Family & Children

Jesus, the Example of Holy Praise

… When but a Child, He said, "Know you not that I must be about My Father's business?" Throughout His work-life He could say, "The zeal of …

A Song, A solace, A Sermon and a Summons

Psalm 136:1

… three holy children, "Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us out of the enemies' hands." There is no possibility that a child of God should …

Why Christ Is Not Esteemed

Isaiah 53:3

… the evening, or you listened to it while your parents read it at family prayer. But how dull and dry it seemed to you! You could revel in …

The Sequel to Divine Sovereignty

Psalm 99:1

… It was by His decree that there were almost boundless variations among the great family of mankind. In constitution, disposition and temperament—in the very appearance of our …

The “Down-grade” Controversy, from Mr. Spurgeon’s Standpoint

Controversy is never a very happy element for the child of God: he would far rather be in communion with his Lord than be engaged in defending the …

A Serious Reprimand

2 Kings 5:13

… When people put water in children's faces and regenerate them, we say—"Well, if you do it, let us see it—are those children better than anybody …

Strangers and Sojourners

Psalm 39:12

… The ill words of Christians often make texts for sinners, and thus God is blasphemed out of the mouths of His own beloved children! Let it not be …

On Conversion as Our Aim

… Here and there a preacher of righteousness, like Noah, may labour on and bring none beyond his own family circle into the ark of salvation; and another, like …

Christ’s Prayer for His People

John 17:15

… I do verily think in my own soul that a believer in a dungeon reflects more glory on his Master than a believer in paradise, that a child …

Clinging to Christ

John 6:67

… how much more are you better than the fowls?" He was a preacher who used simple language, so that even children could comprehend it! Yet, at the same …

Mr. Spurgeon as a Literary Man (Concluded)

… It consists of 366 Scripture promises, arranged for daily use, with brief experimental comments suitable for reading at family worship or as a help to private devotion. During …

A Blow For Puseyism

John 6:63

… Oh, dear Friends, shake off the idea that going up to a place of worship, or opening a Bible, or reading family prayer, or kneeling down, can, as …

The Only Road

John 14:6

… family. What a muddle there is made in this world about the Fatherhood of God. According to some, we are, all of us, all alike His children and …

Good Cause for Great Zeal

Ezra 4:14

… I charge you, see to it! But you cannot control your children, you say. Then the Lord have mercy upon you! It is your business to do it …

Good Talk

1 Chronicles 16:9

… By children who obey their parents, and by parents who train up their children in the fear of the Lord. There is not a line to be drawn …

Prompt Obedience

Psalm 18:44

… You may correctly calculate the quantity of bread that would be required for your family—and you may accurately estimate what it would cost—yet your household will …

'A Song of My Beloved'

Solomon 2:16

… We love our children, we love all our dear ones—God forbid that we should ever fail to love them—but, over and above them all, we must …

The Saints' Riches

Romans 8:32

… But what shall I say of the child who, from his youth up, has been obedient to you? Who, having grown up to manhood, has become your friend …

The Faithful Olive Tree

Judges 9:8

… Has it not been so? And sometimes in your family, when you have needed counsel, have you not stayed away from the one person who would have honestly …

Faith Justifying Speech

Psalm 116:10

… repents and believes, that there is regeneration, that there is adoption into the family of God, that there is salvation here, and eternal glory hereafter, for everyone that …

A Precious Drop Of Honey

Isaiah 49:16

… He does no more forget them than does a woman forget her sucking child. They shall return to their own land and accept Messiah, the Prince whom they …

A Mighty Saviour

Isaiah 63:1

… We are taught that he was a “child born, a son given,” and yet, at the same time, the “Wonderful, the Counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father …

Some Reminiscences of Foreign Travel

… It was never put out of sight, or hidden under the bushel of “inconvenient circumstances.” We had family prayer, whether we lodged in some rough inn on the …

'Tempted of the Devil'

Matthew 4:1

… Darkness! Little children must have little rewards for every service that they do while they are little children, but those sons and daughters of the family who have …

The Pleiades and Orion

Job 38:31

… to you! O Job, if your cattle must be taken away, if your children must die, if sore boils must break out upon your body, if you must …

The Believer's Glad Prospects

Song 2:17

… But, Lord, until this trouble is removed, come near, come near and still nearer!" If there is one child in the family the mother cares most about, it …

The Wordless Book

Psalm 51:7

… Perhaps you are the child of Christian parents, or you were the subject of early religious impressions, or it may be that you have been in other ways …

Overwhelming Obligations

Psalm 116:12

… For after that He comforted us like as a mother comforts her children. He bound up every wound. He removed every blot. He covered us with a robe …

A Holiday Drive to the New Forest

… The family being away, we had leave to wander anywhere, and we enjoyed the liberty very much. I was up this morning at six o’clock, dressing slowly …

'The Church of the First-born'

Hebrews 12:23

… really a child of God? Can you say to Him, "Abba, Father"? Is God your Father? Have you learned to trust Him as His children trust Him and …

A New Year's Benediction

Hebrews 13:5

… say here that there is never a child in the family that is dearer to the great Father than the child that is suffering shame and contempt from …

Jacob's Waking Exclamation

Genesis 28:16

… The family of which he was a member, was the only household in the land that worshipped God; or if there were some few others, probably they were …

Wrecked, But Not reckless

Acts 27:20

… as children of God—we may still come as sinners and say, "Lord receive a poor worm of the dust and if I never was Your child, make …

The Cry Of The Heathen

Acts 16:9

… bodies and the souls of men, if you would bless men in their children, in their houses, if you would bless them in their meats and drinks and …

Paul As a Pattern Convert

1 Timothy 1:16

… Do not tell me that you can be a child at home and become a Christian, and yet your father and mother will not perceive a difference in …

God's Thoughts and Ours

Psalm 139:17

… But suppose you were His child—would it not then be a continual joy to you to reflect that your heavenly Father was constantly thinking of you? If …

Opening Services

… SPURGEON gave out the third hymn, which had been composed expressly for the occasion — "Sing to the Lord with heart and voice, You children of His Sovereign voice …

Our Lord's Voluntary Poverty

2 Corinthians 8:9

… Perhaps all the time the child is kept wait-ing—and he may be kept waiting a little while for his food because the hour is not yet …

"Things To Come"

1 Corinthians 3:22

… Can you hope that the arrows of death will forever turn aside from your family? Are you of an immortal race and your children and your sires and …

The Great Reservoir

Proverbs 4:23

… We have known fathers whose moral force has been so despicable, that even their children have scarcely been able to imitate them. Though imitation was strong enough in …