Family & Children

Bands Of Love

Hosea 11:4

… In your family it may be there is not even a rod, certainly there is no policeman, no prison, no black cap. Children are ruled by a father …

Love Thy Neighbour

Matthew 19:19

… teacher? Teach your children with a frown on your face; a fine lot they will learn! Are you a master? Do you hold family prayer? Get in a …

Those Who Desire

Nehemiah 1:11

… for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, thrown down Your altars, and slain Your Prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and …

The Knowledge of Christ’s Love

… while it is true that every child of God knows the love of Christ, it is equally true that all the children of God do not know this …

The Joy of the Lord, the Strength of His People

Nehemiah 8:10

… But then the text tells us that holy joy leads to family happiness. “The wives also and the children rejoiced.” It is so in this church. I have …

A Last Look-Out

2 Timothy 4:6

… Some of my brethren are always so pleased—pleased as some children are with a new toy—at the idea that they shall never die; that Christ will …

The Blood of Sprinkling and the Children

Exodus 12:21-27

… foundation of a family was laid, there was another memorial. The young husband and wife had the joy of looking upon their first-born child and then they …

Ask and Have

James 4:2

… Of family prayer it is more easy to judge, for we can see it. I fear that in these days many have quite given up family prayer. I …

A Description of Young Men in Christ

1 John 2:13

… WHEN I preached a short time ago upon John's message to the "little children," [Sermon #1711—A Sermon to the Lord's Little Children] I explained why …

The Ministry Of Gratitude

Luke 4:39

… family hearth is Grace, indeed. If your own household cannot see that you are godly, depend upon it, nobody else can! And if your parents or children have …

The Savior Resting in His Love

Zephaniah 3:17

… who loves his family—He rests in the midst of His own beloved ones—His spouse's bosom, the place where He hears His children cry, where He …

The Candle

Matthew 5:15

… To the end of time there shall be two seeds—the heirs of light and the children of darkness— and these two cannot be one. The light shall …

The Power of a Sigh

Psalm 12:5

… When he puts on his hat, he covers his whole family, and when he takes a crust into his mouth, he feeds his whole family. But, alas, there …

Adoption—The Spirit and the Cry

Galatians 4:6

… If a man be a believer in Jesus Christ his name is in the register-book of the great family above, “for ye are all the children of …

Special Thanksgiving to the Father

Colossians 1:12

… we are so far meet that we are accepted in the Beloved, adopted into the family, and fitted by divine approbation to dwell with the saints in light …

The Free Agency of Christ

Mark 8:22-25

… There is, often, a great family likeness in the children in one family. Sometimes, you might go where there are 10 or twelve, and you might pick them …

A Cheerful Giver is Beloved of God

2 Corinthians 9:7

… Many in the Lord's family are not enabled either to be the teachers of the Church, or the winners of souls, but they are called by the …

Esther's Exaltation—or, Who Knows?

Esther 4:13

… will not attend to the lowly care of my children." It is far better to train a little family for Jesus than to be attempting a work to …

The Love Of Jonathan and the Love Of Jesus

2 Samuel 1:26

… for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family. The family of David was a godly household and they had a meeting, not for pleasure, but …

One Lion, Two Lions, No Lion at All!

Proverbs 22:13

… Now, in dealing with sluggishness and its vain excuse, my divisions, tonight, will be such that every child can take them home and remember them. The first head …

The Secret of Failure

Matthew 17:19-21

… Father, you are responsible for your family and you cannot get rid of your responsibility. Mother, much responsibility for your children's characters must lie with you—if …

"Goodness, as a Morning Cloud"

2 Chronicles 24:2

… child was seven years old, Jehoiada caused him to be crowned king and he put to death the cruel she-wolf Athaliah who had destroyed the royal family …

Hagar at the Fountain

Genesis 16:13

… You might have said of Abraham's family, "you are of God, little children, and the whole world lies in the Wicked One." She, an Egyptian, once benighted …

Walking Humbly With God

Micah 6:8

… We are not like children crying in the dark after an unknown Father whom we seek by ways of our own, but we are as babes who follow …

Psalm 87

Psalm 87

… a child newly born into his family, acknowledges each as his son, and enrols him with his own hand on the sacred register of his children. It is …

A New School of the Prophets

… What a stripling he then was ! What an impression he made ! It was then that he related the difficulty he felt, when a child, as to how the …

Characteristics of Faith

John 4:48

… his family, and God hears his prayer, and the family is saved. No, the father's faith cannot be a substitute for the faith of the children, they …

Timely Reflections

Romans 13:11

… Some of your own children, perhaps, or neighbors. Are you clear of their blood? Are you clear of their blood? It would be an awful piece of brutality …

Preface to the Second Series

… I am as much at home with my young brethren as in the bosom of my family, and therefore speak without restraint. Generous minds will take this into …

Cambridge Life and Letters, 1850-1851

… We read round with the children, and it seemed just like home-days. I have not had a letter from Stambourne, nor from Aunt, I am quite solitary …

On the Choice of a Text

… a family in which the children, having observed that something particular had occurred during the day, would say to each other, “We must wait till family prayer, when …

The Plea of Faith

2 Samuel 7:25

… ad they have tried lately to make a very happy family of us, like the happy family near Waterloo Bridge, where all kinds of creatures are shut up …

The Growth of the Institutions, 1878-1892

… the first family of girls was soon installed there. It was found that the trust-deed of the Orphanage provided for the reception of fatherless children, without specifying …

Waiting Only Upon God

Psalm 62:6

… His object was to be a laird, to found a family, to plant the root of an ancestral tree the fruit of which should be heard of in …

Regeneration

John 3:3

… Mothers, you have had infants that have gone to heaven; you would like to see your family all around the throne; but you will never see your children …

Good Cheer From Christ's Victory Over the World

John 16:33

… Even while you dwell in the sweet seclusion of domestic life, though your family has been graciously visited, and your dear ones are all Believers, yet even there …

Forward! Forward! Forward!

Exodus 14:15

… of Christ. "Ah," says one, "but what is to become of my children, my family, my household?" Friend, I cannot tell you, but God can. It is yours …

The Lord's Eternal Rest

Psalm 132:14

… your choicest rest is found with the children whom you so fondly love. There is no stranger in the family circle! The door is closed, the fire is …

Bands of Love; or, Union to Christ

… This, then, is to be regarded as the day-spring of union—the love of Christ embracing in its folds the whole of the elected family. 2. There …

Faith's Way of Approach

Romans 10:17

… I have heard of a child who used to always lean forward to catch every word the preacher said. And his mother asked him why he did so …