Family & Children

Instability

Genesis 49:4

… notwithstanding, has sufficient of godliness to bid us hope that he is a child of God, I shall then have to do with the mere professor, who is …

Free Grace

Ezekiel 36:32

… God had promised to him that He would give him a son—Isaac, the child of promise. Abraham believed it, but at last, weary with waiting, he adopted …

Tearful Sowing and Joyful Reaping

Psalm 126:6

… He never takes a little child on his knee to talk to it of Jesus, but he wishes that he could have spoken more tenderly of the sweet …

Words Of Expostulation

Jeremiah 2:18

… In the life of Madame Guyon, who, though professedly a Papist, one must always receive as being a true child of God, I have read an anecdote something …

Believing To See No.

Psalm 27:13

… What would you, dear Friends, think of this in your own case? You promise your child a present and he wants evidences! You tell him that you love …

The Door

John 10:9

… If, in this place, just now, a little child could see Jesus Christ as He was in the days of His flesh, I am sure that the boy …

Black Clouds and Bright Blessings

Ecclesiastes 11:3

… If the child liked the rod, it would be no chastisement—and if the Christian loved his affliction while he was in it—and it seemed joyous to …

Mercy, Omnipotence, and Justice

Nahum 1:3

… God had threatened to root out the Canaanites; he declared that all the children of Ammon should be cut off; he had promised Abraham that he would give …

Christ the Tree of Life

Revelation 22:2

… No more thorns or thistles, no more pangs of child-bearing, no more sickness, or sorrow, or death. 3. But the Throne of God and of the Lamb …

The Precious Blood Of Christ

1 Peter 1:19

… for I, the Lord, dwell among the children of Israel." Strange is it that that very thing which defiles should turn out to be that which alone can …

"Verily, Verily"

John 5:24

… You remind me of a poor little child. His father planted bulbs to come up in the spring and make the garden gay with golden flowers. But the …

Christ's Resurrection and Our Newness Of Life

Romans 6:4

… Now is death a store of sweets rather than a cup of gall! To the child of God death furnishes a couch of rest and is no longer …

The Happy Beggar

Psalm 40:17

… But, true as it is, and plain to every Grace-taught child of God, yet only Grace will make a man confess the obnoxious fact. It is not …

"My Garden"—"His Garden"

Solomon 4:16

… Just as the father delights to see his child anxious to be on the best and most loving terms with him, so does God delight in us when …

The Glories of Forgiving Grace

Ephesians 1:7

… No longer is the weight and burden of sin lying on your conscience and heart—your load is lifted—you are forgiven! If your child has been offending …

The Necessity of Increased Faith

Luke 17:5

… Give me a child to fight with, and without faith —like poor Peter before the little maid, I should tremble and deny my Master. But that same Peter …

Confession and Absolution

Luke 18:13

… Merchant, hast thou no sins of business to confess? Woman, hast thou no household sins to acknowledge? Child of many prayers, hast thou no offense against father and …

A Blessed Wonder

Matthew 8:10

… When a man receives honor of men, he too often finds it impossible to receive the Gospel as a little child. All these things met in the centurion …

The Doors of the Shadow of Death

Job 38:17

… You have a Christian child, a dear child that has lately joined the church, but you are no follower of Christ. When you come to die, they will …

Christ's Indwelling Word

Colossians 3:16

… This is well, but all this may be done and yet "the word of Christ" may never have entered into the reader! You know how children sometimes learn …

"Forever With The Lord"

Philippians 1:23

… To be where Jesus is is the highest imaginable bliss and bliss away from Jesus is inconceivable to the child of God. If you were invited to a …

Safe, Though Surrounded By Sin

Psalm 28:1

… God grant that we may not, by giving way here and there, pull down the bulwarks of our Church and so make the children of God to become …

Fruitless Faith

James 2:17

… If you have believed, but have never repented of your sins, then beware of your believing! If you pretend, now, to be a child of God, and if …

Chastened Happiness

Jeremiah 33:9

… But when sin is pardoned, common mercies become tokens of a Father's love and ripen beneath the sun of Divine Love into an inexpressible sweetness! The children …

Maschil Of Ethan, A Majestic Song

Psalm 89:1

… Will you transmit blessed testimonies to your children's children? It should be your desire to do something in the present life that will live after you are …

The Man of One Subject

1 Corinthians 2:2

… Ah, Brethren, it is the experiment of faith and faith is justified of all her children! If we rely upon the power of mere persuasion, we rely upon …

The Old, Old Story

Romans 5:6

… She used to read to her children chapter after chapter of Alleine's Alarm to the Unconverted. Oh, that book! how many dreams it gave her boy at …

Life More Abundant

John 10:10

… Yonder little child, for instance, is in perfect health, but as yet it cannot run alone. Put it upon the ground, it totters a little way, and is …

Five Fears

Ecclesiastes 8:12

… Fear hath kept many a child of God from doing his duty, from making a bold profession; hath brought bondage into his spirit. Fear misused, thou art the …

The Chief Of Sinners

1 Timothy 1:15

… The father who charges his child, upon his obedience, never to go to the sanctuary of the Lord again. The master who plagues his servant, mocks and jeers …

Another And A Nobler Exhibition

Ephesians 3:10

… The first shall be a question for the children of God and the other for those who know Him not. First, to the children of God. Do you …

The Infallibility of Scripture

Isaiah 1:20

… We repeat the Word as a child repeats his lesson. It is not ours to correct the Divine Revelation but simply to echo it. I do not take …

Peter's Shortest Prayer

Matthew 14:30

… Lord, forgive me, save me, make me Your child and let me and my household, too, be Yours forever." That is the way to pray so that God …

The Two Pivots

Exodus 3:6

… Their male children were taken from them and cast into the river. They were entirely in Pharaoh's hands. They were a degraded people, as all slaves gradually …

All Fulness in Christ

Colossians 1:19

… which was lost? The Man who took the child up on his knee and said, “Suffer the little children to come unto me,” the Man who was tempted …

“Helensburgh House” and Garden (Continued)

… Our children grew apace in the sweet country air, and my whole time and strength were given to advance my dear husband's welfare and happiness. I deemed …

The Christian's Motto

John 8:29

… Cross, crabbed, morose natures do not please the Lord! Unkind husbands, fractious wives, rebellious children and domineering parents are far from pleasing Him. God cannot smile upon oppression …

The Church Awakened

Ephesians 5:14

… Perhaps that, too, was the Master saying, "Awake!" A dear child was taken from you and borne to Heaven—it was Christ saying to you, "Awake!" And we …

The Wondrous Covenant

Hebrews 8:10

… where they teach little children to say after this fashion, "In my baptism, wherein I was made a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor …

Bonds Which Could Not Hold

Acts 2:24

… You remember that when Pharaoh told Moses that the men among the children of Israel might go into the wilderness to offer sacrifice, he said that they must …