Family & Children

Divine Sovereignty

Matthew 20:15

… such a difference between the members of his family? Suppose a father should have a certain number of children, and he should give to one all his favors …

Hatred Without Cause

John 15:25

… He was called, you know, the child Jesus; because as a child speaks itself out, and has no reserve, and no craftiness, even so was it with Jesus …

Christ Manifesting Himself to His People

John 14:22

… But when the fig-tree does not blossom, and when there are no herds in the stalls, then it is that God often comes nearest to his children …

The First Christmas Carol

Luke 2:14

… Let others mourn; but “Why should the children of a king Go mourning all their days?” Anoint your head and wash your face; appear not unto men to …

Omniscience

Genesis 16:13

… Never mind; God does not want to hear; he can tell what you mean even by seeing you. “There,” says the Lord, “is a child of mine in …

Our Lord's Solemn Enquiry

Matthew 27:46

… child of God has had to say precisely what the Lord Jesus, the first-born of the family, uttered upon the cross. Now as God's children are …

A Bottle in the Smoke

Psalm 119:83

… Are you parents? your children are your joy; but those children cause you some smoke, because you fear, lest they should not be brought up in “the nurture …

The Sympathy of the Two Worlds

… but child’s talk, and ye are little children, and ye cannot understand the greatness of eternal bliss, and therefore God has given you a child’s horn …

Divine Destruction and Protection

Ezekiel 17:29

… Or it is my friend yonder, a working man, who says, " Well, I work as hard as anybody; I bring up my children as well as I can …

Psalm 93

Psalm 93

… Strength always dwells in the Lord Jehovah, but he hides his power full often, until, in answer to his children's cries, he puts on strength, assumes the …

The Spiced Wine of My Pomegranate

… He who intercedes for a saint because he desires his well-being as a member of the one family, enters into fellowship with his brother in the offering …

The Spirit of Bondage and Adoption

Romans 8:15

… I am no foe, I am Your own dear and well-beloved child. Therefore, like as a father pities his children, have pity upon me." The Lord never …

Repentance Unto Life

Acts 11:18

… He attends the house of prayer, and converses as a child of God. But back he goes to his sins as the dog returns to his vomit. The …

The Immutability of Christ

Hebrews 13:8

… Come the sixth of this month, I shall then be eight years old in the gospel of the grace of Jesus; a child, a little child therein as …

The Young Soul-Winner at Waterbeach

… A house is in flames, and in it is a woman with her children, who cannot by any means escape. In vain she attempts to come downstairs; the …

'Magnificat'

Judges 5:12

… Ye children of God, refrain yourselves from weeping, and make a joyful noise unto the Rock of your salvation; let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and …

Good Works

Titus 2:14

… sermons, catechising their children, and prayer. Nor was this the work only of the Lord’s day, but they had their hours of family devotion in the week …

The Soul's Desertion

Song 5:6

… You are not provoked, perhaps, by a good deal of noise from one of your children, but half that noise from another of your children would exceedingly vex …

The Holy Spirit and the One Church

Jude 1:19

… Oh! I should think myself grossly in fault if at the foot of these stairs I should meet a truly converted child of God, who called himself a …

A Memorable Interview

John 20:27

… be your, for you, too, shall be numbered with the family and you shall feast upon the children's meat, and be partakers of all the privileges of …

A Psalm of Remembrance

1 John 4:16

… s children know their Father’s love. Besides what they see there is something which they feel. There are times when the father takes his child into his …

Psalm 67

Psalm 67

… which lie side by side with those ascribed to David, and wear a family likeness to them. A Psalm or Song . Solemnity and vivacity are here united. A …

Goodness Going Before

Psalm 21:3

… You may open your children's hymnbook if you like, and you may sing— "I thank the goodness and the Grace, Which on my birth have smiled That …

The Work of the Holy Spirit

Galatians 3:3

… Folly is bound up not only in the heart of a child, but in the heart of even a child of God; and though the rod may be …

The Tabernacle of the Most High

Ephesians 2:22

… Now, is he love and kindness and sweetness, ready to hear the prattle of his children’s prayer, and the disjointed notes of his children’s song. Oh …

The Tabernacle Opened

… at the first communion service held in the Tabernacle; the next night, a family gathering of our own church was held under the presidency of the Pastor’s …

Negotiations For Peace

Acts 10:36

… And when he found himself surrounded by the family and their friends, he girt up his loins for his work and gave his whole soul to his subject …

My Last Letters from Mentone

… He made the day full of sweet, devout service, and still sweeter communion with the Lord ! In the morning, after having family prayer, he would, perhaps, go to …

The Great Need—Or, The Great Salvation

Isaiah 48:18

… Speaking after the manner of men, to chasten His own people is a pain and a grief to His heart—"Like as a father pities his children, so …

A Precious Promise for a Pure People

Isaiah 33:17

… In like manner, you children of faithful Abraham, you who have left all for Christ's sake, look upon your future heritage from the spot of your present …

Christ Before Annas

John 18:12

… He spoke so simply that even little children could understand Him. I should think there was never one person in His audience who could truthfully say that he …

The Bed and Its Covering

Isaiah 28:20

… I pant to be God’s child, I have it here. I pant to be rich to all intents of bliss, I have the promise here, and I …

Psalm 74

Psalm 74

… If the cries of thy children are too feeble to be heard, be pleased to note the loud voices of thy foes and silence their profanities for ever …

Sins of Omission

Jeremiah 11:8

… He does not create souls and give them lives to spend in child's play, fashionable frivolities, and killing of time! Yet in the face of eternity, life …

A Miracle of Grace

… You cannot know what disposition the child would have shown, what temptations would have befallen it, or what consequences would have come of its life. Could some parents …

Sharing Christ's Life

John 14:19

… She is in good health, but she is not perfectly happy, for she is a Rachel weeping for her children and will not be comforted because they are …

How to Become Full of Joy

1 John 1:4

… Take heed, children of God, of disobedience! It is a discipline of the Divine family that if we disobey, we shall lose the comfortable Presence of our Lord …

Araunah's Threshing Floor

1 Chronicles 22:1

… eye, for good people hold very different views—yet the children of God are of one family, notwithstanding their diversity of opinions. Whenever we come to talk about …

Jerusalem the Guilty

Luke 13:33

… You and I are, dear Friends, the children of God in a sense in which other men are not—we are part of His great family. Being regenerated …

Struggling Against Sin

Psalm 119:145

… They call the servants together—they march in, and they march out to the routine of family worship. They read out of a book some form of words …