Family & Children

Intimate Knowledge of the Holy Spirit

John 14:17

… If the Holy Spirit is bearing witness in your spirit that you are the children of God, then you are truly born of God. The presence of the …

Consolation In The Furnace

Daniel 3:25

… mean "Foxe's Book of Martyrs." Every family ought to have a copy of it, illustrated with pictures for the children to look at. And if you read …

Two Essential Things

Acts 20:21

… There can be no restoration of that child to his proper place in the family till he has said, "Father, I have sinned." He is stubborn, unhumbled, and …

Praise Your God, O Zion!

Luke 19:37-40

… shall bless Him! Others here present have had their own children saved. God has looked on one family and another, and taken one, and two, and three. He …

God, the Husband of His People

Jeremiah 31:32

… Sin in a child of God is peculiarly sinful. Instead of its being a trifle, as some men seem to think, it is a very solemn matter, indeed …

True Worship

Psalm 50:14

… what the Lord loves—the trust, the child-like confidence, the loving seeking after sympathy which is in His children's hearts. Oh, bring Him this! Then he …

'That Day' and Its Disclosure

2 Timothy 1:18

… to his necessities and, therefore, Paul felt bound to him and to his family in perpetual thankfulness. Let none of us ever be accused of ingratitude—it is …

The Christian's Manifestation

1 John 3:2

… Why does not his father give him the honor and dignity which belong to his sonship?" Simply because he is at present only a child and he must …

Rough, But Friendly

Genesis 42:25

… If any man escapes the rod, the true-born children of the royal family of Heaven never can! Some may sin and prosper, but the righteous, if they …

Jesus Meeting His Warriors

Genesis 14:18-20

… being partaker of flesh and blood even as all the children are who belong to his faithful family. Observe then, in handling our subject in this manner, that …

Things to Be Remembered

… Child of God, let me bring to your remembrance, tonight, the fact that you are by nature no better than the vilest of the vile! "Children of wrath …

Keeping the Soul Alive

Psalm 22:29

… of the gracious Redeemer who watches over all the children of Grace as a nurse watches over her child. Yes, but you tell me that this is a …

The Sheep Before The Shearers

Isaiah 53:7

… child if it is to happen? Here are things going badly in trade—would it not be a good thing to hold a special meeting in the family …

Great Joy In the City

Acts 8:8

… O you wretched creatures, it is a marvel that God Almighty should let you live at all when you beat your wives and blast your children's lives …

A Sore Grievance

Jeremiah 50:6

… Turn, O backsliding children, says the LORD: for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and …

A Comprehensive Benediction

2 Thessalonians 2:16

… grateful praise? Then gravely question whether you can be a child of God, for concerning the children of God it is written, "God, even our Father, has given …

Christ, the Glory of His People

Luke 2:32

… We have no relation except through His standing at the top of the page in the family register. He is a Son, and we become the many brethren …

God's Jewels

Maalachi 3:17

… and He shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their father, lest I come and smite the earth …

The Drought of Nature, the Rain of Grace and the Lesson Therefrom

Jeremiah 14:3

… At the Lord's will the universe would be gone, as yonder bubble which your child was blowing but a moment ago, and now has vanished, and left …

The Condescension of Christ

2 Corinthians 8:9

… mark him without one star of glory upon his brow—a simple child, as other children. Yet, leave for a while the scenes of his childhood and his …

The Power of His Resurrection

Philippians 3:10

… Adoption into the family of God is no fancy, but brings with it true and proper sonship. The blessings of the Gospel are substantial facts and not mere …

A Door of Hope

Hosea 2:15

… If the children of Israel in the wilderness had manna for their necessities, they also had quail for their satisfaction and delight. Now God gives us, in the …

Camp Law and Camp Life

Deuteronomy 23:14

… The children of Israel marched through the wilderness and the Amalekites frequently harassed them and slew the hindmost of them—as the Amalekites harass us and, alas, they …

Crossing the Jordan

Joshua 1:10

… But to a child of God it is of small consequence, for death will never find him unprepared if he is living in communion with God. If we …

The Sinner's Only Alternative

2 Kings 7:4

… Or if you are a mother, I am sure you will want to be a preacher to your children. It is a great and holy fire which will …

Daniel's Band

Daniel 10:11

… My Brothers and Sisters, look at the hole of the pit from which you were rescued! Like Abraham, you have been called out from your family, and from …

Scriptural Salvation

Romans 10:11

… I may fitly preach to you upon any Scriptural subject and I may minister to the delight of the family of the redeemed. I may lead them into …

Paul, the Ready

Romans 1:15

… child was dead, or that your dearest friend was smitten with sore sickness, you would say, "Well, I stoop to the surrender. When I had my children I …

A Voice With Four Messages

1 Kings 19:11-13

… And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of Hosts, for the children of Israel have forsaken Your Covenant, thrown down Your altars, and …

"Jehovah-Rophi"

Exodus 15:26

… fervently will surely cleanse the blood of His own children! He must and will make His own family pure! "This people have I formed for Myself: they shall …

Girding on the Harness

1 Kings 20:11

… Professing Christians might learn much from the children of darkness if they would take the trouble to do so, for are they not in their generation wiser than …

The Lamb Our Leader

Revelation 14:4

… Perhaps you will teach little children, for He said, "Suffer the little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not." Perhaps you will stand and preach in …

Consolation for Poor Petitioners

Isaiah 38:14

… God's children cannot at all times speak distinctly, but they all cry. There is no true child of God that is possessed of a dumb spirit. "Behold …

Preparation Necessary for the Communion

1 Corinthians 11:28

… of His child—which are about to become his first hours in Glory! Besides, the Master, Himself, is there—He is never absent when His children are dying …

'Peace Be Unto You'

Luke 24:36

… If you are a true child of God, you will have all the joy of God taken from you, all the moisture of your heart dried up—and …

The Waterer Watered

Proverbs 11:25

… You Sunday school teachers, if you are blessed to the conversion of the children, will get your children's prayers. You that conduct the larger classes, in the …

Pedigree

2 Corinthians 11:22

… interloper among the saints of God, partaking of the children's bread while you are not a child and entering into the sanctuary of God where you have …

What Jesus Would Do

Matthew 23:37

… SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON, ON LORD'S-DAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1882. "How often would I have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers …

Christ the Cause of Division

John 7:43

… all thought of having anything different from the rest of the Lord's family, for I believe that there will be no division among the people of God …

Laus Deo

Romans 11:36

… The Lord has spiritually made our children like the sand of the sea and the spiritual offspring of our heart like the gravel. In all this it behooves …