Family & Children

'Christ Is All'

Colossians 3:11

… If you are a child of God, you will have to suffer tribulation. But all the afflictions which you may be called upon to endure for Him will …

Proving God

Malachi 3:10

… He says to all His unbelieving children who are doubtful of His goodness and His Grace, "Prove Me now. Have you anything against Me? Can you prove anything …

Christ the Seeker and Savior of the Lost

Luke 19:10

… Jesus is not born into the race of the Jews so much as into the human family. He is not to be claimed for any age, place, or …

The Faithfulness of Jesus

John 13:1

… The partner of my life is sick at home and near to death." "Alas!" cries another, "my dear child is dying, and I found it hard to tear …

A Visit to Christ's Hospital

Psalm 107:17-22

… You do not need to teach your children how to cry—it is the first thing a newborn child does. It needs no schoolmaster to teach it that …

Not Boasting, But Trusting

Ephesians 2:9

… the conventicle? "Oh" says one, "he is at home singing Psalms with his family." Doesn't he go round the Maypole? "No, the old bigot, he never breaks …

The Form of Godliness Without the Power

2 Timothy 3:5

… It is a great mercy when, instead of the fathers, shall be the children. And we may hopefully anticipate that our children will follow us in the things …

'Jesus Our Lord'

Romans 4:24

… The blessed name of "Jesus our Lord" has banded us all together in one holy brotherhood and we join in singing— "One family we dwell in Him, One …

What We Have, and Are to Have

2 Thessalonians 2:16

… children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ." A man's child is always his child and God's child is always His child. A …

David's Holy Wonder at The Lord's Great Goodness

Psalm 31:19

… Jacob gave to Joseph one portion above his brothers, but our heavenly Father has given to all the family an inheritance surpassing all conception. Angels, nor principalities, nor …

The Bridegroom's Parting Words

Solomon 8:13

… Such conversation ought to be as usual as the talk of children of one family. And next, it should be willing and influential, for if you notice, it …

Why Men Cannot Believe in Christ

John 5:44

… We have known parents who cannot forgive children. And we have known brothers who cannot forgive brothers, so that two of the same family will not speak to …

An Exciting Enquiry

Matthew 21:10

… Oh, to see the Savior riding in the midst and to hear the acclamations, while joyous converts shout, like the young children of old, "Hosanna to the Son …

Paul's Persuasion

Romans 8:38

… One of you says, "Well, it is an empty pocket with me." Others will say, "It is a family of children who have no bread." Some may say …

God's Answer to Persistent Prayer

1 Kings 18:41

… Yet, bad as it was, when the clouds had long ago vanished, when the children of three years old did not know what a drop of rain meant …

The Stern Teacher

Galatians 3:24-26

… When the child becomes a man, his father and mother do not write down little rules for him as they did when he was a child—neither do …

Return! Return!

Jeremiah 3:12

… but also robed, fed, adopted into the family of God and been taught many wonderful lessons—can such a child as that leave such a home and such …

Spiritual Appetite

Proverbs 27:7

… We cannot say it to our children with honey before them, but we may say it to God's children with Christ before them— "Eat, yes, eat abundantly …

Prepared to Meet God

Amos 4:12

… thereby good shall come unto you." Child of God, permit me to point to you with my finger and say to you, "Prepare to meet your God!" Were …

Taking Possession Of Our Inheritance

Joshua 1:2

… In the holy heritage all who have Christ have all that Christ brings with Him. "If children, then heirs"—not if grown-up children, not if comely children …

Possessing Possessions

… Each family had a lot and portion which belonged to it forever, being entailed upon it by a Covenant of salt. Through their sins the tribes were carried …

Heedful Hearing

Luke 8:18

… and right spirits—that would be blessed hearing—blessed for the family, for the wife and children, as well as for the man himself! There may have come …

Gethsemane

Luke 22:44

… You have seen a mother; she is very faint, weary with a heavy sickness, but she labors under a sore dread that her child will die. She has …

Strange Things

Luke 5:26

… your family saved! It will be such joy to you to have your wife rejoicing in Christ with you, joining in your daily prayer, and your children, even …

God's Innumerable Mercies

Psalm 71:15

… What music there is in that blessed word, "home!" Yes, and with all the troubles that a family may bring, those dear little prattlers bring a world of …

Jesus Known by Personal Revelation

Matthew 16:13-17

… is written in the Lamb's Book of Life, you are in the family register of Heaven and you shall, by-and-by be with Him where He …

The Bellows Burned

Jeremiah 6:29

… And, with the exception of himself and family, the whole of his hearers perished in the judgment against which he warned mankind! In later times God's servants …

The Blessing of the High Priest

Numbers 6:22-27

… And they shall put My name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them." Numbers 6:22-27 . THE Lord has blessed His people and He …

Knowing the Lord Through Pardoned Sin

Jeremiah 31:34

… All Zion's children are taught of the Lord. They know God by His revealing Himself to them. You may know what the preacher can tell you and …

A Door Opened In Heaven

Revelation 4:1

… There is no room for doubt, for it is called, "my Father's house." And shall not the family be known to each other? We are to "sit …

Setting Jesus at Nothing—Treating Him with Contempt

Luke 23:11

… What an anguish it is to nourish and bring up children and see them refuse our Lord! I have no greater joy than to hear that my children …

Cumbered With Much Serving

Luke 10:40

… With a sincere desire that every child of God should be supplied and that not a single guest at the table should go unfed, we begin to be …

The Overflowing Cup

Psalm 23:5

… had been preceded by many others—in which first one member of his family and then another departed from the paths of right. Nor did it close the …

David and His Volunteers

1 Chronicles 12:8-15

… Nor need we wonder that the children of God should shout— "All hail the power of Jesus' name Let angels prostrate fall, Bring forth the royal diadem And …

Communion With Christ and His People

1 Corinthians 10:16

… Children of one family need not wait to be introduced to each other—having eaten of this one bread, we have given and received the token of brotherhood …

Decision—Illustrated by the Case of Joshua

Joshua 24:15

… Never in their best days had the children of Israel been quite divorced from idols, for, as Stephen said of them, even in the wilderness they took up …

The Broken Fence

Proverbs 24:30-32

… I believe that there is a great guardian power about family prayer and I feel greatly distressed because I know that very many Christian families neglect it. Romanism …

"Your Rowers Have Brought You Into Great Waters"

Ezekiel 27:26

… You will have to come back if, indeed, you belong to the family—prodigal as you are, you are still a child! Though you return with every bone …

The Death of the Christian

Job 5:26

… I will cheerfully go with thee.” At last Death touched the believer with his hand—it was even as when the mother doth in sport smite her child …

The Lord's Supper—a Remembrance Of Jesus

Luke 22:19

… your child if he said, "Father, I shall not come to see you on your birthday. I shall not join with the rest of the family in the …