Family & Children

Hindrances to Prayer

1 Peter 3:7

… And unless guarded by devotion, our family will be a field without a hedge. The mournful behavior of many of the children of professing parents is mainly due …

The Empty Place—a Christmas Day Sermon

1 Samuel 20:25

… If martyr days should come back, could we vacate our places? Could the husband let his wife and children go for Christ's sake? Could the child, again …

Happy Childhood at Stambourne

… Here my venerable grandfather lived for more than fifty years, and reared his rather numerous family. In its earlier days it must have been a very remarkable abode …

The Unchanging God Cheering Jacob in His Change of Dwelling Place

Genesis 46:1-4

… He had a very strange family, this man Jacob. It was badly begun at the outset, of four mothers—and jealousies were sure to abound. Taking them all …

Effectual Calling—Illustrated by the Call of Abram

Genesis 12:5

… IF you desire to know the character or a child, you will probably learn much about it from observing the father. The young bird flies and sings as …

Wordless Prayers Heard in Heaven

Isaiah 41:17

… one of the beloved family, it certainly would not be the little one or the tried one! There are special promises for the child of God in the …

Five Links in a Golden Chain

Titus 1:4

… be of one family, they were really of two families—the one an heir of wrath, the other receiving Grace to become a child of God. But Beloved …

Rahab

Hebrews 11:31

… Now, wherever there is a real child of God there will be anxiety for his family. If you do not want to have your children saved you are …

Shut In Or Shut Out

Genesis 7:16

… And, even after 120 years of ministry, when his ark was built and his family entered it, they were eight against many millions—an insignificant few, as men …

Psalm 139

Psalm 139

… parent and the only fashioner of us all. Thus graciously spake Jacob to his brother Esau, demanding, "Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which …

Jehovah-Shammah—a Glorious Name for the New Year

Ezekiel 48:35

… The children of God should be knit together. It would be a shameful sight, indeed, should children of His family fall out and chide and fight. Saints who …

Mourning at the Cross

Zechariah 12:10

… family in which the only child lies dead. There is real sorrow there for they are thinking that their name will not be continued and their dear child …

The Beginning of Months

Exodus 12:1

… every chick and child around my table truly belonged to Christ." A family begins to live in the highest sense when, as a family, without exception, it has …

Certain Singular Subjects

Joshua 24:4

… Something infinitely better is reserved for the Lord's own family! The rich blessing of true Grace He reserves for His children and heirs. It shows how little …

'The Time of Jacob's Trouble'

Jeremiah 30:7

… child of so much promise—a child who was so gracious and who seemed to be such a help to the father, and likely to lift the family …

April 25 — WHAT TO LEAVE CHILDREN

Prov. 20:7

April 25 WHAT TO LEAVE CHILDREN "The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him" Prov. 20:7 Anxiety about our family is natural …

March 4 — HONOR GOD

I Sam. 2:30

… If I would have my family ennobled, I must honor the Lord in all things. God may allow the wicked to win worldly honors; but the dignity which …

The Fatherhood of God

Matthew 6:9

… But, thanks be unto God, we are his children still! And if there be anything worse that can happen to a father than his child becoming a lunatic …

The Numbered People

Numbers 4:49

… To them the transport of the holy vessels from place to place was committed, each family of the tribe being made responsible for the safe and reverent transport …

A Hearer In Disguise

1 Kings 14:6

… But there is one more point—they had one godly member of their family and that brought them to see the Prophet. Their child was sick and ill …

The One Family

… As the Lord hath but one family, written in one register, redeemed with one blood, quickened by one Spirit, so this whole household abides in one habitation evermore …

Morning, March 18

Ga 3:26

… Peter and Paul, the highly-favoured apostles, were of the family of the Most High; and so are you also; the weak Christian is as much a child …

Morning, July 15

Le 6:13

… The sanctuary and family altars borrow their fires here, therefore let this burn well. Secret devotion is the very essence, evidence, and barometer, of vital and experimental religion …

Feeding on a Whole Christ

Numbers 9:11

… No, it was a family meal—all who were in the house, of the seed of Israel, master and servants, husband and wife and children—all came to …

Evening, May 21

Ge 42:2

… Joseph was abundantly ready to succour his own family; and Jesus is unceasing in his faithful care for his brethren. Our business is to go after the help …

Morning, November 1

Phm 2

Morning, November 1 Go To Evening Reading “The church in thy house.” Philemon 2 Is there a Church in this house? Are parents, children, friends, servants, all members …

Morning, October 19

1Co 3:1

… You are as much an adopted child of God as any other believer. An infant is as truly a child of its parents as is the full-grown …

A Memorable Visit to Stambourne.–Mr. Knill’s Prophecy

… all the family were gathered to morning prayer. Then, in the presence of them all, Mr. Knill took me on his knee, and said, “This child will one …

Light at Evening Time

Zechariah 14:7

… a letter, fill it full of intelligence concerning their children? “John is ill,” “Mary is well,” “all our family are in health.” Very likely some business friend writes …

The Church a Mother

Isaiah 49:20

… If children are born, there is no rejoicing over them. Their names are not written in the family register—the church book. They are not asked to come …

A Sermon to the Lord's Little Children

1 John 2:12

… You are the little children, dear to the whole family. You, I mean, who are but little in Israel as yet—little in knowledge, little in faith, little …

A Drama in Five Acts

1 Corinthians 7:29-31

… the man with a wife and family should, by faith, find it just as easy since the promise runs, "Leave thy fatherless children, and let thy widows trust …

Conversion and Character

Acts 16:24-34

… Oh, children of God, your Father knows best! Leave everything in His hands and be at peace, for all is well. May the Holy Spirit work quietness of …

The First and the Second

Hebrews 10:9

… has been taking away from some of you considerable portions of your family. Some dear children, who were once nestling at your breast, are now with Him in …

Railings

Deuteronomy 22:8

… But if family prayer is swept away, farewell to the strength of the Church! A man should rail his house for his children's sake, for his servants …

Why Some Sinners Are Not Pardoned

Job 7:21

… But suppose that after being forgiven, he should be adopted by him who was his judge, and taken into his family so as to become his child? Now …

Universal Fatherhood—a Lie!

John 8:38

… If there is any family secret at all, the children must not only be put to bed at night, but they must be kept in bed all day …

Abraham, A Pattern To Believers

Hebrews 11:9

… If you need a merry evening, child of God, get together half-a-dozen who are like yourself—God's children! If you need an evening that you …

Women's Rights—a Parable

Numbers 17:5

… to keep up the honor of the family. I was thinking whether there may not be some here, some children of godly parents, who would feel it a …

The Best Friend

Proverbs 27:10

… probably understands all about the family difficulties, the family troubles and he also understands us. Why, he nursed us when we were children and, therefore, he knows most …