Family & Children

Jacob's Fear and Faith

Genesis 32:11

… for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. And You said, I will surely do you good, and make …

Our Watchword

Psalm 70:4

… We do not send our children to hard service; we wait till their limbs are developed, and then appoint them their share in life’s labors. Let the …

Delight in the Almighty

Job 22:26

… Oh, my strong Brother, listen to one who knows by experience the heaviness of a child of sorrow! Who made you a ruler in Israel? God's children …

An Epistle Illustrated by a Psalm

Psalm 118:13

… The Lord helped me." Fathers and mothers, who have had a large family of children about them and have, by a hard struggle, brought them up, will each …

Jehovah's Valuation of His People

Isaiah 43:3

… The seed was not after the flesh, else would the children of Ishmael have been the heirs of the Covenant. But the true seed was born according to …

Sleepers Awakened

Jonah 1:5

… And, Believer, when you and those about you are in danger of falling into great sin through your careless living—when your family is in danger of being …

Jubilee Joys

… Jubilee of joy, not only to myself, but to every member of my family. —C. H. S., in sermon preached at the Tabernacle in celebration of the completion …

A Leap Year Sermon

1 Corinthians 15:8

… At any rate, as the very last of the family, "born out of due time," and not only the last, but also the very least, for he says …

Dangerous Lingering

Genesis 19:16

… I thank God for a father whom I know and honor—that of his children there is only one that can recollect the time when the evening was …

The Watchword For Today—"Stand Fast"

Philippians 3:20

… Say in your soul— "Here would I find a settled rest, While others go and come; No more a stranger, or a guest, But like a child at …

The Beloved Pastor's Plea for Unity

Romans 1:7

… were heirs of wrath, children of disobedience, even as others, and children of the Wicked One—but by no means children of the family of the Most High …

In the Hay Field

Psalm 104:14

… So the meanest child of God is necessary to the family. They in Heaven without us cannot be made perfect—the little ones are as necessary to God …

Divine Surprises

Isaiah 64:3

… for the child shall die an hundred years old. As the days of a tree are the days of My people and My elect shall long enjoy the …

Gracious Renewal

Psalm 51:10

… tracts, in the little room where you preach—or in your family, with your own children. You want to have more Divine Grace in your own hearts that …

'Cases of Conscience'

Psalm 38:4

… He tries to find rest there but, somehow, even his own family does not afford him the peace it once did. His wife thinks that something strange has …

Mongrel Religion

2 Kings 17:41

… their children and their children’s children do the same: ‘As their fathers did, so do they unto this day.’ In an out-and-out godly family it …

Experience and Assurance

Psalm 63:7

… In their time of trouble the children of God return to their Father. It is according to their newborn nature to seek Him from whom it came. The …

God's Pupil, God's Preacher—an Autobiography

Psalm 71:17

… Swaying a scepter, he was still nothing but a child before a father when he thought of God. It is beautiful to notice, in David's life, how …

Place for the Word

John 8:37

… It is a common characteristic of children to tell what they see. What they witness at home, they are sure to tell abroad. If you are a child …

Jesus Washing His Disciples' Feet

John 13:6

… But what are God's people? Why they are children and as long as God is their Father and they are children, and imperfect children, nature teaches them …

God's Goodness Leading to Repentance

Romans 2:4

… to His own children. It cannot be that He loves me better than He loves them—it must be because I am not His child. As a man …

The Two Debtors

Luke 7:41

… But can I wonder at their conduct when I see how many parents train up their children as if they really intended to make drunks of them—tempting …

The Source

John 4:11

… Possibly he also brings home a dozen children. Well, that is a large addition to your family, but you welcome them all for your boy's sake, do …

Grace Preferred to Gifts

1 Corinthians 12:31

… you can only utter half a dozen sentences? If your children come and complain that the family prayer was too short, it will be a novel sort of …

A Great Gospel for Great Sinners

1 Timothy 1:15-17

… The children of criminals when converted belong to the family of God. "To as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of …

Hideous Discovery

Mark 7:20-23

… Adulteries, as violations of the marriage vow, shake the very foundations of family life. Fornications, which today are winked at as though they were scarcely offenses, defile two …

"Behold, He Prays"

Acts 9:11

… Those who dream themselves to belong to the Good-Enough family will find themselves bad enough and the Too-Goods will find themselves shut out of Heaven! If …

'Pray, Always Pray'

John 16:26

… The children in your family do not read a petition to you when they need any favor at your hands—they state their need in childish language—you …

The Two Guards Praying and Watching

Nehemiah 4:9

… joy than such as I had last Tuesday when I received five children of one family, all brought to Christ! May the Lord make our families to be …

Jotham's Peculiar Honor

2 Chronicles 27:6

… How often does it seem as if children were dead set against the very things which their parents have loved and although one would almost have expected that …

'Make This Valley Full of Ditches'

2 Kings 3:16-18

… Oh, that our children might be God's children! They counted the family of Curio happy, of old, because there were three orators in it, the grandsire, the …

Ordered Steps

Psalm 119:133

… a feeble woman—a poor mother with a few children." "Oh," exclaims another, "I am only a child as yet, I cannot influence others!" "Oh," cries a third …

Why May I Rejoice?

Luke 10:20

… we are numbered among the children and, from now on, we shall be regarded and treated as belonging to the one family in Heaven and in earth. This …

"I Would, But You Would Not"

Matthew 23:37

… Christ puts it very plainly, "I would; but you were not willing." "How often would I have gathered your children together, and you were not willing!" That is …

Christians Kept From Sin

1 Samuel 25:32

… Nowadays, there are some children who seem to be the head of the family and the parents obey them in all things. This is very foolish and wrong …

Martha And Mary

Luke 10:38-42

… They were both women of a choice spirit—our savior's selection of their house as a frequent resort proved that they were an unusually gracious family. They …

Psalm 115

Psalm 115

… Over flowing —"you and your children." Let parents seek more grace for themselves for the sake of their children. (a) That they may be more influenced by their …

Faith Without Sight

John 20:29

… you are truly a child of God—you may make certain of your election and of your adoption into the Lord's family if you can truly say …

Sown Among Thorns

Matthew 13:7

… What is that use? First, if you have thorns about you today, make a child's use of them. What does a child do? If he gets a …

Laboring And Not Fainting

Revelation 2:3

… The farmer has an eye to all his estate but his chief care is his own family. And, even so, while the Great Husbandman of all creation observes …