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Family, parents, children, home, and raising the next generation

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DEVOTIONAL

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 …

DEVOTIONAL

March 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 108

The 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 3540

A 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 …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 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 …

DEVOTIONAL

Morning, 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 2196

Hosanna!

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 …

DEVOTIONAL

Evening, 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 …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 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 …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 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 …

PRAYER

Prayer 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 1825

An 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 …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 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 113

Confession 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 266

The 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 1115

The 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 2430

Christians, 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 3177

Christ 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 187

Providence

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 1833

A 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 368

The 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 273

Christ 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 3155

The 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 1219

A 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 …

COMMENTARY

Psalm 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 681

Eyes 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 …

DEVOTIONAL

Jan. 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 3366

Deliverance 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 2772

The 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 3117

Eyes 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 …

DEVOTIONAL

Morning, 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 …

DEVOTIONAL

Morning, 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 126

Justification 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 208

Righteous 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 …

DEVOTIONAL

Morning, 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 …

DEVOTIONAL

Evening, 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 …

DEVOTIONAL

Evening, 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 …

DEVOTIONAL

Evening, 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 …

DEVOTIONAL

Morning, 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 …

DEVOTIONAL

Morning, 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 …