Family & Children

Rest, Rest

Matthew 11:28-30

… True rest to the mind of the child of God is rest on the wing, rest in motion, rest in service, not rest with the yoke off, but …

Joy And Peace In Believing

Romans 15:13

… You would consent, I believe, to the loss of your right eye if your husband and children, if your wife and friends might be reconciled to God by …

Waking to See Christ's Glory

Luke 9:32

… but "the two men that stood with Him." He is fairer than the children of men, greater than Moses and greater than Elijah, mighty as both of them …

Bankrupt Debtors Discharged

Luke 7:42

… fountain in their eyes? Did they not hasten home to their wives and children and tell them that they were out of debt, for the beloved creditor had …

Shutting, Sealing and Covering—or, Messiah's Glorious Work

Daniel 9:24

… true and they shall never degenerate into falsehood! They are God's own children and they shall go on to develop the image of Christ, their elder Brother …

Without Christ—Nothing

John 15:5

… While I was listening to my text, as a child puts a shell to its ear and listens till it hears the deep sea rolling in its windings …

The First Appearance of the Risen Lord to the Eleven

Luke 24:36-44

… He would have you believe in the sub- stantial reality of His religion and handle Him and see! Trust Him largely and simply, as a child trusts its …

John's First Doxology

Revelation 1:5

… And many a grateful letter have I received because of help given to the orphan children. How do I explain the difference? Not that our Orphanage has done …

The Dying Thief in a New Light

Luke 23:40-42

… When he heard that mysterious Sufferer say so solemnly, "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for Me, but for your children," he must have been struck with wonder! When …

Zealous, But Wrong

Romans 10:1

… I do not wonder at their conduct—if they are zealous and, at the same time, blind, they will naturally take to exterminating the children of God! Of …

Prayer 24 — "Deliver Us from Evil"

… Oh! let Thy children be in that condition this morning—clean every whit - and may they know it and thus being clean, may they have boldness to enter …

The Middle Passage

Habakkuk 3:2

… Secondly, an apprehension drawn from the past report of God's ways which He had made known to Moses and His acts to the children of Israel, lest …

Prayer 17 — To Be Like Christ

… And, Lord, hear us who are Thy children, in whom the Spirit beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. Hear us while we …

A String Of Pearls

1 Peter 1:3-5

… The mercy of the Lord to us is not the mercy of a stranger to a stranger, but the mercy of a Father towards his own dear children …

Joshua's Vision

Joshua 6:10-27

… Instead of immediate activity, the children of Israel pitched their tents at Gilgal and there tarried for a considerable season. For God is in no hurry. His purposes …

"Knock!"

Matthew 7:12

… Jesus has been knocking at some of your hearts ever since you were children—and still He knocks. I hear His blessed hand upon the door at this …

Blood Even on the Golden Altar

Leviticus 4:7

… Has Jesus blood? "Forasmuch, then, as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He, also, Himself, likewise took part of the same." Here is the token to …

Prayer 10 — The Music of Praise

… We beseech Thee to look down upon Thy children and cheer us. Lord, lift us up. Come, Holy Spirit, like a fresh, bracing wind and let our spirit …

The Saint One With His Savior

1 Corinthians 6:17

… We were chosen in Christ Jesus from before the foundation of the world, and by Sovereign Love we were predestinated to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ …

Jacob and Doubting Souls a Parallel

Genesis 45:28

… And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near to me, you, and your children, and your children's children, and your flocks …

Freedom At Once and Forever

Isaiah 61:1

… O you young children, boys and girls, young men, young women—you cannot be free too soon! You cannot obtain the liberty with which Christ makes His people …

Strange Ways of Love

Hosea 2:14

… that sing them into the net, or how a mother allures her little child who is just beginning to walk. You have seen her hold out an orange …

Micah's Message for Today

Micah 6:8

… I accept the chastisement." Let not the rebellious spirit rise when a child is taken away, or when the wife is taken from your bosom, or the husband …

Grace Exalted—Boasting Excluded

Romans 3:27

… Then straight from Heaven's gate the trumpet sounded—("For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God …

A Message from God for Thee

Lamentations 4:22

… I know nothing of these women's fears and child-like tremblings: why do you sit and hear a man talk to you like this, and tell you …

Prayer 13 — The Wings of Prayer

Our Father, Thy children who know Thee delight themselves in Thy presence. We are never happier than when we are near Thee. We have found a little heaven …

Sin Laid on Jesus

Isaiah 53:6

… The question was asked thus: “Suppose you had a child that had the leprosy, or some other foul disease. Suppose this dear child of yours was infected and …

Salvation by Knowing the Truth

1 Timothy 2:3

… I am a poor silly child at my very best: my Father must know better than I. An old parable-maker tells us that he shut himself up …

The Battle of Life

… Our children's children may read how the haughty insolence of Theodore of Abyssinia was humbled, but I hope they will never hear the screeching of the ravens …

A Call To Prayer and Testimony

Isaiah 62:6

… What profit is there in keeping to the old way?" That spirit creeps over the child of God like the cold of the Arctic regions, numbing him and …

The Spur

John 9:4

… To a child a year appears a lengthened period. To a man even ten years is but a short space of time. To God the Eternal a thousand …

The King-Priest

Zechariah 6:13

… O Lord Jesus, You greater Joseph, the Shepherd and Stone of Israel, all our sheaves pay obedience unto Your sheaf and all Your father's children bow down …

"If There Is No Resurrection"

1 Corinthians 15:12-19

… Yes, and has so changed you that sin shall not have dominion over you, for now you are, by Grace, a child of God! Well, but, if Christ …

Self-Humbling and Self-Searching

Solomon 1:6

… Your neighbors certainly, but yourselves also; the children in your class certainly, your own children at home certainly, but look to yourselves also, oh, ye that are workers …

Loyal to the Core

2 Samuel 15:21

… I hope it will always continue to be so; and especially among children of God. On the other hand, look at Ittai, perfectly free to go, but in …

How Repentance Is Given

… Happy am I to have so full a gospel to proclaim! Happy are you to be allowed to read it! The hearts of the children of Israel had …

Christ's Word with You

Matthew 11:28

… born again, so that you shall be as though you were a little child commencing life again, only under happier skies and holier influences! My Lord and Master …

Ten Wrong Kinds of Hearers

Isaiah 58:1

… pray for you at this moment! Lord, lay Your hand upon that poor child of infirmity! 14. And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation. Wretched creature …

I Will Give You Rest

… We may rest in Jesus as to our sick child, as to our business trouble, or as to grief of any kind. He is our Comforter in all …

Experiencing Confirming Testimony

Psalm 48:8

… You are fairer than the children of men: Grace is poured into Your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever No sooner does he begin to write about …