Family & Children

"I Will," Yet, "Not As I Will"

John 7:24

… He will let each one of them say, "Father, I will," because they are His children! Then, mark you, you are not God's child unless you can …

My Solace in My Affliction

… It will be the same with our children and with our children's children. O tried Brothers and Sisters, the Lord will be faithful to you as He …

The Necessity of Growing Faith

2 Thessalonians 1:3

… He who can firmly believe shall, before long, fervently pour out thanksgiving! The Church at Thessalonica, the child of Paul's prayers, the child of his labors and …

A Boundless Benediction

Genesis 49:25

… Great-Heart, the women and children and old Father Honest and Mr. Valiant-for-Truth—and all the good company who make up the Church of God on …

Love's Lamentation

Malachi 1:2

… child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, they may forget, yet will I not forget you. Turn, O backsliding children, says …

Precious Deaths

Psalm 116:15

… A child once found a bird's nest in which were eggs, which it looked upon as a great treasure. It left them, and by-and-by, when …

The Duty of the Present Hour

Hosea 10:12

… My heart rejoices that He, who was, Himself, "the Holy Child Jesus," suffers the little children to come unto Him! Blessed be the name of the Lord for …

Seeing God's Goodness Here

Psalm 27:13

… The father is the better judge—he has seen more of life, he knows what the child does not know and foresees what the child does not even …

A Good Man in An Evil Case

Psalm 55:22

… As the children of God, we ought to avoid even the semblance of a complaint against our Heavenly Father. But when our faith is sorely tried, when some …

Twelve Covenant Mercies

Isaiah 55:3

… God loves him." If you are a child of God, note this Truth of God and accept it with joy—our heavenly Father never pampers His children! We …

A Procession of Cross-bearers

Mark 10:21

… s children have to carry this cross! Or if it is not that, perhaps the cross takes the form of an ungodly husband or an ungrateful child. But …

Pictures of Life

James 4:14

… child's explanation of this, I know what he would say. He would say, "Yes, it is even a vapor, like a bubble that is blown upward." Children …

'Peace! Perfect Peace!'

Isaiah 26:3

… We do not know how things are going there with the children, and the servants, and the workpeople. All sorts of things are left as burdens upon the …

Precious, Honorable, Beloved

Isaiah 43:4

… yearned over her child, and no father's bosom ever rejoiced over his offspring as the heart of God yearns over His erring children— and as His soul …

Prayer 1 — Help from On High

… Come near, our Father, come very near to Thy children. Some of us are very weak in body and faint in heart. Soon, O God, lay Thy right …

Christ Asleep in the Vessel

Mark 4:38

… Can you, O Heir of Heaven, believe that He is indifferent to you, His child? You being evil, are careful for your children, how much more shall your …

An Indictment with Four Counts

Zephaniah 3:2

… He that is no child of God, but a hypocrite, may wander as far from the path of integrity as he chooses without having to suffer for it …

Love's Birth and Parentage

1 John 4:19

… of a child of God?" "Well, I should say, Sir," said he, "if a man loves God, he must be one of God's children." "Say you so …

The Gospel'S Power In A Christian'S Life

Philippians 1:27

… You know they called Him, "that holy Child, Jesus." So let us be, remembering that, "Except we are converted and become as little children," who are eminently simple …

God's Time for Comforting

Psalm 119:82

… remember it! Yet, though she may forget her child, God cannot and will not forget you who are His children! That is impossible—the whole force of His …

David's Five-stringed Harp

… children and they were all to cry, yet a mother would distinguish her baby's supplication from all the other cries. And when she went to the child …

The Best Thing in the Best Place

Psalm 37:31

… And when the circle of life is complete, you will see how the Book was equally adapted to the children and to the aged man whose life is …

A Timely Expostulation

Luke 24:5

… his child happy in the way of constant disobedience, or of encouraging his waywardness by rewarding it? You take care, as judicious parents, that your children shall know …

Watch-Night Service

Psalm 90:1-22

… Art thou a child to-night? Thy God heareth children. He called Samuel when he was but a child. “Samuel, Samuel;” and he said, “Here am I.” We …

God's Dealings With Egypt and Israel

Psalm 78:51

… He had slain many of the children of Israel and God had, in effect, said to Him, "Israel is My first-born. Let My people go." But as …

Deadness and Quickning

Psalm 119:37

… That is a sure sign of a true child of God. Hypocrites may long after the promises, but only the true-born child of God longs after the …

Now, A Sermon for Young Men and Young Women

Ezekiel 12:27

… I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against Me. The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel does …

Marrow and Fatness

2 Samuel 7:18-22

… Father, take John for a walk." It is the way children talk, and this is David's child-talk to God. "What shall David say more?" He might …

A Prayer for Everybody

Matthew 15:25

… To take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. The original means, "the little dogs that play with the children; they lie under the table …

Loosening The Sandal Strap

Luke 3:16

… Speak today to some little child about his soul. Do not say, "Oh, we cannot talk to children, we cannot stoop to them." Let no such feeling occupy …

The Sinner'S Advocate

1 John 2:1

… SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "My little children, these things write I unto you, that you sin not. And if any man sins, we have an Advocate …

The Double Forget-me-not

1 Corinthians 11:24

… We are children of God and heirs of the Kingdom of God, but at present we are under tutors and governors. Now in a child's book there …

A Wafer of Honey

2 Corinthians 12:9

… The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. And if children, then heirs, heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ …

The Allegories of Sarah and Hagar

Galatians 4:24

… child of promise. Blessed be God, we are not under Hagar now; we are not under the law since Adam fell. Now Sarah hath brought forth children. The …

The Dual Nature and the Duel Within

Romans 7:23

… The more of this the better! After that, very often comes the stage of conflict—instead of being children at home we have grown into men and therefore …

Plain Gospel For Plain People

Deuteronomy 30:11-14

… Remember the children. How glad we are that our boys and girls can know and receive the Savior who said, "Suffer little children to come unto Me and …

The Master

John 11:28

… Do not children learn infinitely more by example than they do by precept? And this is how our Master teaches us. "Never man spoke like this Man" is …

Strange Dispensations and Matchless Consolations

Hosea 2:14

… The Lord has set the children of Israel before us as a great model. They are our beacons with regard to sin, but they are a pattern to …

The Covenanter

Psalm 25:10

… The child of God goes home when it grows dark. We seek our healing from the hand which has wounded us! Which way do you look in a …

Rejecters Of The Gospel Admonished

Isaiah 28:12

… has been called the religion of children and its Founder said that none could receive it except as a little child. I bless God for a simple Gospel …