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Oct. 22 — PLEAD HIS OWN PROMISE
II Sam. 7:29
… Make our servants thy servants, our children thy children. Let the blessing flow on to future generations, and as long as any of our race remains on earth …
DEVOTIONALMarch 13 — DESPISE NOT THY YOUTH
Jer. 1:6
March 13 DESPISE NOT THY YOUTH "Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, Say …
SERMON • SERMON 108The Question of Fear and the Answer of Faith
Job 23:6
… What, wilt thou crush the sinner? Wilt thou utterly destroy him with thy strength? “No,” saith he, “Come hither, child.” And if you go to his Almighty throne …
SERMON • SERMON 3540A Remarkable Benediction
Deuteronomy 33:16
… Brothers and Sisters, if you wish to give your children a blessing when you die, be a blessing to them while you live! If you would make your …
COMMENTARYPsalm 57
Psalm 57
… And concerning outward enemies, the church in this world is like Daniel in the lion's den, or as "the sucking child playing upon the hole of the …
DEVOTIONALMorning, June 16
Jn 10:28
… For a child of God to mistrust his love, his truth, his faithfulness, must be greatly displeasing to him. How can we ever grieve him by doubting his …
SERMON • SERMON 2196Hosanna!
Matthew 2:19
… He thought it a token for good that children drank in his words. When God moves the children to earnestness, He will soon move their fathers and mothers …
DEVOTIONALEvening, March 27
Mt 15:27
… The Master had talked about the children’s bread: “Now,” argued she, “since thou art the Master of the table of grace, I know that thou art a …
COMMENTARYPsalm 15
Psalm 15
… is charity towards our brother. "Herein," saith John, "are the children of God known, and the children of the devil: whosoever doth not righteousness is not of God …
COMMENTARYPsalm 46
Psalm 46
… Let the worst come to the worst, the child of God should never give way to mistrust; since God remaineth faithful there can be no danger to his …
PRAYERPrayer 11 — Under The Blood
… God, save our children and children's children, and if we have unconverted relatives of any kind, the Lord have mercy upon them for Christ's sake. Give …
SERMON • SERMON 1825An Inscription for the Mausoleum of the Saints
Hebrews 11:13
… I have often been told that you may be a child of God one day and a child of the devil the next. I do not know upon …
COMMENTARYPsalm 47
Psalm 47
… not only that they are the seed of Abraham, coming out of his loins, and are "the children of the flesh" Ro 9:9; but "the children of …
SERMON • SERMON 113Confession of Sin—A Sermon With Seven Texts
Exodus 9:27
… This is the repentance of the man who is a child of God already, an acceptable repentance before God. But as I intend to dwell upon this in …
SERMON • SERMON 266The Blind Beggar
Mark 10:46-52
… Look around then, ye children of God; look around you this morning, and ye shall see in this hall many a counterpart of poor blind Bartimeus sitting by …
SERMON • SERMON 1115The Good Shepherdess
Solomon 1:7
… Yes, and feed the kids there—the little children. I begin to feel more and more that it is a mistake to divide the children from the congregation …
SERMON • SERMON 2430Christians, and Their Communion With God
Isaiah 26:8
… Child after child has died, loss after loss has broken down the business. Now they turn to God. Oh, it is a blessed loss that makes us find …
SERMON • SERMON 3177Christ Seen as God's Salvation
Luke 2:30
… He saw there a little Babe and he recognized, in that newly-born Child, Jesus the promised Savior! And as he took up that Savior into his arms …
SERMON • SERMON 187Providence
Matthew 10:30
… Mary, great with child, must take a laborious journey to Bethlehem; and there is her child born in a manger. We should not have had the prophecy fulfilled …
SERMON • SERMON 1833A Proclamation from the King of Kings
Jeremiah 3:12
… If ever I was a child of God, then I am a child of God and He will bring me back. But if I never was a child …
SERMON • SERMON 368The March!
Numbers 10:35
… Are you beset today by men who hate you? As a child of God have you acted with such simplicity and integrity that men, not understanding you, have …
SERMON • SERMON 273Christ Triumphant
Colossians 2:15
… When the old serpent knew that his enemy was born, he conspired to put him to death; he leagued with Herod to seek the young child that he …
SERMON • SERMON 3155The Beatitudes
Matthew 5:1-12
… There are people who believe that you can be children of God, today, and children of the devil tomorrow—then again children of God the next day and …
SERMON • SERMON 1219A Voice From Heaven
Revelation 14:12
… He has lived as long as he could well have wished to live and, in dying, he sees his children and his children's children gathered around his …
COMMENTARYPsalm 48
Psalm 48
… They fled ignominiously, like children in a fright. Glory be to God, it shall be even thus with the foes of his church; when the Lord cometh to …
SERMON • SERMON 681Eyes Opened
Genesis 21:19
… The water was spent in the bottle, she herself was ready to faint and her child lay at death's door. This sense of need was attended by …
DEVOTIONALJan. 29 — OBEDIENCE BRINGS BLESSING
Deut. 12:28
… 29 OBEDIENCE BRINGS BLESSING "Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for …
SERMON • SERMON 3366Deliverance From the Power of Darkness
Colossians 1:13
… Darkness makes the child afraid, but it makes the evil man bold! It is in the dark that the lion comes out after his prey and all the …
SERMON • SERMON 2772The Minister's Trumpet Blast and Church Member's Warning
Hosea 8:1
… He is jealous of all His children, but especially of those children upon whom He has bestowed most of His favors." You remember the story of the poor …
SERMON • SERMON 3117Eyes Opened
2 Kings 6:17
… When you have gathered the little children in the Sunday school around you, perhaps you have pictured to yourself the power and influence you would have over them …
DEVOTIONALMorning, December 25
Is 7:14
… Let us reverently bow before the holy Child whose innocence restores to manhood its ancient glory; and let us pray that he may be formed in us, the …
DEVOTIONALMorning, October 29
Mt 6:9
… Father.” This child-like spirit soon perceives the grandeur of the Father “in heaven,” and ascends to devout adoration , “Hallowed be thy name.” The child lisping, “Abba, Father …
SERMON • SERMON 126Justification by Grace
… I must try the best I can to make justification plain and simple, even to the comprehension of a child. There is not such a thing as justification …
SERMON • SERMON 208Righteous Hatred
Psalm 97:10
… Beggars’ children may run about the street with unkempt hair and shoeless feet; but should princes of the blood revel in uncleanness? We do not expect to see …
DEVOTIONALMorning, June 10
Ro 14:8
… Why then are we here? Would God keep his children out of paradise a single moment longer than was necessary? Why is the army of the living God …
DEVOTIONALEvening, July 10
Ge 1:5
… This will be a most comforting thought to those who are mourning their infirmities, and who ask, “Can I be a child of God while there is so …
DEVOTIONALEvening, March 31
2Sa 21:10
… Behold how she loved her children! Shall Rizpah thus endure, and shall we start at the first little inconvenience or trial? Are we such cowards that we cannot …
DEVOTIONALEvening, March 24
Lu 10:21
… To bear the cross is her office, and to be scorned and counted an alien by her mother’s children is her lot; and yet the church has …
DEVOTIONALMorning, February 20
2Co 7:6
… But let God come to his child, let him lift up his countenance, and the mourner’s eyes glisten with hope. Do you not hear him sing— “'Tis …
DEVOTIONALMorning, May 25
Ps 38:21
… Father, forsake not thy child, lest he fall by the hand of the enemy. Shepherd, forsake not thy lamb, lest he wander from the safety of the fold …