, a work of God! Out of the heart, if the volcano is …

Our Lord before Herod

Luke 23:8

… The Church of God is their lounge; Divine service is their theater; ministers are to them, as actors, and the Gospel, itself, so much play-house property. They …

'Mr. Moody's Text'

Isaiah 12:2

… If there were, what need would there be of the work of Christ? What need of yonder awful tragedy on Calvary if we could save ourselves and could …

Psalm 99

Psalm 99

… Grace streaming from the mercy-seat can alone work in us this admirable frame of mind. For it is holy, or He is holy. In him is no …

Faith Without Sight

John 20:29

… God's Providence is always at work and we make mistakes in putting down some things as Providences, and others as not. You escape in a railway accident …

Brief, Silent Prayer

Nehemiah 2:4

… You want to be at work. Perhaps you do not know what that work involves. It is not all pleasure. You are longing for the battle, young soldier …

The Looking Glass

James 1:23-25

… and this may be of lasting service if rightly followed up. Brethren, the chief blessing cannot come to us by surface work—he that would be enriched by …

"Where Are The Nine?"—or, Praise Neglected

Luke 17:15

… What grand designs some of you have formed of future service for God! What small results have followed! Ah, it is better to lay one brick, today, than …

The Jewel of Peace

2 Thessalonians 3:16

… All things work together for our good, now that we love God and are the called according to His purpose. No longer are we afraid of the terror …

Who Can Tell?

Jonah 3:9

… Our machinery would necessarily become cumbrous; we should find that we, unless we had the full resources of an empire, could not even begin the work. But what …