Work & Service

Faith Hand in Hand With Fear

Psalm 56:3

… I must think of them." What is worse, the mind will persist in thinking of these things and they will come crowding in—some work that you have …

The Security of the Church

Psalm 125:2

… We shall thus understand the text, and endeavor this morning to work out the great thought of the security of God’s people in the arms of Jehovah …

The Broad Wall

Nehemiah 3:8

… The true man does not then show himself—but when the day's work is done, then the "birds of a feather flock together." It is with the …

The Lord'S Care Of His People

Zechariah 2:8

… But the wisdom and the skill of God are far more clearly to be seen in the Believer than in any other work of the Divine hand. Man …

The Savior's Thirst

John 19:28

… Give us but a score of men that hunger and thirst for the conversion of others and we shall see good work done! But oh, we are so …

Little-faith

… Little-faith is always secure of heaven, for God has begun the work in him, and He will carry it on. God loves him, and He will love …

The Scarlet Line in the Window

Joshua 2:21

… It is a high privilege to dwell peaceably and quietly in the finished work of Christ—and in the sure Immutable promise of God, who cannot lie. Why …

Messrs. Moody and Sankey Defended; or, A Vindication of the Doctrine of Justification by Faith

Galatians 5:24

… It is not any sort of emotion that changes the heart, but the work of the Holy Ghost. It is a small matter to go into an inquiry …

Spiritual Resurrection

Ephesians 2:1

… Ah! sinner; may the Lord quicken thee! But it is a work that makes the Saviour weep. I think when he comes to call some of you from …

Another And A Nobler Exhibition

Ephesians 3:10

… At one instant in a work of elegance in ornament, in the next in a work of skill and usefulness—"manifold wisdom"—the works and productions of many …

God Alone the Salvation of his People

Psalm 92:2

… How can a man, then, work that change which he himself hates? I find man to be ignorant of what it is to be born again, and like …

A Time of Finding for Lost Sheep

Ezekiel 34:16

… great and mighty Archbishop, even Jesus Christ, shall interfere and Himself do the work! The Divine interposition of God in the midst of His Church is her great …

Kept From Iniquity

Psalm 18:23

… However, God was pleased to work a very marvelous deliverance for him. It seemed as if the Lord would sooner shake the earth to atoms and crush the …

Preaching! Man's Privilege and God's Power

Mark 6:20

… You wondered what the service of God's house could be. But you have reason to remember that Sabbath-day, and you will have reason to remember it …

Remember Lot's Wife

Luke 17:32

… It will be a sad, sad thing if there should come an eternal severance between those united by marriage bonds—that we should live together, work together, suffer …

"If You Can"—"If You Can"

Mark 9:22

… I like to preach to people who have never heard the Gospel before—it is grand work! There are some of you upon whom I fear that I …

Gethsemane

Luke 22:44

… As for thy body, it is already emaciated; thy long fastings have brought thee very low; thou wilt become a prey to death long ere thy work is …

The Spiritual Resurrection

John 11:43

… Oh, it is solemn work to preach, and it should be solemn work to hear! For every preaching and every hearing the Lord will call us to account …

"Forever With The Lord"

1 Thessalonians 4:17

… This is such sweet sorrow that the more we experience it, the better— "Live or die, or work or suffer, Let my weary soul abide, In all changes …

The Destroyer Destroyed

Hebrews 2:14

… If there be any evil, any suffering and pain, that is not God’s work. God may permit it, overrule it, and out of it educe much good …

'Peace Be Unto You'

Luke 24:36

… I have finished the work which You gave Me to do. Which no other man could ever have said—not even Adam in his perfection, for his work …

Psalm 1

Psalm 1

… by day , for that is the time for working—work whilst it is day; by night , lest his Master should come as a thief, and find him idle …

New Tokens of Ancient Love

Jeremiah 31:3

… At the close of the six days work of Creation, God could say of everything that He had made, that it was very good. But, on the Cross …

Christ's Joy and Ours

John 15:11

… It was the joy of Christ that He should finish the work which His Father gave Him to do. And He has finished it and, therefore, He is …

The Stronghold

Nahum 1:7

… This is the God-like work, the greatest work that we can do! Our action may not please God, however pleasing it may appear to us, but wherever …

To-morrow

Proverbs 27:1

… I always laugh at those who say to me, “Sir, rest a while; you will work all the longer of it. Stay while, lest you wast your strength …

Twelve Covenant Mercies

Isaiah 55:3

… But God can work this miracle in human hearts, He can strike at the very center of man's nature and change it! It is little to render …

Holiness Demanded

Hebrews 12:14

… It is, in fine, the Spirit's work in the soul by which a man is made like God and becomes a partaker of the Divine Nature, being …

His Name—The Counsellor

Isaiah 9:6

… Jesus Christ hath done nothing alone; for even the work of his redemption, albeit that he suffered in some sense alone, needed the sustaining hand of the Spirit …

Encouragement for the Depressed

Zechariah 4:10

… And one thing I have noticed—that the beginnings of the work which has become so wonderfully large were very small, indeed. Mr. Wesley and his first brethren …

Marvelous! Marvelous!

Zechariah 8:6

… promise that He will save a sinner—whose work is it to save that sinner? Why, it is the work of the God who made the promise! It …

How To Converse With God

Job 13:22

… Surely Satan found better instruments for his work in those three ungenerous friends than in the marauding Sabeans, or the pitiless whirlwind. They assailed Job remorselessly and seemed …

Our Miseries, Messengers of Mercy

Hosea 6:1-2

… Thou hast begun the work by killing me, finish the work by making me alive; thou hast begun by stripping me, Lord, clothe me.” That is good argument …

Gathering to the Center

Mark 1:45

… Even thus, let but Jesus be in any congregation manifesting His saving work—Jesus breaking hard hearts, Jesus binding up broken spirits, Jesus reclaiming the outcasts, Jesus gathering …

'Life for a Look'

Isaiah 45:22

… I cannot tell you exactly which way he will go to work, for he has many inventions, but I know that this will be one main point that …

Choice Portions

Deuteronomy 32:9

… But in what direction are they gazing? Why, that all things may "work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according …

Experience and Assurance

Psalm 63:7

… It is true that in many deeds of Divine Grace, the Lord does not help—He does all the work Himself. He chose us before we chose Him …

Bonds Which Could Not Hold

Acts 2:24

… In a climate like that of Jerusalem, it is very quick in doing its work of dissolving the mortal fabric. But, although our Lord did truly die, no …

Love's Climax

1 John 4:10

… No, rise and sing yourself away! And when you have done that, come back, again, and go forth to work for Him with all your might—and try …

Contention Ended and Grace Reigning

Isaiah 57:16-18

… Where He has purposes of eternal Grace, the Lord, at the opening of His saving work, comes into contention with men. Smiting comes before saving. He bends His …