Family & Children

July 23 — ABSOLUTELY NO REMEMBRANCE

Heb. 10:17

… See! He puts us among the children; He accepts us as righteous; He takes delight in us as if we were perfectly holy. He even puts us into …

June 29 — INVITATION TO PRAY

Jer. 33:3

… He that made the ear, shall He not hear? He that gave parents a love to their children, will He not listen to the cries of His own …

July 2 — REFRESHING SLEEP

Ps. 127:2

… Our heavenly Father will supply the wants of His own children, and He knoweth what we have need of before we ask Him. We may therefore go to …

Feb. 27 — UNSTAGGERING TRUSTFULNESS

Ps. 112:7

… The Lord liveth, and what can His children fear?

April 26 — GRACIOUS DEALING

Deut. 15:18

… It becomes those to be generous who are the children of a gracious God. How can we expect our great Master to bless us in our business if …

May 5 — WHY REMAIN CAPTIVE?

Deut. 30:3

… What a bondage it is when the child of God is sold under sin, held in chains by Satan, deprived of his liberty, robbed of his power in …

Nov. 24 — PARDON AND FORGIVENESS

Ps. 103:9

… 103:9 He will chide sometimes, or He would not be a wise Father for such poor erring children as we are. His chiding is very painful to …

Dec. 19 — AFFLICTIONS, BUT NO BROKEN BONES

Ps. 34:20

… bone of him shall be broken." This is great comfort to a tried child of God, and comfort which I dare accept; for up to this hour I …

June 15 — HOME BLESSINGS EXTENDED

Ps. 128:5

… He shall have domestic blessedness; his wife and children shall be a source of great home happiness. But then as a member of the church he desires to …

Aug. 11 — WAITING, NOT RUNNING

Ps. 62:1

… When the very soul thus waits, it is in the best and truest condition of a creature before his Creator, a servant before his Master, a child before …

Oct. 28 — SINS OF IGNORANCE

Num. 15:25

… Our great comfort is that Jesus, the true priest, has made atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel. That atonement secures the pardon of unknown …

June 5 — IS THERE A DIFFERENCE?

Exod. 11:7

June 5 IS THERE A DIFFERENCE? "But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may …

July 25 — NOTHING TO ALARM US

Dan. 12:13

… There can be nothing in the Father's decree which should justly alarm His child. Though the abomination of desolation be set up, yet the true believer shall …

Dec. 3 — PEACE WHATEVER EXPOSURE

Ezek. 34:25

… Nothing without or within should cause any fear to the child of God. By faith the wilderness can become the suburbs of Heaven, and the woods the vestibule …

Dec. 24 — OVER JORDAN WITH SINGING

Deut. 33:29

… He tells us that our bread will fail, and we shall starve with our children; yet the Feeder of the ravens has not forgotten us yet, and He …

May 23 — FULL RELIANCE ON GOD

Ps. 72:12

… Even for temporal mercies you may wait upon God, for He careth for His children in these temporary concerns. As for spiritual necessities, which are the heaviest of …

Sept. 17 — LIKE PALM AND CEDAR

Ps. 92:12

… The child of God flourishes like a palm tree, which pushes all its strength upward in one erect column without a single branch. It is a pillar with …

Oct. 3 — REFLECTORS OF THE LORD'S BEAUTY

Ps. 17:15

… 17:15 The portion of other men fills their bodies, and enriches their children, but the portion of the believer is of another sort. Men of the world …

March 17 — FEAR TO FEAR

Jer. 1:8

… Remember how Daniel came out of the lions' den, and the three holy children out of the furnace. Yours is not so desperate a case as theirs; but …

March 20 — DIVINE PROVISION

Matt. 6:30

… will He not clothe His own children? We are sure He will. There may be many a patch and a darn, but raiment we shall have. A poor …

March 23 — A SURE GUIDE

Isa. 42:16

… led them, what a song of gratitude will they sing unto their great Benefactor! Lord, lead thy poor blind child this day, for I know not my way!

Salvation of the Lord

Jonah 2:9

… When a man is made a child of God he does not have a stock of grace given to him with which to go on for ever, but …

Feb. 18 — GOD WILL ANSWER

Ps. 145:19

… and their case so pressing, that they cry out in agony, like little children in pain, and then the Lord works most comprehensively, and does all that is …

July 26 — A CHANGE OF NAME

Hosea 2:16

… The slave is changed into a child, and the task into a pleasure. Is it so with thee, dear reader? Has grace cast out slavish fear and implanted …

Sept. 21 — LET TRIALS BLESS

Rom. 5:3

… We do not toss a man about in order to give him rest, and yet so the Lord dealeth with His children. Truly this is not the manner …

Dec. 7 — GIFT OF STRENGTH; PEACE TO BLESS

Ps. 29:11

… with His voice will terrify the enemies of His saints, and give His children peace. Why are we weak when we have divine strength to flee to? Why …

Oct. 1 — A COVENANT HE REMEMBERS

Ps. 111:5

… Through all these long years the Lord has always found meat for His own children, whether they have been in the wilderness, or by the brook Cherith, or …

Nov. 4 — YOU MARK THE TRENCHES

II Kings 3:16

… As the child who went to a meeting to pray for rain took an umbrella with her; so let us truly and practically expect the Lord to bless …

'Going and Weeping'

Jeremiah 50:4

… Your children are not the Lord's children. Perhaps your wife or your husband loves not your God. You may well weep as you go! Sympathy and activity …

Dec. 9 — THE "ALL" OF BELIEF

Mark 9:23

… it is then as natural for us to rely upon God as for a child to trust its father. The worst of it is, that we can believe …

Sept. 13 — THE DEW OF HEAVEN

Deut. 33:28

… Surely, the Lord who visits the unpraying plant will answer to His pleading child.

Nov. 10 — WALK WITHOUT STUMBLING

Ps. 121:3

… What with pitfalls and snares, weak knees, weary feet, and subtle enemies, no child of God would stand fast for an hour were it not for the faithful …

Christ Loosens From Infirmities

Luke 13:11-13

… If you are God's child, any duty neglected will bring upon your soul some chastisement. If you are not God's child, you may do very much …

The Savior's Precious Blood

1 Peter 1:19

… Son of God and Son of Man, Redeemer of our souls from death and misery, all Your mother's children praise You! Every sheaf bows before Your sheaf …

The New Song and the Old Story

Psalm 96:1-3

… that can equal the combination of voices which belong to men, women and children whose hearts really love the Savior! So sweet, so enchanting is the melody of …

Sept. 30 — NEEDS TO OPEN OUR MOUTHS

Ps. 81:10

… and pant; yea, let our alarm make us open our mouths with a child's cry. The opened mouth shall be filled by the Lord Himself. So be …

A Comforting Message for the Closing Year

Psalm 37:7

… Just as the wilderness yielded no bread to the children of Israel, yet there was bread for them in the wilderness, for it fell from Heaven! The arid …

Earth’s Seasons

… The works of creation are pictures to the children of God of the secret mysteries of grace. God’s truths are the apples of gold, and the visible …

Morning, August 29

Ps 51:1

… Empty boats float high, but heavily laden vessels are low in the water; mere professors can boast, but true children of God cry for mercy upon their unprofitableness …

Morning, May 28

Ro 8:30

… As surely as thou art God’s child today, so surely shall all thy trials soon be at an end, and thou shalt be rich to all the …