Work & Service

The Duty of Remembering the Poor

Galatians 2:10

… God often allows Satan to test the Lord’s work. It is marvellous that the crafty devil should continue to work when it all tends to the glory …

The Holy Spirit’s Intercession

Romans 8:26

… By three figures I will endeavour to describe the work of the Spirit of God in this matter, though they all fall short, and indeed all that I …

Abijah, or Some Good Thing Towards the Lord

1 Kings 14:13

… The young Abijah possessed something within him sufficiently real and substantial to be called a "good thing;" the Spirit of God had wrought a sure work upon him …

The Lord's Chosen Ministers

Luke 10:21

… He could weep and, therefore, He could work. He could feel and, therefore, He could bestir Himself. And in stirring times He felt Himself glad. How some of …

The Blood Shed For Many

Matthew 26:28

… And His complete absorption in His work made it easy and natural for Him to do so. He ignores moods and tenses. "His work is before Him." By …

The Heart Perfumed

Romans 5:5

… Step into most of the places of worship in London and look at the weeknight service—and in some country places they have to give up theirs because …

Self-destroyed, Yet Saved

Hosea 13:9

… I am come to work in you, again, all that you have destroyed! Yes, and to work in you something better than you have destroyed—to make you …

Letters concerning Settlement in London

… His work has always been popular, is very judicious, thoroughly sound and gracious; but for suggestiveness and pith is not comparable to Matthew Henry. I know I am …

The Right Estimate

… They may as “vessels” afterwards give out to others, but they can only give out what God has put in them; they may work out their own salvation …

A Mighty Saviour

Isaiah 63:1

… By the words “to save,” I understand the whole of the great work of salvation, from the first holy desire, the first spiritual conviction, onward to complete sanctification …

Nov. 17 — GOD NEVER FORSAKES

Ps. 94:14

… The result of the double work of the law and the rod is our instruction, and the fruit of that instruction is a quieting of spirit, a sobriety …

The Glories of Forgiving Grace

Ephesians 1:7

… Half of that which is put down in biographies as the work of the Spirit is the work of the devil and the result of unbelief! John Bunyan …

Nov. 1 — PERFECTION AND PRESERVATION

I Thess. 5:24

… He will carry on the work of purification till we are perfect in every part. He will preserve our "whole spirit, and soul, and body, blameless unto the …

June 26 — IT WILL NOT BE LONG

James 5:8

… This sacred "window of agate" lets in a flood of light upon the present, and puts us into fine condition for immediate work or suffering. Are we tried …

The Hiding of Moses by Faith

Hebrews 11:23

… And even doing may stand in our way unless, first of all, we have attended to that work—that God-like work, that work of God—that we …

April 24 — CONDITION OF BLESSING

Mal. 3:10

… When missions pine for means, and the work of the Lord is hindered by an empty treasury, how can we look for a large amount of soul-prosperity …

Oct. 4 — THE MIGHTY MAGNET

John 12:32

… Jesus Himself must draw men to Himself; and Jesus is quite equal to the work in every case. Be not tempted by the quackeries of the day; but …

Mr. Spurgeon as a Literary Man (Continued)

… Yet I am sure that God has warned you, as the trusted steward of His gifts, not to work so hard and continuously. " I send you, herewith, two …

Oct. 12 — MARK OF COVENANT GRACE

Deut. 30:6

… To make us love God with all our heart and soul is a miracle of grace which only the Holy Ghost can work. We must look to the …

April 22 — POWER TO RAISE

Ps. 146:8

… Is it a sense of sin, and a consequent depression of spirit, which now distresses me? Then the work of Jesus is, in this case, made and provided …

June 18 — GOD HIMSELF SHALL WORK

Isa. 33:10

June 18 GOD HIMSELF SHALL WORK "Now will I rise, saith the Lord; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself" Isa. 33:10 When …

Nov. 15 — LIMITLESS RICHES

Phil. 4:19

… His pity, His power, His love, His faithfulness, all work together that we be not famished. What a measure doth the Lord go by: "According to his riches …

May 14 — SURGERY FOR HEALING

Hosea 6:1

… He also bruises before He binds up, or else it would be uncertain work. The law comes before the gospel; the sense of need before the supply of …

Nov. 6 — DELIGHT AND DESIRES

Ps. 37:4

… We do not go to work in God's way, which is to seek Him first, and then expect all things to be added unto us. If we …

Prayer 8 — A Prayer for Holiness

… Thou hast begun a good work in us and Thou wilt carry it on. Thou wilt work in us to will and to do of Thine own good …

Their Desired Haven

Psalm 107:30

… foot of the Cross of Calvary dedicate your few remaining days to the service of the Preserver of men! But this evening, while remembering these important Truths of …

A Gospel Promise

Ezekiel 36:27

… Through Him they had power to work many miracles. He even gave commandment to separate Paul and Barnabas for the work whereunto He had called them. And still …

Dec. 11 — TRUST AND DO; DO AND TRUST

Ps. 37:3

… We should have faith, and that faith should work. Trust in God sets us upon holy doing: we trust God for good, and then we do good. We …

The Nobleman's Faith

John 4:46-53

… We need not only to hear about this nobleman from Capernaum, or anybody else—but to see in our own souls the same work of Grace as was …

The Compassion of Jesus

Matthew 9:36

… At the same time He showed His disciples that it is a good work to feed the poor. Jesus would not have them so spiritually-minded as to …

Prayer 11 — Under The Blood

… Work, Lord, work mightily! Thy Church cries to Thee. Oh, leave us not! We can do nothing without Thee! Our strength is wholly Thine! Come to us with …

The Saints' Riches

Romans 8:32

… MANY of you, dear Friends, are coming to the Lord's Table at the close of this service. Our blessed Redeemer instituted that simple but sublime ordinance so …

The Touch

Mark 5:30

… They have touched Jesus and they have been made whole, for Jesus lives still and His healing work is not ended, but has only entered on another phase …

Evening, December 21

Eze 16:10

Evening, December 21 Go To Morning Reading “I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers’ skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen …

Even Now

John 11:22

… You thought that there was a real work of Grace upon his heart, but it turned out to be a mere disappointment and disappeared like the mist of …

Morning, June 22

Zec 6:13

… All this is Christ’s own work. Each individual believer is being prepared, and polished, and made ready for his place in the temple; but Christ’s own …

The Sin of Unbelief

2 Kings 7:19

… 2. “Law and terrors do but harden, All the while they work alone: But a sense of blood-bought pardon Will dissolve a heart of stone.” Methinks the …

Evening, September 12

Ps 101:1

… Nay, more, says Faith, “These light afflictions, which are but for a moment, work out for me a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.” So Faith …

Evening, December 12

Ho 5:7

… Instead of service, there has been disobedience; instead of fervency, lukewarmness; instead of patience, petulance; instead of faith, confidence in an arm of flesh; and as a soldier …

Baptism Essential To Obedience

Mark 16:16

… We preach about no temporary salvation, no work of Grace that, by-and-by, will grow feeble and lose its power! We tell of a work of Grace …