Family & Children

Plain Words With the Careless

Luke 8:28

… Now, what pleasures? The pleasures of the hearth and family fireside? The pleasures of seeing your children growing up around you to call you blessed? The pleasures of …

Psalm 111

Psalm 111

… For the church and for the congregation, for the family or the community, for the private chamber of pious friendship, or the great hall of popular meeting, the …

The Use of the Bow

2 Samuel 1:17

… the children of Judah the use of the bow." Come, Brothers and Sisters, let this be your memorial to your dear father—if he was a child of …

Psalm 52

Psalm 52

… Beelzebub and Mammon together heat the furnace seven times hotter for the child of God, but in the end that shall work out their own destruction. Wherever we …

Retrospect—"The Lord Has Blessed"

Joshua 17:14

… until now." God has many very naughty children. They fall into quarrels with their heavenly Father. "Ever since that dear child died," says one, "I never felt the …

Are You Prepared To Die?

Jeremiah 12:5

… It was the land of rest to the children of Israel after a weary pilgrimage in the wilderness. Now it is written that "we who believe do enter …

The Miracles of Our Lord's Death

Matthew 27:50-53

… The miracle of turning water into wine was worked in a private house, amidst the family and such disciples as were friends of the family. But this marvel …

The Bliss of the Glorified

Revelation 7:16

… And at other times these take the form of ingratitude from children. I think we never ought to repine so much about the death of a child as …

Early Pastoral Epistles

… father receives the fond homage of his children, as a brother when he is held in honour by all the family circle, — so tenderly, and even more tenderly …

Letters on Private and Public Affairs, 1856-1890 (Continued)

… It is a double pain to be kept from you and your sorrowing family. . . . We shall all meet again. . . . Let us bless God. Can we? " Your loving friend …

"Where Are The Nine?"—or, Praise Neglected

Luke 17:15

… Oh, it must have been a sort of new birth to them to find their flesh made fresh as that of a little child! It would not have …

Psalm 135

Psalm 135

… You are highly favoured; you are the domestics of the palace, nearest to the Father of the heavenly family, privileged to find your home in his house; therefore …

Prayer 20 — The Great Sacrifice

… Thy blessing to rest upon this land, and let Thy blessing extend over all the family of man. We ask it for Christ's sake. Amen. Published 1905

Spiritual Transformations

Isaiah 4:13

… children to come unto Me." I have known domestic servants who were earnest Christians, who have gone to live where there was no religion whatever, no family prayer …

John Ploughman's Talk

… but a child left to himself bring- eth his mother to shame." If" we never have headaches through rebuking our little children, we shall have plenty of heartaches …

Perfection in Faith

Hebrews 10:14

… First, the condition of the child of God—what he is. He is a sanctified person “Them that are sanctified.” Secondly, what Christ has done for him: “He …

Real Contact With Jesus

… It is a consoling thought that Christ not only knows the great children in the family, but He also knows the little ones. This stands fast: “The Lord …

All Or None—or, Compromises Refused— a Sermon With Five Texts

Exodus 10:26

… He that cares not for his own house is worse than a heathen and a publican! And then the children. "Oh," Pharaoh says, "leave the children!" Do you …

Little-faith

… 117 The One Family. 118 The Spirit of Praise. 120 Love to Christ. 122 The First Lesson. 123 Danger of Prosperity. 123 Idleness. 124 Grace. 124 Obtaining Promises …

Faith, What Is It?

… know what the good news is, how it talks of free forgiveness, and of change of heart, of adoption into the family of God, and of countless other …

A Traveller’s Letters Home

… We wanted to investigate, so climbed up, and were rewarded by the sight of a family of very scantily-clothed children; their mother and an old woman were …

Two Good Things

Psalm 119:71

… His children accurately—far more accurately than any science can ever tell them—and He deals with extraordinary wisdom and prudence towards each one of His family. I …

Under The Apple Tree

… Give me an apple plucked from the tree, such as I have given out to boys and girls in His family, such an apple as this, “Come unto …

Our Manifesto

Galatians 1:11

… We may be the children of holy parents, but we are not, therefore, the children of God. To us it is clear that, "that which is born of …

Ancestry and Genealogy

… I remember speaking with a Christian brother, who seemed right happy to tell me that he sprang of a family which came from Holland during the persecution of …

Psalm 119

Psalm 119

… A child has no proper respect for a parent if he obeys him only as shall suit his whim or his convenience; and no man can be a …

Lecture 2: On Commenting

… I once saw a school of blind children among the charming ruins of York Abbey, and could not help pitying their incapacity to enjoy so much beauty: how …

Psalm 122

Psalm 122

… Good children are pleased to go home, and glad to hear their brothers and sisters call them thither. David's heart was in the worship of God, and …

Bringing the King Back

2 Samuel 19:10

… Your own unconverted child, whose face you kiss tonight, is to be the first object of your labors. Begin to educate your family of Christ, and pray for …

The Soul Winner

… No wise man would pour his wine into foul bottles; no kind and good parent would allow his children to go to see an im- moral play; and …

How To Keep the Heart

Philippians 4:7

… unto God.” Take your husband’s head-ache, take your children’s sicknesses, take all things, little family troubles as well as great commercial trials—take them all …

Stewards

… 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 …

But a Step

1 Samuel 20:3

… East went down the street, a child came to him and said, "Please, Sir, come and see Grandmother. Come and see Grandmother." He turned in and there was …

A Woman of a Sorrowful Spirit

1 Samuel 1:15

… keep their children about them. It is natural that they should wish to see them often. But Hannah, when most eager for a man-child, asking but for …

To Die Or Not To Die!

2 Corinthians 5:8

… As he lay dying, this was the legacy he left his children—children, mark you who are this day, many of them, rich and all of them together …

The Preacher’s Private Prayer

… He prays as a husband and as a father; he strives to make his family devotions a model for his flock; and if the fire on the altar …

The Memorable Hymn

… Satan tries to make God’s people dumb, but he cannot, for the Lord has not a tongue-tied child in all His family. They can all speak …

Psalm 42

Psalm 42

… They had been spared when their father and all his company, and all the children of his associates were swallowed up alive in their sin. Numbers 26:11 …

Rahab's Faith

Hebrews 11:31

… But this woman was so strong in faith that all her family were saved from destruction. Young woman! you have a father, and he hates the Saviour. O …

The Parable of the Ark

Genesis 7:15

… She held one child at her breast and with her other hand she grasped another. In the picture one child was represented as just letting go, the wife …