Family & Children

Lukewarmness

Revelation 3:15

… could there be in a family where there was only lukewarm love? Is a father content with half-hearted affection from his children? In those relationships we give …

The Joy of Redemption

Isaiah 44:23

… God's Grace to our children is also Grace to us, for there is nothing that we desire more than to see them saved. It will be well …

Blessing on the Printed Sermons

… Spurgeon’s sermon on the text, “Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you.” I read it through, with increasing interest as I …

Harvest Time

1 Samuel 12:17

… children. You speak ill of God'schildren and you will be rewarded for it in everlasting punishment! There is not a single one of God's family whom …

The Recorders

1 Chronicles 16:4

… Look at anybody's child and say, "I, also, was a child once," and then think of the mercies of God to you from childhood to the present …

The Peace of God

Philippians 4:7

… Possibly you did not leave your family in peace this afternoon. Wars occur even among loving hearts. Alas, even Sabbaths are sometimes disturbed, for evil tempers cannot be …

The Sieve

Matthew 7:21

… Their whole religion lies inside the Meeting House walls, or comes up at certain times and seasons during the day, when the family is called in to prayer …

The Red Heifer

Hebrews 9:13

… Just as the children of Israel in the wilderness were put under stringent regulations, so do those who live near to God come under a holy discipline in …

Earth's Vanities and Heaven's Verities

Psalm 39:6-8

… David calls it the heaping up of riches and that is all that it is, getting a big heap, like children do at the seaside—one gets a …

Warning and Encouragement

Solomon 5:2

… Then you are no child of God! But if you are slumbering and there is some power—something within you that keeps crying out, "O God, I would …

The Sin Offering

Leviticus 4:3

… The father of the family had put the blood outside upon the lintel and the side-posts, not for the inmates to see, but for God to see …

Comfort From Christ's Omniscience

John 21:17

… He searches the hearts and tries the reins of the children of men, for He is, assuredly, "very God of very God," or, as Paul says, in his …

The Weary Dove's Return

Genesis 8:9

… You remember the story of the child who went to a Prayer Meeting which was called together to pray for rain? She expected that God would send the …

Means for Restoring the Banished

2Samuel 14:14

… This banishment might continue for years, and the manslayer might die away from his native village, and the portion of land which belonged to his family. But if …

Nathanael And The Fig Tree

John 1:45-51

… You hope for a vivid dream, or some strange feeling in your flesh, or some very remarkable occurrence in your family. Except you see signs and wonders you …

The Blood Shed For Many

Matthew 26:28

… The mansion of love should be built for a large family. Let us not sing— "We are a garden walled around Pray keep the walls most tight and …

Jesus The Shepherd

Isaiah 40:11

… remembered! There is a mother here this morning—she has seven children. I know what child she has been thinking of while we have been preaching. She has …

God's Non-Remembrance of Sin

Isaiah 43:25

… into His family—we that were His enemies—rebellious and children of the devil! Is it not wonderful that He puts us among the children and even makes …

"Dare To Be a Daniel"

Daniel 1:8

… Those children have grown up and have come to years of maturity, but they still make him the trustee, paying him for looking after all their money, which …

The Master Key—Opening the Gate of Heaven

Genesis 32:12

… If you remain a stranger to the deep things of metaphysics and philosophy, yet at least know the household privileges of the family of God. Dear child, know …

Filling the Empty Vessels

Philippians 4:19

… And it has been so! Time would fail me if I were to tell how often God has interposed, there, for His numerous family—those children that are …

The Exceeding Riches of Grace

Ephesians 2:7

… We have been adopted into the family and we have lived on the children's bread—we have been guided, led, instructed, upheld and sanctified! And the almighty …

'Non Nobis, Domine!'

Psalm 115:1

… blot out my sin? Will the Lord put me into His family and call me His child? Then, tell it in the deeps of Hell and let all …

Heart Disease Curable

Isaiah 61:1

… Do for Your own family and city what You are said to have done at Capernaum." Our Lord paid no attention to claims based upon His dwelling in …

A New Leaf for the New Year

Genesis 42:21

… and in supporting his family there till he could return to his home and his business. God always takes care of His own children and specially did He …

Asleep and Yet Awake—a Riddle

Solomon 5:2

… We have exclaimed, "Here one has been who was surely a child of God and since I am here, I may be a child of God, too. I …

The First Recorded Words of Jesus

Luke 2:48

… We are children of the same family and when we pray we are to say, "Our Father which are in Heaven," but our Lord Jesus has still a …

God's Thoughts and Ways Far Above Ours

Isaiah 55:8

… To pick out a plum here and there is the children's method, but hardly satisfies students of the Word of God. "Let us not tear it," is …

A Memorable Milestone

Psalm 40:9-11

… I have then to go home and have family prayer. I would do that. Then I would take my boots off and I would go to bed, just …

God Glorified By Children's Mouths

… Our Lord would get little honor from our race if all children's voices were hushed and all child-like spirits with them. Scribes and Pharisees never cry …

Only Trust Him! Only Trust Him!

Luke 17:12-14

… You will be brought in business, in the family and in the various trials of life, into such a condition that you will have to exercise a faith …

A Second Word to Seekers

Jeremiah 29:13

… It is none other than pardon of all your sins, perfect righteousness in Christ Jesus, safety through His precious blood, adoption into the family of God and eternal …

Singing Saints

Psalm 30:4

… He was not satisfied to sing alone, what child of God is? Among the birds in the springtime, when the first one wakes in the morning and begins …

The Hospital of Waiters Visited with the Gospel

John 5:8

… It has neither less nor more to say to the child of the harlot than to the child of the Christian matron. It presents the same pardon to …

The Lover of God's Law Filled With Peace

Psalm 119:165

… As the child of God sees into the deep things of God he will be ready to clap his hands for joy. It is a delightful sensation to …

The Last Words of Christ on the Cross

Luke 23:46

… My times are in Your hands." Now, dear children of God, are you always doing this? Have you ever done it? I am afraid that there are some …

The Open Fountain

Zechariah 13:1

… Doth it not say that they shall mourn each family apart, and their wives apart, and in that day shall there be a fountain opened! The sinner does …

Eternal Faithfulness Unaffected By Human Unbelief

2 Timothy 2:13

… The children of Israel were brought up out of Egypt with a high hand and an outstretched arm. They were fed in the wilderness with angels' food and …

God's People Melted and Tried

Jeremiah 9:7

… And is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets. Generally, in war, they spare the children, and …

The Dream of the Barley Cake

Judges 7:13

… He that has ordered this matter can order all other things." O child of God, when you are troubled, it is because you fancy that you are alone …