Family & Children

War With Amalek

Exodus 17:8

… Besides, Israel ought to have remembered that there was an ancient feud between the children of Esau and the children of Jacob, for had not Esau been supplanted …

Thinking and Turning

Psalm 119:59

… I understand our text to be a brief but complete account of the conversion of the sinner and of the restoration of the backslidden child of God. I …

The Heavan of Heavan

Revelation 22:4

… the children of men." That manger held an unrivalled form of beauty! Well may painters strain their art to paint the mother and her wondrous Child, for the …

Sychar's Sinner Saved

John 4:10

… This woman said, "I know that Messiah comes." Teachers of the children in the Sunday schools, it may be years hence, but if you have taught a child …

'Prisoners of Hope'

Zechariah 9:11

… And His righteousness unto children's children: to such as keep His covenant, and to those that remember His commandments to do them. Let us bless God for …

The Sweet Harp of Consolation

Isaiah 41:10

… It would be no child's play to an Apostle to die. Yet if we can hear the whisper, "Fear not, for I am with you," then the …

The Lamentations of Jesus

Luke 19:41

… Deep was the grief which could not be concealed or controlled on such a day when the sincere congratulations of His disciples, the happy songs of children and …

Feeding on the Word

Isaiah 55:2

… It is not merely bread and food, but it is marrow and fatness! There are "tidbits" for the Lord's children. "Let your soul delight itself in fatness …

'Life for a Look'

Isaiah 45:22

… listen to your children's little tales of sorrow. If you, mothers, with your needle, deftly take out the tiniest thorn from your child's hand, how much …

A Persuasive to Steadfastness

Hebrews 3:14

… We do not lean upon Christ when we are little children, and then expect to run alone when we are men; but we live by drawing all our …

Hearing, Seeking, Finding

Psalm 132:6

… If Your children will keep My Covenant and My Testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon your throne forevermore. And so it would …

"The Ark of His Covenant"

Revelation 11:19

… Am I chastened? I say to myself, "Well, the rod was in the Covenant, for the Lord said that if His children disobeyed Him, He would chasten them …

Christ's Prayer for Peter

Luke 22:32

… They get on well enough without the children's garments or the children's bread—but you and I cannot. The moment I am unbelieving, I am unhappy …

“Helensburgh House” and Garden

… This poor soul had some children at Guildford, and she was wanting to find her way to them, but did not know a single sentence of English. She …

Enquiring the Way to Zion

Jeremiah 50:5

… If a child should offer to tell them the way to Heaven, they would be glad to hear it. Or though the person who might deliver to them …

Effectual Calling

Luke 19:5

… Oh! all of you who know yourselves to be sinners—every man, woman, and child of you—yea, ye little children (for God has given me some of …

“Thus Saith The Lord:” Or, The Book of Common Prayer Weighed in the Balances of the Sanctuary

Ezekiel 11:15

… Where can a child of God find true solace apart from that which cometh out of the mouth of the Most High! Truly, “Man doth not live by …

A Present Religion

1 John 3:2

… Was there ever a child who longed for his father’s house who did not feel that the holidays grew more sweet in his estimation the shorter the …

For Whom Did Christ Die?

Romans 5:6

… Does the Lord adopt those who are already his sons by nature? If children already, what room is there for adoption? No; but the grand act of divine …

What Is Essential in Coming to God?

Hebrews 11:6

… And it has been the same with many a poor widow with half-a-dozen children about her. You may say, "Her case is a very small affair …

Man, Whose Breath Is In His Nostrils

Isaiah 2:22

… Like a child that must have a toy, man must have a visible trust and confidence. For this purpose, "he has sought out many inven- tions." He will …

Acceptable Service

Hebrews 12:28

… As a congregation you have of late been diligently engaged in the service of God by endeavoring to provide a home for fatherless children. I have been astonished …

Saints Guarded From Stumbling

… If there is much stumbling, it will be a fall! Now, there are faults to which the child of God is very liable, which do not amount to …

Witnessing Better Than Knowing the Future

Acts 1:6-8

… You do not come here to be prognosticators of the events of tomorrow about yourself, or about your children, or about your friends, or about the nations of …

Sin—Its Springhead, Stream and Sea

Psalm 106:7

… It is not because the fathers have eaten sour grapes that the children's teeth are set on edge, for we, ourselves, have greedily devoured those evil clusters …

Overcome Evil With Good

Romans 12:21

… It suggests itself to any fool to overcome evil with evil! A lunatic or idiot could do that! You need not train your children to do it, it …

"A Man Under Authority"

Matthew 8:8

… In this case, it was a servant, not a child, who was suffering and, as if the Savior would pay the greater attention where the rank was lower …

Prayer 25 — The Washing of Water By The Word

… O Christ, as Thou didst groan concerning Judas, so may Thy children cry to Thee concerning any that have fallen aside into crooked ways, lest the cause of …

Unpurchasable Love

Solomon 8:7

… Bring her another person's child and endow her with wealth to induce her to love it, and you shall find that it is not in her power …

Enduring to the End

Matthew 10:22

… No true child of God perishes—hold that fast; but this is the badge of a true child of God: that a man endures to the end; and …

A Golden Prayer

John 12:28

… spirit, the desire of Your child is to glorify You, for if You are a father you should have honor from Your children. "Honor your father" is the …

The Day of Atonement

Leviticus 16:34

… SPURGEON At New Park Street Chapel, Southwark. “This shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins …

Compassion For The Multitude

Matthew 14:17

… The disciples went round and distributed to each man, to each woman and child—and they did eat. They had been fasting all day long, so I dare …

Mistaken Notions About Repentance

Ezekiel 36:31

… I will feed you, clothe you, and train you for My house above." "Your child?" he exclaims, "a child of God after all that I have done?" And …

Ripe Fruit

Micah 7:1

… A man does not say, if his dear child has been ill in bed for years that it is quite enough so long as the child is alive …

Needless Fears

Isaiah 51:12

… It is enough for a child that his mother is near him, or that his father is with him—then is it not enough for you, O child …

Inward Conflicts

Solomon 6:13

… in your children's history they pass through diseases incidental to childhood. Here is your babe of a month old and there is your child of three or …

Christian Diligence

… He who is slothful and inactive, cannot expect to have the sweet company of his Saviour. “ Comfort ye My People. ” God never gives His children a duty to …

Spiritual Liberty

2 Corinthians 3:17

… The text speaks of Spiritual liberty; and now I address the children of God. Spiritual liberty, brethren, you and I enjoy if we have “the Spirit of the …

Sad Fasts Changed To Glad Feasts

Zechariah 8:19

… O beloved members of this Church, be upright in all your transactions, clear and straight in your dealings—for how shall you call yourselves the children of the …