Work & Service

Evening, February 16

Ne 9:20

… He is good officially ; whether as Comforter, Instructor, Guide, Sanctifier, Quickener, or Intercessor, he fulfils his office well, and each work is fraught with the highest good to …

To-morrow

… We may always look forward to them with patience and confidence , that they will work together for our good. We may say of the to-morrows, “I do …

Evening, February 7

Rev 11:12

… Oh, for more sheaves for my Lord’s garner! more jewels for his crown! But how, unless there be more work? True, there is the other side of …

Evening, May 18

Heb 12:11

… work for patience, for the rest is not for today, nor the triumph for the present, but “afterward.” Wait, O soul, and let patience have her perfect work.

Evening, April 2

Is 53:10

… It is easy work to pray when we are grounded and bottomed, as to our desires, upon God’s own promise. How can he that gave the word …

Morning, July 4

Jn 17:17

… This work, which begins in the new birth, is carried on in two ways—mortification, whereby the lusts of the flesh are subdued and kept under; and vivification …

Morning, May 15

Ac 13:39

… The thief upon the cross was justified the moment that he turned the eye of faith to Jesus; and Paul, the aged, after years of service, was not …

Evening, August 4

Hag 2:17

… When our work is most promising this blight appears. We hoped for many conversions, and lo! a general apathy, an abounding worldliness, or a cruel hardness of heart …

Morning, September 4

Mk 1:41

… O that poor sinners would go to Jesus, believing in the power of his blessed substitutionary work, and they would soon learn the power of his gracious touch …

Morning, August 2

Eph 1:11

… supposes and necessitates that he has a settled purpose and plan in the work of salvation. What would creation have been without his design? Is there a fish …

The Sixth Beatitude

Matthew 5:8

… Any man who is caught in a thunderstorm and who hears the crash of the thunder and sees what havoc the lightning flashes work, perceives that God is …

Evening, February 29

1Co 2:12

… Christ’s finished work is like wine stored in the wine-vat; through unbelief we can neither draw nor drink. The Holy Spirit dips our vessel into this …

Evening, December 5

Zec 1:20

… God will always find men for his work , and he will find them at the right time. The prophet did not see the carpenters first , when there was …

Evening, December 15

Is 54:11

… Foundations are out of sight, and so long as they are firm it is not expected that they should be valuable; but in Jehovah’s work everything is …

Morning, June 28

Heb 12:2

Morning, June 28 Go To Evening Reading “Looking unto Jesus.” Hebrews 12:2 It is ever the Holy Spirit’s work to turn our eyes away from self …

Jacob's Waking Exclamation

Genesis 28:16

… brilliant prospects that he may be the humble servant of Jesus; where yonder work-girl toils night and day to earn her bread rather than sell her soul …

Morning, August 5

Ro 8:28

Morning, August 5 Go To Evening Reading “We know that all things work together for good to them that love God.” Romans 8:28 Upon some points a …

Evening, March 2

Eph 3:8

… If you seek humility, try hard work ; if you would know your nothingness, attempt some great thing for Jesus. If you would feel how utterly powerless you are …

Evening, October 12

Jn 14:26

… He convinces of sin; he illuminates and instructs; but still the main part of his work lies in making glad the hearts of the renewed, in confirming the …

Morning, June 20

Am 9:9

… Nay, more, in some sense our siftings are directly the work of heaven , for the text says, “I will sift the house of Israel.” Satan, like a drudge …

Morning, March 15

2Ti 2:1

… Grace, whether its work be to pardon, to cleanse, to preserve, to strengthen, to enlighten, to quicken, or to restore, is ever to be had from him freely …

Evening, May 6

Job 14:14

… We would not wish to enter heaven till our work is done, and it may be that we are yet ordained to minister light to souls benighted in …

Evening, January 5

Ge 1:4

… believer to know that God’s eye is thus tenderly observant of that work of grace which he has begun. He never loses sight of the treasure which …

Morning, May 23

Ps 138:8

… The Psalmist was wise, he rested upon nothing short of the Lord's work. It is the Lord who has begun the good work within us; it is …

Evening, June 2

Matt. 19:16

… Never could there be a better Master, for his service is freedom, his rule is love: I wish I were one thousandth part as good a servant. When …

The King's Sharp Arrows

Psalm 45:5

… We have known men who have been at their ordinary work when one of these arrows has suddenly struck them. Where the voice of the minister could not …

Morning, October 10

Jude 24

… Moreover, the work of the Holy Spirit within us will be altogether complete. He will make us so perfectly holy, that we shall have no lingering tendency to …

Evening, April 25

Rev 3:20

… He will come with that love which you long to feel; he will come with that joy into which you cannot work your poor depressed spirit; he will …

Who Is This?

Isaiah 62:11

… He has, these many years, kept His hands at this work. Your case will not perplex Him! He is at home at the business of saving sinners. The …

Evening, March 21

Job 38:31

… When he deigns to visit a church and revive it, the most inveterate enemies cannot resist the good work; they may ridicule it, but they can no more …

Evening, December 20

Mt 20:8

… 20:8 God is a good paymaster; he pays his servants while at work as well as when they have done it; and one of his payments is …

Ruth's Reward—or, Cheer for Converts

Ruth 2:12

… SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "The Lord recompense your work, and a full reward be given you of the Lord God of Israel under whose wings you …

How Is Salvation Received?

Romans 4:16

… And if it is of works, it is no more of Grace, otherwise work is no more work. As water and oil will not mix, and as fire …

And Why Not Me?

Matthew 8:2

… We have the Word and we pray for more of the work. The Lord speaks to us graciously in the Gospel ministry. Oh, that He would now work …

The Joint Heirs and Their Divine Portion

Romans 8:17

… Jesus the Mediator must lose the glory which his finished work has procured for him, ere one of his co-heirs can miss of it; he must come …

The Touch

Mark 5:28

… Then another famous professor assured me that his pills would do the work if I took them some three hundred times and was careful to purchase them only …

Knowledge. Worship. Gratitude.

Romans 1:20

… We are tenants, whose rent is to be paid in service and praise. It is a very blessed obligation! It is a happy bond to be bound to …

A Prince and a Savior

Acts 5:31

… Look up to Him under that aspect, O you who seek Him! Remember that our exalted Lord is a Savior in virtue of the prevalence of the work …

The Anxious Enquirer

Job 23:3

… If it is his desire, it is a blessed sign of the Divine work within him. Such a man will never be content with mere ordinances. Other men …

Paul's Sermon Before Felix

Acts 24:25

… My brethren, I believe that what some people call natural conviction is, after all, the work of the Spirit. Some very profound divines are so fond of the …