Family & Children

Sermons From Saintly Deathbeds No. 783

Genesis 49:33

… To some of God's own children the dying bed is a Bochim, a place of weeping. It is melancholy when such is the case, and yet it …

The Touchstone of Godly Sincerity

Job 27:10

… All our times of pleasure ought to be times of prayer; Job accounted his family festivities opportune for calling his children together for special devotion. No less should …

The Tender Grapes

Solomon 2:13

… A little child is just as much its mother's child as the biggest one in the family is! And no doubt that little one whose voice we …

Everyday Religion

Galatians 2:20

… Though bereavement has come into the family and sickness unto the household, yet Faith has learned to sing in all weathers because her God is still the same …

Scourge For Slumbering Souls

Amos 6:1

… As well attempt to cross the storm-tossed ocean upon a child's paper boat, or mount to the Heaven of God in the philosopher's balloon. As …

Everywhere And Yet Forgotten

Job 12:9

… observes in all the events of his family, ascribing to His Divine hand every sickness that falls upon his child, and every loss that occurs to him in …

One Worker Preparing For Another

1 Chronicles 22:14

… love to him would do so by helping to maintain his fatherless family of 500 children. We trust that no one will allow this useful institution to suffer …

The Best Burden for Young Shoulders

Lamentations 3:27

… It ought to reconcile us to that which is unsavory when we are informed that it is good! A little child is not easily reconciled that way, because …

From The Dunghill To The Throne

Psalm 113:7

… The children of God favored by Divine Grace are permitted to have interviews with Jesus Christ! Like Enoch, we walk with God. Just as a child walks with …

Pray For Jesus

Psalm 72:15

… I suppose that when He was a Child His parents prayed for Him. They needed not to pray some of the prayers which we offer for our offspring …

The Best of All—god Is With Us

1 Chronicles 22:18

… cannot turn away from them! Mother, is it not so in your family, that the child who is most ill, most weak, most full of pain, is the …

Sight For Those Who See Not

John 9:39

… Other hearts at once hate the Truth, for they are the children of darkness and, therefore, "they love darkness rather than light because their deeds are evil." You …

Work

John 9:4

… When we were little children, a kind friend made us very happy one day, and yet a second and a third time did that same friend make our …

A Bright Light in Deep Shades

Isaiah 51:1

… His wife and he made up but one family. One tent enclosed them—and yet the Lord said to him, "I will make of you a great nation …

More and More, or Less and Less

Matthew 13:12

… shall begin to be afraid that you are not a child of the Lord's own family, for Divine life grows! A dead post which we saw in …

Faith Among Mockers

Psalm 22:8

… child, I have seen him incensed to the last degree. He has said, "I cannot stand that! I will not look on and see my own children abused …

Sunshine in the Heart

Psalms 37:4

… Now, you are waiting till you have brought up this large family of yours, and then when you have your children started in life, you are looking out …

The Work of Grace the Warrant for Obedience

John 5:11

… There were the weary children of pain, fainting, while others were feasting. They were racked with pain amid general rejoicing. They were sighing amid universal singing! Our Lord …

Peace at Home, and Prosperity Abroad

Psalm 147:14

… Under what conditions should we be warranted in applying to it the glowing description of this Psalm—"He hath blessed thy children within thee; he maketh peace in …

Joyful Transformations

Isaiah 42:16

… Possibly your crook lies in a trying family at home. Woe to those who have crooked sons—sharper than an adder's tooth is an unthankful child. Have …

Exposition of the Doctrines of Grace

… No doubt, unfavourable circumstances have a bad influence upon the minds of children; but it is not so with the whole race. Point out to me, one child …

Mutual Love Between Pastor and People

… special note that four children of our beloved deacon, William Higgs, were added to the church on one evening, while others of his family have preceded them. As …

The Church—Conservative And Aggressive

1 Timothy 3:15

… Let her not give up the training of her child to another. And why should we, the Church of Christ, give up our children when we first taught …

What the Farm Laborers Can Do and What They Cannot Do

Mark 4:26-29

… We are, nearly all of us, like children, for there are still not many fathers and, like children, we are apt to be impatient. Your little boy sowed …

Incidents of Home and School Life

… God bless him for it; he was a sensible man, and none of your children-spoilers; he did not intend to bring up his children to speculate, and …

Psalm 50

Psalm 50

… There was an Asaph in David's time, who was one of David's chief musicians, and his family appear to have continued long after in their hereditary …

Tender Words Of Terrible Apprehension!

Psalm 9:17

… Do you remember that family meeting which was held each morning, when the big Bible was opened, and your father read from Holy Scripture the Words of Truth …

The God of the Aged

Isaiah 46:4

… He hath no children to launch out in business. He hat not to cast his anxious eyes on his little family. But his solicitude hath somewhat increased in …

Divine and Human Ordination

… being a minister, had lessened my affection, with all the absurd remarks on family and household matters. I do not know what sort of a homily! should get …

Stambourne Meeting-House

… a season of delirious excitement to others besides “the child.” At other times, all the women and children were solemnly working at straw-plait; but what they did …

Psalm 65

Psalm 65

… The poor man, with his half a dozen children, toils, and often dies, under the vain labour of winning bread for them. God feeds his family of countless …

In the Sunny South (Continued)

… possible, even to the ringing of a bell when it was time for family prayer. Not only were there guests in the house who desired to be present …

Christ Crucified

1 Corinthians 1:23-24

… He had a holy ancestry; he came of a pious family; a right good man was he. He could not like those Sadducees at all, who had no …

Psalm 33

Psalm 33

… Let not children of God ever yield their principles in practice any more than in heart. What a God we serve! The more we know of him, the …

First Sermons at New Park Street Chapel

… the lambs; and I think it is a feature of the Lord’s family, that they love to see another child born into it. When you see anyone …

Psalm 3

Psalm 3

… Sorrow hath a numerous family. "Many are they that rise up against me." Their hosts are far superior to mine! Their numbers are too great for my reckoning …

Psalm 60

Psalm 60

… David obeyed the precept to teach the children of Israel; he recorded the Lord's mighty acts that they might be rehearsed in the ears of generations to …

The New Year's Guest

Matthew 25:35

… the ancient family to which He belonged, but alas, He had become "a Stranger unto His brethren, and an alien unto His mother's children"! And no door …

Psalm 105

Psalm 105

… O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen. Should all the world forget, ye are bound to remember. Your father Abraham saw his …

All of Grace

Ephesians 2:8

… I also rejoice to remember that these of my family who were ministers of Christ before me preached this Doctrine and none other. My father, who is still …