Family & Children

The Approachableness of Jesus

Luke 15:1

… said, "Suffer the little children to come unto me, for of such is the kingdom of heaven." You see he is a child's friend. Dear young people …

God's Work Upon Minister and Convert

Acts 26:16-20

… We are put among the children—and the children's portion is our portion. All that belongs to the sanctified belongs to you, poor Sinner, the moment you …

The Ethiopian

Jeremiah 13:23

… Then it becomes a tiny rivulet which a child's hand can stop—then it increases to a stream and soon the dike begins to heave, break, crack …

The World On Fire

2 Peter 3:10

… We are but children and our little plans of house-building, like children with their toy bricks, are very simple and elementary, indeed. But God's architecture is …

Good News for Seekers

Psalm 22:26

… say, "My Child, I have forgiven and forgotten your fault"? You know you do! And if you, being evil, know how to forgive your children, how much more …

No Room for Christ in the Inn

Luke 2:7

… The stall of the ass was the only place where the child could be born. By hanging a curtain at its front, and perhaps tethering the animal on …

Witnesses for God

Isaiah 43:10

… You cannot tell what power you will have with children if you tell them how the Lord dealt with you when you were a child—and upon the …

Glorying in the Lord

1 Corinthians 1:31

… Alas, it was Cain, who slew his brother, and was a child of the serpent rather than the bruiser of his head. The thing we glory in, though …

The Security of the Church

Psalm 125:2

… Bishop Hooker sweetly says “Blessed for ever and ever, be that mother’s child whose faith hath made him the child of God. The earth may shake, the …

Royal Emblems for Loyal Subjects

2 Samuel 23:4

… Father and mother retain love for their child when that child has lost every earthly friend, but, Lord, if Nature should change and mothers should turn to monsters …

The Lower Courts

1 John 3:20

… He is guilty of such-and-such sins." And many a dear child of God, yes, and some of the best of God's children, have often had …

Grand Glorying

Galatians 6:14

… children of promise. But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now. The child …

Preparing to Depart

2 Kings 2:11

… Sunday school teachers, call your children together—let your addresses to them be those of dying men and women! You who can and do conduct our Bible classes …

Jesus Asleep on a Pillow

… His mind and heart were free from every kind of care, for amid the gathering tempest He deliberately laid Himself down, and slept like a weary child. He …

The Vanguard and Rereward of the Church

Isaiah 52:12

… And every child of God proveth by experience that this is the land of war. We are not yet come to the time when every man shall sit …

Our Sympathizing High Priest

Hebrews 5:7-10

… All God's children go to school, for it is written, "All your children shall be taught of the Lord." The lesson is practical—we learn to obey …

Israel's God and God's Israel

Deuteronomy 33:26-28

… Your relatives and the children of God's gift must always be the fond objects of your affection—but remember John's words, "Little children, keep yourselves from …

The Sound in the Mulberry Trees

2 Samuel 5:24

… Suppose I go to my wife and children, and take a text, and just preach a little wee bit to them and to the neighbors suppose, after I …

More Room for More People

Luke 14:22

… Her tent is not filled with children—she is crying out, like Rachel of old—"Give me children or I die." She needs to see her converts multiplied …

A Song and a Solace

Job 10:12

… Many children forget all the kindness and love of their mother, but the mother remembers all that she did for her children in the days of their helplessness …

A Refreshing Canticle

Song 1:4

… s deformed and crippled children, that looks like loving them for His sake! And, I think, if you could remember what a clumsy child you were, yourself, you …

'Mr. Moody's Text'

Isaiah 12:2

… O dear child of God, if you can be like that brave man, you will be a great blessing wherever you are! And then, lastly, how happy you …

The Shulamite'S Choice Prayer

Solomon 8:6

… If you will turn to Exodus, the 39th Chapter and 14th verse, you will read, "And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel …

To the Saddest of the Sad

Exodus 6:9

… You see the rest of the chapter is occupied with the children of Reuben, and the children of Simeon, and the children of Levi. God seemed to say …

Satan Departing, Angels Ministering

Luke 4:13

… He has appointed angels to watch over His own people and, inasmuch as Jesus is our Brother, as the children were partakers of the ministry of angels, He …

"Two Immutable Things"

Ezekiel 16:8

… Now I want some of you, especially you who love the Lord, to go back in thought to your early days when you were children in Grace. Yes …

The High Rock

Psalm 61:2

… It was a small matter for him to have to take refuge with Achish, and to sojourn among the Philistines, an alien from his mother's children. No …

Comfort for the Fearful

Matthew 8:26

… You are like a child who has done something very wrong and his father says, "My Child, I will freely forgive you." The child says, "I cannot believe …

Evening, August 17

Jn 11:4

… He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.” A mother’s heart cries, “Spare my child;” but no mother is more compassionate than our gracious …

Morning, February 22

Ge 49:24

… Like as a father teaches his children, so the Lord teaches them that fear him. He puts his arms upon them. Marvellous condescension! God Almighty, Eternal, Omnipotent, stoops …

Evening, March 4

Ps 36:8

… house; and such feasting is guaranteed by a faithful promise to all those children of men who put their trust under the shadow of Jehovah’s wings. I …

Satan Considering the Saints

Job 1:8

… His children were numerous enough to promise a long line of descendants. His prosperity wanted nothing for its consolidation. It had come to its flood-tide: where was …

Evening, June 22

Heb 12:27

… Then you are a child of God this evening. God is your Father. No change of circumstances can ever rob you of that. Although by losses brought to …

The Sojourn in Mesech

Psalm 120:5

… be caught laughing at a child of God! There is nothing that makes a man so angry as to laugh at his children. There is nothing which brings …

The Singing Army

2 Chronicles 20:4

… It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other besides the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to …

Evening, April 29

Ps 149:4

… all your afflictions he is afflicted, and like as a father pitieth his children, so doth he pity you. The meanest interests of all his saints are all …

Evening, December 29

Mt 22:42

… is, What think you of Christ ? Is he to you “fairer than the children of men”—“the chief among ten thousand”—the “altogether lovely”? Wherever Christ is thus …

Anxiety, Ambition, Indecision

Luke 12:29

… I. "Neither be you of a doubtful mind." That is, first, CHILDREN OF GOD, BE NOT ANXIOUS. Be not tossed up and down by your outward circumstances. If …

Evening, May 20

Ho 11:4

… Does he not this evening draw us to trust him? Can we not hear him say, “Come, my child, and trust me. The veil is rent; enter into …

The Spirit and the Wind

John 3:8

… For it is not merely said, "so is the work of the Spirit." But "so is everyone that is born of the Spirit." The child of a mystery …