Family & Children

In Christ No Condemnation

Romans 8:1

… Every child of God must know this conflict if he knows himself. If it had not been for the fierce debates of former ages, this passage would have …

The Water of Life

John 4:15

… Your children? Yes, pray for them. Your relatives? Yes, consider them. But meanwhile, now it is yourself—your own proper self that is concerned. Do not think of …

Death and Its Sentence Abolished

Colossians 2:13

… We never thought that it was—and we never imagined that they could receive the Gospel until they are converted and become as little children. The great reason …

The Question Between the Plagues

Exodus 10:3

… But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go. God kept His Divine Grace back from him, so that …

Great Spoil

Psalm 119:162

… Fear seems to stand far apart from joy and yet, in the experience of the child of God, they are next of kin. We are familiar with combinations …

"Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled"

John 14:1-4

… As when a mother comforts her child, He cried, "Let not your heart be troubled." Jesus says the same to you, my Friend, if you are one of …

The Alter

Matthew 23:19

… Had man remained perfect, his communion with God would have been as unrestricted as that of an obedient child with an affectionate father. Adam might have worshiped his …

The King Feasting in his Garden

Solomon 5:1

… But even the smallest child of Grace shall never overindulge himself with Jesus' love. No, the more you have, the more you shall enjoy, the more blessed shall …

How to Read the Bible

Matthew 12:3-7

… Let the light come from God, and though a child shall bring it, we will joyfully accept it. If any one of his servants, whether Paul or Apollos …

The Word of the Cross

1 Corinthians 1:18

… Why, the very children sing it and are able to believe it and talk of it. Psha, it is sheer foolishness! We don't want anything so vulgar …

The Prodigal's Climax

Luke 15:17

… It carries its key within itself and the experience of every child of God is the best exposition of it. The three parables recorded here set forth the …

Christ's Universal Kingdom and How It Comes

Psalms 2:8

… We cannot convert a single child, nor bring to Christ the humblest peasant, nor lead to peace the most hopeful youth! All must be done by the Spirit …

The Holy Spirit's Threefold Conviction of Men

John 16:8-11

… After a sermon concerning sin, the poor child of God cries out, "I dare not believe! I am afraid I shall be lost, after all." This unbelief is …

Seeing And Not Seeing—Or, Men As Trees Walking

Mark 8:22-25

… It is not at all the case of a man who would deprave your children, who would lead your son or your daughter into sin. The unenlightened people …

"Am I A Sea, Or A Whale?"

Job 7:12

… As children, we could not go to sleep till we said, "Our Father which are in Heaven." As youths, we trembled if we heard God's holy name …

The Blood of the Covenant

Hebrews 9:20

… Man, according to their account, is a poor creature who is struggling to be right and his offenses are the excusable blunders of a well-meaning child—the …

Prayer to God in Trouble an Acceptable Sacrifice

Psalm 50:15

… Yes, but a true child of God loves a chastening God. He does not turn his back when the Lord seems angry with him—it is then that …

Number One Thousand; Or, “Bread Enough and To Spare”

Luke 15:17

… Bound with such fetters, and led into the presence of Jesus, the captive would soon receive the liberty of the children of God. I intend only to dwell …

In the Hay-field

… And you, solitary child of God, dwelling, unknown and obscure, in a remote hamlet; you are not forgotten by the love of heaven. He maketh the grass to …

Traveling Expenses On The Two Great Roads

Jonah 1:3

… It woos as a mother would call her wandering child—it has a gentle voice forever broken, and contrite spirit—but it thunders like Sinai's own self …

Obedience Rewarded

Matthew 28:8-10

… I am sorry to say that, great as he was on the Revelation, his influence was very bad on his children at home. He knew all about the …

The Seven Sneezes

2 Kings 4:35

… SPURGEON. "The child sneezed seven times." 2 Kings 4:35 . THE child was dead. Although he had been the special gift of Divine promise and was therefore doubly …

Cords and Cart-Ropes

Isaiah 5:18

… The more children dislike medicine the more they want it; and it is the same with repentance. These people would rather shut their eyes and go on to …

The Golden Lamp and Its Goodly Lessons

Zechariah 4:1-3

… Come, blessed Spirit, then, to each one of Your slumbering children at this good hour and awaken us, that we may see what You would set before us …

A Heavenly Pattern for Our Earthly Life

Matthew 6:10

… The petition only means’let all the children of the one Father be alike in doing his will. II. Secondly, THIS COMPARISON IS EMINENTLY INSTRUCTIVE. Does it not …

A Feast For Faith

Isaiah 28:29

… The experiences of God's servants are very like the wanderings of the children of Israel in the wilderness—they were led here, and there, and round about …

God of the Hills and God of the Valleys

1 Kings 20:28

… Is He the God of the hills of the higher spiritual interests of His children and is He not the God of the valleys of their hourly troubles …

Despair Denounced and Grace Glorified

Ezekiel 37:11

… Although the children of Israel, at that time, knew little enough concerning the resurrection, yet the Lord, the Holy Spirit, knew all about it and He used it …

The Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus

2 Timothy 2:8

… Proclaim it in sublime Miltonic verse—it will come to no more! Tell of it in monosyllables and write it so that little children may read it in …

God Or Self—Which?

Zechariah 7:5

… Some time ago in convocation, the very wonderful question was discussed as to whether a child's father and mother might be its godfather and godmother. Is there …

Prayer 26 — Prayer Answered and Unanswered

… Then would we pray for our children, that they might be saved. Some of us can no longer pray for our children's conversion, our prayers are heard …

The Rider on the White Horse and the Armies with Him

Revelation 19:11-16

… You know not that you ride on a horse, O child of God! But there is a supreme invisible power which helps you in contending for Christ and …

The Resurrection of the Dead

Acts 24:15

… These hands, these feet, these eyes, are members of Christ, if I be a child of God. I am one with him, not merely as to my mind …

Jan. 18 — CHRIST AND HIS CHILDREN

Isa. 53:10

… There must be a succession of children unto Jesus; He is "the Father of the everlasting age." He shall say, "Behold, I and the children whom thou hast …

Psalm 99

Psalm 99

… Reader, are you a believer? Then your sin is forgiven you; but so surely as you are a child of God the rod of paternal discipline will be …

Feb. 11 — ARE THE CHILDREN IN?

Isa. 44:3

… 11 ARE THE CHILDREN IN? "I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring" Isa. 44:3 Our dear children have not the …

Daily Blessings for God's People

Psalm 68:19-20

… You are God's children; you are joint-heirs with Christ. "All things are yours"; ay, and "things to come," you have guaranteed too—preservation to the end …

Morning, April 30

Nu 14:2

Morning, April 30 Go To Evening Reading “And all the children of Israel murmured.” Numbers 14:2 There are murmurers amongst Christians now, as there were in the …

Evening, February 24

Zec 1:12-13

… O Zion, there are good things in store for thee; thy time of travail shall soon be over; thy children shall be brought forth; thy captivity shall end …

Where The "If" Lies

Mark 9:23

… Here is a child thirsty, and there is a flowing fountain; you give the child a cup that it may drink of the water. The child does not …