Family & Children

The King In His Beauty

Isaiah 33:17

… But lo, you found you were made a child of God, introduced into the family of the Most High! You discovered that you were covered with a robe …

I Know That My Redeemer Liveth

Job 19:25-27

… suppose an Israelite had alienated his estate, as in the case of Naomi and Ruth; suppose a patrimony which had belonged to a family, had passed away through …

The Importunate Widow

Luke 18:1-8

… The judge must necessarily be impartial, stern—but the father is necessarily partial to his child, compassionate and tender to his own offspring. Does she prevail over a …

God's Hand at Evening

Ezekiel 33:22

… Whatever form your trial may take—whether it is the loss of a child or of a parent, or the withdrawal of temporal prosperity, or the smiting of …

A Call to the Depressed

Isaiah 52:2

… you are feasting with Christ, your souls may become perfectly restored! Sometimes the children of God fall into a grievous state as to their faith and their assurance …

The Errand of Mercy

Luke 19:10

… Naturally from our very birth we go astray, speaking lies! There is written upon human nature, by the finger of our first parent, this word, "Lost!"—lost to …

Victorious Faith

1 John 5:4

… How often is a pious child grievously affected by an ungodly parent! How frequently a gracious servant is ill-affected by an ungodly master or mistress! But if …

A Call to the Unconverted

Galatians 3:10

… their children, who have lifted their hands to heaven, and have implored a curse, a withering curse upon their children. We can not excuse the parent’s mad …

A Well-ordered Life

Psalm 119:133

… Are you a parent? Religion imposes upon you new duties to train up your children in God's fear. Are we neighbors? Let us bless all around us …

An Immovable Foundation

Psalm 11:3

… As the children of Israel spoiled the Egyptians and made themselves rich from the spoils of their oppressors, both when they left Egypt and after the passage of …

Gadding About

Jeremiah 2:36

… you wander? When a child runs away from its home because it has a brutal parent, it is excused. But when the child leaves a tender mother and …

Sudden Sorrow

Jeremiah 4:20

… So came it to the Shunammite, whose child had been such a comfort to her. He fell on a day that he went into the field unto the …

'The Blood of the Testament'

Hebrews 9:19

… What exquisite pain it must have caused our first parent—how keenly it must have touched the fine sensibilities of their nature—to have had to offer sacrifice …

Boldness at the Throne

Hebrews 4:16

… little children—and there is the accent of love in it that endears it to you. Well, now, go to your God as your little child comes to …

Christ the Destroyer of Death

1 Corinthians 15:26

… your little children cry for their mother of whom Death has robbed you. He is the enemy of us all, for what head of a family among us …

A Question for Communicants

Exodus 12:26

… their children. If the parent is ignorant, a question from his child is inconvenient. He finds his ignorance exposed and he, perhaps, is vexed with the child who …

Obedience Better Than Sacrifice

1 Samuel 15:2

… Now, is it not always humility on the part of a child to do exactly what its parent tells it without asking any questions? I think it is …

Carte Blanche

Matthew 15:28

… of Your family! If any of you pray to God to make a distinction and to give you more than He gives His other children, I do not …

Faith's Dawn and Its Clouds

Mark 9:24

… a child.' Must it not have seemed, now that his son had grown older, a very unlikely thing that he should be recovered. We expect our children to …

Paul's Desire to Depart

Philippians 1:23

… A company of villagers, the younger branches of a family, were about to emigrate to another land. The aged mother who had not for some years left her …

Satanic Hindrances

1 Thessalonians 2:18

… only ceased when his goods were all destroyed and his children had all perished. The poor afflicted parent was then struck in his bone and in his flesh …

Declaring the Works of the Lord

Psalm 118:17

… Christian woman, do you enquire, "Whom shall I tell?" Why, tell your husband and your children! You cannot have a better congregation than your own family. Are you …

“Westwood”

… living mementos of their visit, some of the baby-ferns growing on the parent-plant. At one of the Tabernacle prayer-meetings, Mr. Spurgeon gave an address upon …

The Wide-open Mouth Filled

Psalm 81:10

… begins to gape again! So the parent birds have to keep flying very fast, all day long, collecting food for their family but, however many times they come …

God's Remembrance of His Covenant

Psalm 106:44

… the cry of a child to its own parent and God, the most tender of all fathers, cannot bear to hear His children cry— "Such pity as a …

Concern For Other Men's Souls

Romans 9:1-5

… Is your husband unsaved? O Woman, love him to Christ! Is your child unconverted? O Parent, pray that child to Christ! Are your neighbors still out of Christ …

The Joy of Harvest

Isaiah 9:3

… The Divine Father sees His own children returning to His own board and herein we do rejoice, yes, and we will rejoice with the joy of gratitude! IV …

Peter's Prayer

Luke 5:8

… A child should not run away from its mother at night because it needs washing. Your children do not stay away from you because they are hungry, nor …

Psalm 75

Psalm 75

… If one had a child very beautiful, yet if he were a fool, the parent would have little joy in him. The Scripture hath dressed the sinner in …

Your Own Salvation

Philippians 2:12

… We are no longer the “children of wrath, even as others,” but are made children of God and joint heirs with a Christ Jesus. What can be conceived …

The Preservation of Christians in the World

John 17:15

… Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? "Can a woman"—the most tender parent of the …

The Sin of Unbelief

2 Kings 7:19

… I am sure this is true of Satan’s first-born child—unbelief, for its forms are legion. At one time I see unbelief dressed out as an …

My God

Psalm 91:2

… Let us consider some of the more remarkable and special occasions upon which children of God have used these two words together and have said, "My God." First …

The Seed Upon a Rock

Matthew 13:5

… If I lived in a Christian family, I should go to Heaven with the rest, but, as I have to work with the men in this shop, I …

The Indwelling and Outflowing of the Holy Spirit

John 7:38

… What if I were to say that the Lord Jesus Christ was everything to them, their All in All? What a father is to his children, yes, what …

Healing and Pardon

Isaiah 33:24

… It is one thing for a parent to shut his child in a room because he has done wrong, but it is quite another thing for a magistrate …

Life In Christ

John 14:19

… The old body of this death may for awhile prevail, and like Herod it may seek the young child’s life, but it cannot die. Who shall condemn …

Two Ancient Proverbs

Proverbs 29:25

… as to speak the truth! And I think every parent must know that all the faults a child can commit, if put into the scale together, are not …

A Simple Remedy

Isaiah 53:5

… Every child of God will join in it and he that knows himself best will make it with greatest emphasis. We were so diseased that nothing could have …

A Delicious Experience

Hebrews 4:3

… children do who know no better—they say, "Look at my new shoes." There are many silly children nowadays who cry, "Look, how perfect I am!" Dear Child …