Abounding in the Work of the Lord

1 Corinthians 15: 58

“So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and steady, always enthusiastic about the Lord’s work, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.”

Quotes from a John MacArthur sermon titled “Abounding in the Work of the Lord”

“The way to work the work of the Lord is to do as much as is possible, to go to the very extremity of your limits, to go as far as you can go, to do as much as you can do, as well as you can do it. So overdo it.”

“We are to go to the limits, and the extremes of our capacities in working for the Lord.”

“God is not doing as little as possible, but as much as possible. And that’s the way we are to respond.”

“We can’t keep yelling our Christian principals at a non-Christian world. They don’t care, what we’ve got to do is to get OUR act together as believers, and get our homes and our marriages, and all these things right. And then we’ll be able to be the salt and light of the world.”

“We are not after superficiality. We are after something that is deep, and profound, and abiding, that builds down and has lasting quality. We’re not trying to pass on a program, but to change lives.”

[About Paul and his ministry]

“There were times when he stayed a little while because he was pressed and the Spirit of God would do work. And then he was committed to a work of depth. That’s really why I believe you’ve got to stay, and be faithful, and plug at it, and stay there, and hang in there. Just because it gets a little tough you don’t quit because you can’t be superficial. There is so much superficial “Christianity” and it must really grieve the heart of God.”

[Quote from a Wycliffe Bible Translator]

“We have never in our ministry, seen anybody who wasn’t effective here become effective somewhere else. If you are not willing to do it here, you are not going to be willing to do it over there because the geography of your feet has nothing to do with commitment of your heart.”