Work & Service

Evening, November 17

Ec 10:9

… O Lord, how exposed we are! How shall we be secured! To keep ourselves is work too hard for us: only thou thyself art able to preserve us …

Carte Blanche

Matthew 15:28

… There Your blood-bought right maintain, And without a rival reign." Let each one of us pray, "Lord, save me! Lord, make sure work of it! Save me …

Morning, January 7

Php 1:21

… Let me be as the bullock which stands between the plough and the altar, to work or to be sacrificed; and let my motto be, “Ready for either.”

Morning, February 3

Ro 8:12

… To God thou owest thyself, and all thou hast—yield thyself as a living sacrifice, it is but thy reasonable service.

"My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?"

Matthew 27:46

… He had trodden the winepress now for hours and the work was almost finished. He had reached the culminating point of His anguish. This is His dolorous lament …

Evening, October 10

Je 15:21

… he undertakes the work alone, and feels no need of human arms to aid him. Vain are all our lookings around to companions and relatives; they are broken …

Unconditional Surrender

James 4:7

… Knowing as we do that all these things work together for our good, and that we never endure a smart more than our heavenly Father knows to be …

Evening, June 17

Nu 21:17

… O that God the Holy Spirit would work in us with all his mighty power, filling us with all the fulness of God. Lastly, the well was the …

Evening, August 24

Ex 22:6

… Where converts were multiplied, and God was glorified, jealousy and envy do the devil’s work most effectually. Where the golden grain was being housed, to reward the …

Morning, November 25

Lu 4:18

… The machinations of our own deceitful hearts may harass and annoy us, but he who hath begun the good work in us will carry it on and perfect …

Evening, April 1

Ho 10:12

… you this warning, “ It is time to seek the Lord .” Slight not that work, it may be your last call from destruction, the final syllable from the lip …

Evening, April 17

Jn 12:21

… If Jesus be a soul’s desire, it is a blessed sign of divine work within. Such a man will never be content with mere ordinances. He will …

Evening, December 4

Ro 8:23

… whimper and sigh for the end of life because we are tired of work, nor wish to escape from our present sufferings till the will of the Lord …

Evening, February 14

Lu 8:47

… his omniscience will teach him my case, and his love at once will work my cure.” We admire her faith, but we marvel at her ignorance. After she …

Evening, June 13

Pr 30:8

… He may sometimes stand foot to foot with the child of God who is active in his Master’s service, but the battle is generally short: he who …

Morning, January 20

Ge 4:2

Morning, January 20 Go To Evening Reading “Abel was a keeper of sheep.” Genesis 4:2 As a shepherd Abel sanctified his work to the glory of God …

The Dumb Singing

Isaiah 35:5

… We have not let a sentence escape our lips when we could possibly avoid it, but, notwithstanding all that, we have found it hard work to keep dumb …

Christ the Overcomer of the World

John 16:33

… Does He not teach us, then, that there is no balm for the heart like Himself, no consolation of Israel comparable to His Person and His work? If …

Evening, March 23

Lu 19:40

… drama; and cannot we talk of God’s decrees, of God’s great work in ancient times, in all that he did for his church in the days …

Morning, November 1

Phm 2

… He had a wicked servant, Onesimus, who, having wronged him, ran away from his service. His master’s prayers followed him, and at last, as God would have …

Patience, Comfort and Hope From the Scriptures

Romans 15:4

… This patience also includes a continuance in the good work and walk, though we may have to face human or even Satanic opposition. The patience inculcated in the …

Evening, July 8

Ps 25:5

… It is our duty and our privilege to wait upon the Lord in service, in worship, in expectancy, in trust all the days of our life. Our faith …

Evening, December 28

Mt 10:34

… need a degree of moral principle which only the Spirit of God can work in you; yet turn not your back like a coward, but play the man …

Morning, May 19

Ec 10:7

… When our Lord was upon earth, although he is the Prince of the kings of the earth, yet he walked the footpath of weariness and service as the …

Evening, August 2

Ru 2:17

… if she dropped one ear to find another, the result of her day’s work would be but scant; she is as careful to retain as to obtain …

Morning, April 23

Ro 8:37

… To give an illustration—you want to overcome an angry temper; how do you go to work? It is very possible you have never tried the right way …

Morning, December 15

Ru 1:14

… devotion, which may be no better than Orpah’s kiss, but may the Holy Spirit work in us a cleaving of our whole heart to our Lord Jesus.

Happy Childhood at Stambourne

… The new house, as Smith told me, was “built on the same destruction.” It stood near the chapel, so that the pastor was close to his work. It …

A Catechism for the Proud

1 Corinthians 4:7

… Whatever their doctrinal views and sentiments, let them but speak with God in prayer or praise and they will all say, "It was all Your work as far …

The Teaching of the Holy Ghost

John 14:26

… Magnify, then, the Spirit, ye who are partakers of it; "praise, laud, and love his name always, for it is seemly so to do." My work this morning …

Additions to the Church

… Upon one day there were 3,000 added—that is an instance of conversion in the mass, when a nation is born at once! In such a work …

Magdalene at the Sepulcher—an Instructive Scene

John 20:10-16

… Your constancy and your eagerness are cheering signs that Divine Grace is beginning its work in your hearts. Comfort is on the way to you, I can see …

"The Lord Is Risen, Indeed"

Luke 24:5

… In Him we rest because His work is finished, His Resurrection being the pledge that He has perfected all that is necessary for the salvation of His people …

The Man of One Subject

1 Corinthians 2:2

… The Apostle spoke equally clearly upon the Redeemer's work, especially laying stress upon His death. "Horrible!" said the Jew, "How can you boast in a Man who …

Warning and Encouragement

Genesis 27:38

… Now I have more pleasant work to do. And that is to use my text BY WAY OF ENCOURAGEMENT. I would that, this very hour, from many hearts …

Startling!

2 Kings 8:12

… No, we felt that Divine Grace must make us new—that there must be a supernatural work worked in such beings as we were—or else, surely, we …

Sin—Its Springhead, Stream and Sea

Psalm 106:7

… The fact is, dear Friends, these people had no deeply spiritual work upon their hearts. "They understood not His wonders in Egypt" because their hearts were hardened by …

John Mark—or, Haste in Religion

Mark 14:50-52

… He has done his work in Rome. He is one of your fidgety people who do things all of a sudden, so away he goes to Alexandria! But …

Might Have Been, or May Be

John 11:37

… You may go to the "might have beens," I have better work to do. This was David's method about his child, as it should be yours about …

Bitter Herbs

Exodus 12:8

… Now, I believe that you will join with me in confessing that this holy work has been accompanied by much soul-humbling. If ever you have brought a …