Family & Children

A Troubled Prayer

Psalm 25:18

… Is this an obligation with money? Surely it often is so with the rearing of your family. If your affliction should come through your children turning out evil …

Faith First, Confession Following

Romans 10:10

… child to come first, but it is often so—and when one comes, others soon follow. I have known many a time, the youngsters of the family to …

'Stewards'

1 Corinthians 4:1

… s family. Look to the interests of all who are in Christ Jesus, and let them all be as dear to you as your own children. Servants in …

Pure Fun

… Spurgeon shook hands with seventy members of one family, named Bomford, who had gone to hear him. One of our deacons, a Mr. Alway, was at the same …

The Drawings of Love

Jeremiah 31:3

… So the Spirit, Himself, bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God! Now think for a little while of— I. THIS INESTIMABLE BLESSING. Let …

Gathering in the Chosen

Jeremiah 31:8

… sinner! Happy soul! Though once in the family of Satan and an heir of wrath, you are now a child and an heir of God and a joint …

The Glorious Habitation

Psalm 90:1

… We wish to feel—and every Christian man will feel—with regard to his own family, that they are the warp and woof of his own nature, that …

God's Overtaking Mercy

Genesis 16:8

… When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I become a man, I put …

Prodigal Love for the Prodigal Son

Luke 15:20

… the family ring is on his finger and the shoes of the home are on his feet. He eats no longer swine's food, but children's bread …

Daniel—a Pattern for Pleaders

Daniel 9:19

… Take care that daily prayer begins your matrimonial life." I am sure we cannot expect our children to grow up a godly seed if there is no family …

A Happy Christian

Isaiah 58:11

… family prayer and thank God for His kindness. But how about when the husband is sick, when the funds have got very low, and when the little children …

The House of Mourning and The House of Feasting

Ecclesiastes 7:2

… happy family, whether it is great or small! They meet around him and the old man blesses God that he is spared to see his children. Oh, what …

Psalm 112

Psalm 112

… The generation of the upright —the family; the children— shall be blessed. Such promises are expected to be fulfilled in general ;it is not required by any proper …

Deep Calls Unto Deep

Psalm 42:7

… You are fallen into poverty, or else that time for the break-up of your family has lately come upon you. Your father is gone. Your mother is …

India’s Ills and England’s Sorrows

Jeremiah 9:1

… his children? I have heard of ministers of a certain sect, and professors of a certain class, who have despised family prayer, who have laughed at family godliness …

Prayer Meetings

Acts 1:14

… Happy is the household where the altar burns day and night with the sweet perfume of family worship! He also gives us more extended views and makes us …

Covenant Blessings

Psalm 111:5

… sensibility! If our children sin, they are still our children—though chastened and punished—yet never do they cease to be numbered among our family. There are many …

Idolatry Condemned

1 John 5:21

… little child might, "Abba, Father," and to say, with all the rest of God's family, "Our Father, who are in Heaven." The title, "little children," also indicates …

The Pearl of Patience

James 5:11

… He had not lost one child out of a numerous family, nor a few thousands out of a vast fortune, but he was brought to sad bereavement, abject …

Psalm 37

Psalm 37

… Many persons are solicitously perplexed how their children shall do when they are dead; yet they consider not, how God provided for them when they were children. Is …

A New Year's Wish

Philippians 4:19

… to tell the number of God's children on earth, but the text comprehends the need of the whole chosen family, "allyour need." We will not ask you …

Fresh Grace Confidently Expected

Psalm 92:10

… He has made this world to be a happy lodging for His dear children till He shall call them Home. And He has provided for their delight many …

Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

Psalm 149:4-6

… Why, you are His children! I saw just now, from the window, a man playing with a child, and he seemed so happy as he tossed the little …

One of the Master's Choice Sayings

Matthew 14:16

… Do you not feel ashamed that your family troubles and perhaps your family joys have taken you off from your Savior? Some of you have a great deal …

Joining the Church

2 Corinthians 8:5

… You cannot be a Christian against your will! How could it be? A servant of God against his will? A child of God against his will? No, it …

The Incarnation and Birth of Christ

Micah 5:2

… Christmas-day is really a boon to us; particularly as it enables us to assemble round the family hearth and meet our friends once more. Still, although we …

Memories of Maidstone and Newmarket

… Now, sponsors are generally good people, and in charity we accept their promise on behalf of the child. As the child cannot at the time have faith, we …

Rehoboam the Unready

2 Chronicles 12:14

… See how a woman's life projects itself and either casts a ray of brightness over her children's characters, or a cloud of shame over their entire …

Consolation Proportionate to Spiritual Sufferings

2 Corinthians 1:5

… There are abundance who are in trouble and distress besides God’s children. It is not the peculiar lot of God’s family; and if I had no …

"Take Heed, Brethren"

Hebrews 3:12

… What a dreadful family David had! None of us have had a family 1ike his—that was his chastisement—his own children! What a mercy it was for …

The Simplicity and Sublimity of Salvation

John 1:11-13

… the Family Bible, even as our Father in Heaven has enrolled our names in the Lamb's Book of Life! You recollect that, as a child, you did …

Spared!

Ezekiel 9:8

… As your family circle increased, so did the flagrancy of your conduct. You all conspired to break the Sabbath. You devised the same schemes and perpetrated the same …

'A Greater Than Solomon'

Matthew 12:42

… that I must stay at home with this child," or, "I had something that must be done in the family." You do not make those excuses if there …

'Christ Is All'

Colossians 3:11

… The one family became transformed into many—a necessary evil to prevent a still greater one. The unity at Babel would have been far worse than the confusion …

A Psalmist's Question and Answer

Psalm 130:3

… At another time, family duties are attended to, but private devotions are forgotten. Sometimes there is a well-balanced relationship towards wife and children, but not towards our …

The Mediator—Judge And Savior

Acts 10:42

… One might be satisfied to preach in the middle of the night to such an assembly, for a devout family had come together at the earnest request of …

Jude's Doxology

… I have known professors who have been very lax at home—children who were not obedient to their parents—husbands who did not love their wives as they …

Is Conversion Necessary?

2 Corinthians 5:17

… he worked hard at tagging laces to support his family and his affection for his poor blind child is well known. John Bunyan was no monk, but as …

God's Foreknowledge of Man's Sin

Isaiah 48:8

… Has He found me, as His child, to be exceedingly willful? Will that tempt Him to drive me from the family? He knew I should be willful! It …

A Vile Weed and a Fair Flower

Hebrews 13:5

… It appears from our text that the children of God need, also, to be exhorted to cherish that most simple and natural of virtues—contentment. One would think …