Family & Children

Four Contrasts

Isaiah 43:1-4

… As David said to the Lord, in his Psalm of Thanksgiving, so can each true child of God say, "Your gentleness has made me great." "The Lord has …

'As' and 'So'

Colossians 2:6

… In this the children of God are manifest and the children of the devil: whoever does not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loves not his …

Prayer 8 — A Prayer for Holiness

… Lord, help the converted child to be correct in his relation to his parents. Help the Christian father or mother to be right in dealing with children, "may …

The Soul's Awakening

John 5:25

… Many mercies have come to his store—there are happy children climbing his knee, his wife is in strong health and full of happiness—they have no need …

A New Creation

Revelation 21:5

… But the children of Grace are under the New Covenant of Grace, and through the precious blood, which is the penalty of the old broken Covenant, and through …

A Question for a Questioner

Psalm 77:9

… Hast thou forgotten as a father thy children? Can a woman forget her sucking child that she should not have compassion upon the son of her womb? These …

Wheat in the Barn

… We can very well suppose that godly men and women might be willing that their unconverted children should dwell with them in heaven; but it cannot be, for …

The Gracious Lips of Jesus

Psalm 45:2

… yet met with the man who has found so wonderful a child! At any rate, the children have been mightily spoiled in growing to maturity, for they have …

Jesus Christ's Idiom

John 3:5

… A child can comprehend His parables. There are, in them, hidden Truths of God which are a mystery even to Christ's deeply-taught disciples, but Christ never …

The Lord Blessing His Saints

Psalm 115:15

… I see many little children here this evening. Oh, if you fear God, if you pray to God, if you trust in Jesus and if your young hearts …

God's Providence

Ezekiel 1:15-19

… blesses His children by crossing His hands. We say, "Do not deal so with me," but God says, "It must be even so, My child. There is a …

Living on the Word

Deuteronomy 8:3

… He never rested during the six days of creation till He had fitted up a place for His child to come and live in. Until He had put …

The Spur

Ecclesiastes 9:10

… Prayer is no child's play, but requires all our might. In order to eternal life there must be faith, there must be repentance, there must be prayer …

Watching to See

Habakkuk 2:1-4

… Some men seem God must speak thunder and lightning before they will ever hear Him, but His true children sit at His feet that they may catch the …

A Feast for the Upright

Psalm 84:11

… To take the rebel from the prison and put him among the children would be dangerous work unless his crime were pardoned and reconciled to his king. Grace …

A Hard Case

Job 33:14-18

… you ever hide away a knife from a child? Have you never hidden away fruit from your little children when they have had enough and they would have …

A Safe Prospective

Daniel 8:19

… You gaze upon the dear wife and pitiful children with ever-increasing anxiety. Are you a child of God? Have you learned to cast your burden upon the …

Walking In The Light And Washed In The Blood

1 John 1:7

… imitated by a child. And so our God gives us Himself as the pattern and copy, "Be you imitators of God as dear children," for nothing short of …

A Vision of the King

Isaiah 33:17

… I look upon a child and see some comeliness in it, but the child's mother can see beauties that no stranger can perceive— the love of the …

Withholding Corn

Proverbs 11:26

… You who write tracts, or preach in the streets—or you that teach children— break the large slices of Truth into small pieces and crack the shells of …

Ephraim Bemoaning Himself

Jeremiah 31:18

… He did not lament for his children with the bitter weeping of Rachel. He did not mourn oven friends and kinsfolk withered under the blast of death. He …

No Quarter

1 Kings 18:40

… Therefore, to arms against it! Take all its children and let not one escape! These reasons might suffice to arouse us to the slaughter. Shall not traitors die …

One More Cast of the Great Net

Joel 2:32

… Trust in Father, Son and Holy Spirit and you shall be delivered! "He that believes on Him shall not be confounded." A simple, child-like trust in God …

Eyes Opened

Genesis 21:19

… The water was gone in her bottle, her child was dying of thirst and she was ready to faint—and yet the cool spring was bubbling up hard …

Pleading Prayer

Psalm 119:49

… Even children, at last, are cloyed with sweets. All human books grow stale after a time—but with the Word of God the desire to know increases and …

The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death

Psalm 23:4

… Fathers tell their children, "You cannot have your cake and eat it, too," but this rule does not hold good of the consolations of God. You can enjoy …

Declension from First Love

Revelation 2:4

… If there be a child of yours sick, and I hear of it, I can say honestly, I do feel something like a father to your children, and …

Love Abounding, Love Complaining, Love Abiding

Isaiah 43:1-4

… As tender parents will lovingly repeat all their children's names, sometimes calling them by one and sometimes by another. As different memories arise in their minds, so …

The Overflowing Cup

Psalm 23:5

… We do not pine in despair or wallow in pollution, but we sit as children at the table, drinking with joy from our allotted cup. Remember too, Beloved …

Abraham's Great Reward

Genesis 15:1

… It is always a pity when any of the children of God begin to think that they can be enriched by the king of Sodom, or try to …

Hezekiah And The Ambassadors—Or, Vainglory Rebuked

2 Kings 20:12

… You may have the guilt forgiven but you cannot undo the sin—there it remains—and our children and our children's children may have to smart for …

The Condescension of Christ

… As the nurse tenderly watches over her child, so He watches for the souls of men; and like as a father pitieth his children, so does Jesus pity …

"Beautiful Forever"

Psalm 149:4

… for they shall be called the children of God. They shall not only be the children of God, but people shall callthem by that name. There is something …

Contention Ended and Grace Reigning

Isaiah 57:16-18

… With another by the pining away of a beloved wife or child. The contention which the Lord has with His elect frequently displays itself in troubles connected with …

Scarlet Sinners Pardoned and Purified

Isaiah 1:18

… I have nourished and brought up children," cared for them, loved them, fed them, "and they have rebelled against Me." The ingratitude of a child is something shocking …

Jacob's Model Prayer

Genesis 32:9-12

… for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. And You said, I will surely do you good, and make …

The Child Of Light Walking In Light

1 John 1:6

… was, "The Child of Light Walking in Darkness." [Sermon #1985.] That darkness is very different from the darkness with which we deal this morning. Children of Light may …

Faith—life

Habakkuk 2:4

… As His children, we receive teaching, supplies, food, clothing and everything—and we receive all by faith. To the child of God, faith is the hand that takes …

The Dumb Become Singers

Isaiah 35:6

… How vain, then, are the boasts and professions of some persons who assert themselves to be the children of God and yet live in sin! There is no …

Jan. 10 — DIVINE RECOMPENSE

Prov. 11:25

… Let me look after little children, and the Lord will treat me as His child. Let me feed His flock, and He will feed me. Let me water …