Work & Service

Seeking Richly Rewarded

Psalm 34:10

… A man may be a great giver to charities, a great attendee at Prayer Meetings, a great doer of all kinds of Christian work and yet he may …

All Are Guilty

Matthew 27:22

… Christ's was virtue in the attitude of lowly service with the emotions of tender sympathy, proving itself by acts of unfailing benevolence. He did not come to …

Debtors and Debtors

Luke 7:41

… To read his Bible, to attend a service where he shall be reminded of his obligations is most objectionable to him. He does not want to be reminded …

'Jesus Our Lord'

Romans 4:24

… If I can the better glorify You by patient endurance or by active service, only give me the necessary Grace and I will not fail to acknowledge You …

Alto and Bass

Luke 1:53

… HE has done it!" Unto His name be all the praise! Who began the good work in you, my Brother, my Sister in Christ? Who has carried it …

A Prophetic Warning

Matthew 24:12

… Let us only reckon that to be substantial which comes from God, and is God's work. The things which are seen are temporal. 3. And as He …

The Last Census

Psalm 87:6

… Up, Sluggard! Up! Pull up those paving stones and hurl them at the old Fiend who longs to keep you at this dreary work of making a smooth …

Memories of Maidstone and Newmarket

… I resolved, from that moment, that if ever Divine grace should work a change in me, I would be baptized, since, as I afterwards told my friend the …

Question and Exclamation

Jeremiah 3:19

… Neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, You are our gods: for in You the fatherless finds mercy. What a sweet reason this …

True Worship

Psalm 50:14

… that only by faith in a crucified Savior can I be saved? Lord, work that faith in me! Does He tell me that they who are justified must …

The Simplicity and Sublimity of Salvation

John 1:11-13

… It is a work of the Holy Spirit, a work of God! It is a new creation—it is a quickening—it is a miracle from beginning to …

A Solemn Deprival

Ephesians 2:12

… This is what He wants—heart-work. 14. And pay your vows unto the Most High. This is what He demands—obedience. 15. And call upon Me in …

Jesus Meeting His Warriors

Genesis 14:18-20

… We must draw the sword when conscience and when God demand it and never sheath it until God's work is done. However, this rarely occurs. For the …

God's Prison, Warden and Prisoner

… it, for you insult God in the way by which you go to work! Oh, may God grant that we may never live to see our countrymen so …

Christ's Resurrection and Our Newness Of Life

Romans 6:4

… For "glory" you may read, "power," if you please, for it was a great work of power to raise Jesus from the dead. But it was more than …

The God of Peace

Romans 15:33

… Go back in your imagination to the time when the majestic Father stepped from his solitude and commenced the work of creation. Picture to yourself the moment when …

Three Texts, But One Subject— Faith

Psalm 57:1

… Have no confidence in yourself, in Baptism, in sacraments, in prayers, in good works, in anything but the finished work of Christ—and when you get there, you …

Overcoming Christ

Solomon 6:5

… that He longed for the time when He would enter upon the great work of their redemption. Long ago, He said, "My delights were with the sons of …

'Prisoners of Hope'

Zechariah 9:11

… Some people do not remember that—they try to work us as if we were made of iron. But the Lord is full of pity. He knows that …

"There Is Forgiveness"

Psalm 130:4

… Conscience is really at work, he has a very terrible voice. There is no lion in the thicket that roars like a truly awakened conscience. Conscience says, "You …

Believers Tested by Trials

Job 23:8-10

… Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work Like wild asses, their work consists in going forth to do mischief. 5. Rising betimes …

A Vexed Soul Comforted

Job 27:2

… Only make sure work of my eternal salvation and I will not mind what I have to suffer!" I shall bless God for you, dear Friend, and you …

Christ Precious to Believers

1 Peter 2:7

… They toil from morning till night all through the week, and the Sabbath day should be a day of rest to them; but they work more on the …

Nevertheless, Hereafter

Matthew 26:64

… His work is well done and, therefore, He sits at the right hand of God, in the place of honor and dignity! Before long He will come. We …

The Tender Pity of the Lord

Psalm 103:13

… Just such as they were He accepted them, and resolved to train them for His service. Having once loved them, He loved them unto the end. He never …

'I Have Enough'

Genesis 33:9

… All guidance and all quickening He will give to you! There is nothing which the Spirit of God can work which He will not work in you, according …

A Promise for the Blind

Jeremiah 31:8

… There are some good people who would be glad to work for their living, but they are disabled through affliction. Among these are the blind. When I go …

Prayer 16 — He Ever Liveth

… May our servants, and work-people, and neighbors all know where we live, and if they do not understand the secret of that life, yet may they see …

Faith and Its Attendant Privileges

John 1:11-13

… And in fact, work as it may, afterwards, it must always be a receptive faith! We only work out our salvation as God works in us—and even …

The Test of Taste

1 Peter 2:3

… Will this satisfy you? No! You must sit down and handle that knife and fork and get to work or you will remain hungry. I do not need …

Psalm 29

Psalm 29

… This is most certain, that which is a man's great end, that will work out all other ends. He that sets up the glory of God as …

The Unspeakable Gift

2 Corinthians 9:15

… Poor, poor work is our best preaching concerning the adorable Lord Jesus! But this is one thing we can say with respect to Him from our very hearts …

The Man Christ Jesus

Hebrews 7:4

… The work was colossal; what if I say it was infinite; and therefore our Lord Jesus when he cried "It is finished," had reached the summit of greatness …

The Infallibility of Scripture

Isaiah 1:20

… No work is so important or honorable as the proclamation of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus—and for that very reason it is weighted with a responsibility …

My Own Personal Holdfast

Micah 7:7

… Our prayer, and God's act, work upon the one hinge of the eternal purpose. Now, if a man had no confidence in prayer, he would not look …

"The Marriage of the Lamb"

Revelation 19:7

… The consummation of the whole work of redemption is the marriage of the Church to Christ. And, according to "the true sayings of God," this is "the marriage …

Glory!

1 Peter 5:10

… commenced in regeneration and is going on in us every day in the work of sanctification. We cannot be glorified so long as sin remains in us—we …

The Deceitfulness of Sin

Hebrews 3:13

… The thought fascinates and then the spell of evil begins its deadly work—thought condenses into desire and desire grows to purpose—and purpose ripens into act. So …

A Discourse Upon True Blessedness Here and Hereafter

James 1:12

… sole trust in the merit of His precious blood—this is a genuine work of Grace! You love Him because He first loved you and then you say …

The Blessing of Full Assurance

1 John 5:13

… Love to God in us is always the work of God's love towards us. Jesus loved us, and gave himself for us, and therefore we love him …