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Family, parents, children, home, and raising the next generation

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Evening, July 25

Ho 5:15

… and a happy family, he too often admits Mr. Carnal Security to feast at his table, and then if he be a true child of God there is …

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Morning, July 30

Mk 14:72

… This same experience is common to all the redeemed family according to the degree in which the Spirit of God has removed the natural heart of stone. We …

SERMON • SERMON 1443

A Clear Conscience

Psalm 119:6

… He does not doubt that he is a child, but he feels ashamed. Is it not so with your own children? They know that they are your children

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Morning, July 5

Ro 1:7

… The fact is, if we had seen the apostle Paul, we should have thought him remarkably like the rest of the chosen family: and if we had talked …

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Evening, June 1

Is 51:3

… are washed and cleansed from your defilement, you are adopted into heaven’s family, the fair seal of love is upon your forehead, and the ring of faithfulness …

SERMON • SERMON 3221

'Yet There Is Room'

Luke 14:22

… room, too, in the Father's great family. He has adopted an innumerable multitude of those who once were children of wrath and servants of Satan! He has …

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Evening, June 23

Ro 8:23

… The adoption is not manifested, the children are not yet openly declared. Among the Romans a man might adopt a child, and keep it private for a long …

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Evening, December 22

De 32:5

Evening, December 22 Go To Morning Reading “The spot of his children.” Deuteronomy 32:5 What is the secret spot which infallibly betokens the child of God? It …

SERMON • SERMON 2174

Fever and Its Cure

Luke 4:38

… Make a practice of telling the Lord about all your family concerns. Bring sicknesses and other troubles to your best Friend. Do it at family prayer, but do …

SERMON • SERMON 2878

Good Cheer for the Needy

Psalm 9:18

… help my unbelief." My witness is that some of the best children in the whole family of God never have the enjoyment of full assurance, but they are …

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Morning, June 5

Ge 7:16

… Into the sin, the gaiety, the pursuits of the multitude we cannot enter; we cannot play in the streets of Vanity Fair with the children of darkness, for …

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Morning, January 7

Php 1:21

… doing it for Christ ? Is it not done for self- aggrandizement and for family advantage? Do you ask, “Is that a mean reason?” For the Christian it is …

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Morning, November 14

Zep 1:5

… Thou professest to be a follower of Jesus—dost thou truly love him? Is thy heart right with God? Art thou of the family of old Father Honest …

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Evening, January 25

Ro 3:31

… you are not a slave, but a child; and now, inasmuch as you are a beloved child, you are bound to obey your Father’s faintest wish, the …

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Evening, February 14

Lu 8:47

… If in the list of the Lord’s children we are written as the feeblest of the family, yet, being heirs through faith, no power, human or devilish …

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Evening, January 29

Ge 8:11

… As to my business, my possessions, my family, my attainments, these are all well enough in their way, but they cannot fulfil the desires of my immortal nature …

SERMON • SERMON 2737

Who Should Be Baptized?

Acts 8:37

… that belong to God's family. Until you have believed in Jesus and are thus proved to be one of His children, I cannot admit you as a …

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Evening, December 17

Jn 10:9

… He shall be privileged to go in among the divine family, sharing the children’s bread, and participating in all their honours and enjoyments. He shall go in …

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Evening, January 12

Job 36:2

… Dumb children are an affliction to their parents. Lord, unloose all thy children’s tongue.

SERMON • SERMON 2860

Owl or Eagle?

Psalm 102:6

children of God have these various moods! First, notice the contrast here—a contrast which I have verified and so have you, if you are a child of …

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Morning, November 10

De 33:27

… bringing home his wandering sons; we would fill with holy mirth the sacred family among whom we dwell. Happy are those who have thus the God of Jacob …

SERMON • SERMON 1260

The Unbroken Line Of True Nobles

Psalm 45:16

… It is said that Alexander gathered together his valiant army principally through training children from their very birth to the pursuits of war. He took little children as …

SERMON • SERMON 1039

'Pray Without Ceasing'

1 Thessalonians 5:17

… It was most true, his dearest friend was the Lord Jesus, and family prayer was an important engagement; and so he withdrew for awhile to the family altar …

SERMON • SERMON 616

The Special Call And The Unfailing Result

1 Corinthians 1:9

… and then slay us? Does He make us His children and then cast us out of the family? God forbid! These are unheard of things for a God …

SERMON • SERMON 1550

The Unspeakable Gift

2 Corinthians 9:15

… We are washed, washed in the blood, clothed in the righteousness of the Son of God, adopted into the family of the Eternal and, "if children, then heirs …

SERMON • SERMON 2188

Entangled in the Land

Exodus 14:3

… I am sorry it should be so, but there is a promise to the family of faith, "All your children shall be taught of the Lord." You shall …

SERMON • SERMON 1957

The Lord's Own View of His Church and People

Solomon 4:12

… Each saint may say, "This belongs to me." That which belongs to the redeemed family belongs to each member of that family. That which is true of light …

SERMON • SERMON 1203

The Consecration of Priests

Exodus 29:1

… UNDER the Law, only one family could serve God in the priest's office, but under the Gospel all the saints are "a chosen generation, a royal priesthood …

SERMON • SERMON 1936

The Unkept Vineyard—or, Personal Work Neglected

Solomon 1:6

… not! This Brother would pray for his children at the Prayer Meeting, but I do not think he ever practiced family prayer. It is shocking to find men …

SERMON • SERMON 981

Carried by Four

Luke 5:16-26

… to Christ; you are praying for your children; never cease from that supplication: pray on. Perhaps one of your beloved family is unusually stubborn. Extra help is needed …

SERMON • SERMON 1420

The Headstone of the Corner

Psalm 118:22-25

… The speckled bird of the family, the one least beloved, often rises to take the most prominent place. Jephthah was driven out from his father's family and …

SERMON • SERMON 2147

Noah's Faith, Fear, Obedience, and Salvation

Hebrews 11:7

… Hast thou faith in God as to thy daily bread? Hast thou faith as to thy children and thy house? Hast thou faith about thy trade and business …

SERMON • SERMON 2055

The Trial of Your Faith

1 Peter 1:7

… be in fellowship with all the family of grace. IV. YOUR FAITH WILL BE TRIED SEARCHINGLY. It will be no child's play to come under the Divine …

SERMON • SERMON 2687

Too Good to Be Saved!

Luke 18:14

… This Pharisee belonged to the family of the "Too-Goods." I have already reminded you that he said, "I fast twice in the week." Now, according to the …

SERMON • SERMON 2528

Eating the Sacrifice

Exodus 29:33

… The child of God, when he is first converted, does not know much about being a priest. He does not know much about doing anything for Christ. I …

SERMON • SERMON 1689

The General Convocation Around Mount Zion

Hebrews 12:22-24

… is not here!" Why, Heaven's songs would be suspended if one child of the family were left in the outer darkness! There must be a believing in …

SERMON • SERMON 2221

The First, Last—And the Last, First

Matthew 19:30

… circle of their family, but not beyond that narrow range. But God will not measure so. The godly housewife, with four or five children trained for God in …

SERMON • SERMON 3151

The Lord's Supper—simple But Sublime!

1 Corinthians 11:25

… There is something painful, but pleasing, when the father dies, for the children come together at the funeral and go together to his grave. Many family heartbreaks have …

SERMON • SERMON 2593

A Welcome for Jesus

Luke 8:40

… Seat at the family altar to echo the same cry—and then, after they have prayed, they are all waiting, men and women and children, saying, "When will …

SERMON • SERMON 1157

Shiloh

Genesis 49:10

… Are we adopted into the family of God?—we are sure that He never cast a child out of the family that was once received into it! Are …