Family & Children

The Single-handed Conquest

Isaiah 63:3

… Tell a little child to go down a lonely lane on a dark night and the child says, "Mother, I don't want to go there." "I will …

The Iniquity of Our Holy Things

Exodus 28:36-38

… And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their …

Heart Piercing

Acts 2:37

… This change of mind, I believe, was never better pictured than in that verse of the children's hymn— "Repentance is to leave The sin we loved before …

Evening, September 12

Ps 101:1

… Faith says of her grief, “This is a badge of honour, for the child must feel the rod;” and then she sings of the sweet result of her …

Morning, August 24

Mic 2:13

… Art thou afraid of hell? He has barred it against the advent of any of his children; they shall never see the gulf of perdition. Whatever foes may …

Evening, March 25

Jn 3:13

… Son of man —whenever he said that word, he shed a halo round the head of Adam’s children. Yet there is perhaps a more precious thought still …

Morning, March 28

Eph 3:19

… Where shall language be found which shall describe his matchless, his unparalleled love towards the children of men? It is so vast and boundless that, as the swallow …

Evening, February 16

Ne 9:20

… and then training us for the skies as a loving nurse fosters her child. How generous, forgiving, and tender is this patient Spirit of God. He is good …

Morning, March 8

Ac 14:22

… But although tribulation is thus the path of God’s children, they have the comfort of knowing that their Master has traversed it before them; they have his …

Evening, March 17

Mt 5:9

… for they shall be called the children of God.” Matthew 5:9 This is the seventh of the beatitudes: and seven was the number of perfection among the …

Evening, July 26

Ps 113:8

… The child of God has free access to the inner courts of heaven. “For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.” “Let us …

Evening, April 22

Ps 91:5

… but there need be no terror, for the God of love changes not. Children of light may walk in darkness, but they are not therefore cast away, nay …

Evening, September 5

Job 38:16

… sinking bark, or give back the drowned mariner to his weeping wife and children; neither would my solving deep mysteries avail me a single whit, for the least …

Morning, September 28

Ps 33:13

… When a tear is wept by thee, think not that God doth not behold; for, “Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that …

Morning, December 22

Is 41:10

… Shall he that created the world grow weary? He hangeth the world upon nothing; shall he who doth this be unable to support his children? Shall he be …

Prefatory Note

… Surrounded by his sons in the faith, many of whom were his own spiritual children, and all of whom delighted to call him President, leader, brother, friend, he …

To-morrow

… I will tell you what we may do with them if we are the children of God. We may always look forward to them with patience and confidence …

Morning, February 6

Eph 6:18

… Bear witness, children of God, you have never been able to get anything for your souls elsewhere. All the bread your soul has eaten has come down from …

Evening, April 12

Ne 3:15

… Sin has utterly ruined that fair abode of all delights, and driven forth the children of men to till the ground, which yields thorns and briers unto them …

Morning, June 29

1Th 4:14

… The toil-worn believer quietly sleeps, as does the weary child when it slumbers on its mother’s breast. Oh! happy they who die in the Lord; they …

Morning, December 16

Mt 11:28

… come unto me.” As a mother puts out her finger to her little child and woos it to walk by saying, “ Come ,” even so does Jesus. He will …

The Climax of God's Love No. 2571

Hosea 2:16

… So is it with the child of God. He tries to think of what he can do for Jesus and he never imagines that he can do enough …

Morning, January 24

Ps 91:3

… Wanderer though thou hast been, hear what thy Redeemer saith—“Return, O backsliding children; I will have mercy upon you.” But you say you cannot return, for you …

Evening, March 7

Ps 118:8

… Does this evening’s portion meet the eye of a child of God anxious about temporals, then would we reason with him awhile. You trust in Jesus, and …

Morning, May 4

Je 16:20

… Favourite children are often the cause of much sin in believers; the Lord is grieved when he sees us doting upon them above measure; they will live to …

Evening, December 8

Ps 68:10

… God has marked with prescient eye all the requirements of his poor wandering children, and when those needs occur, supplies are ready. It is goodness which he has …

Morning, December 18

Joe 2:13

… It is not a matter to be merely talked of and believed in, but keenly and sensitively felt in every living child of the living God. It is …

Morning, December 27

Job 8:11

… He who follows Christ for his bag is a Judas; they who follow for loaves and fishes are children of the devil; but they who attend him out …

Evening, October 31

Ho 13:5

… When I was loathsome and self-abhorred, thou didst receive me as thy child, and thou didst satisfy my craving wants. Blessed forever be thy name for this …

Morning, June 21

Ps 45:2

Morning, June 21 Go To Evening Reading “Thou art fairer than the children of men.” Psalm 45:2 The entire person of Jesus is but as one gem …

Morning, July 7

1Th 5:25

… We wish to profit you by our preaching; we desire to be blest to your children; we long to be useful both to saints and sinners; therefore, dear …

Morning, July 8

Jdg 16:6

… She remembers that God never has failed her; nay, that he never did once fail any of his children. She recollecteth times of great peril, when deliverance came …

Morning, August 20

2Sa 23:1

… his children were his greatest affliction. The temptations of poverty and wealth, of honour and reproach, of health and weakness, all tried their power upon him. He had …

Evening, August 14

Ex 3:7

Evening, August 14 Go To Morning Reading “I know their sorrows.” Exodus 3:7 The child is cheered as he sings, “This my father knows;” and shall not …

Morning, November 21

Eph 4:30

… branch of the vine, thou canst have no fruit without the sap! O child of God, thou hast no life within thee apart from the life which God …

Morning, February 18

Job 10:2

… Afflictions are often the black foils in which God doth set the jewels of his children’s graces, to make them shine the better. It was but a …

Morning, May 5

2Co 6:16

… The whole world is God's; the heaven, even the heaven of heavens is the Lord's, and he reigneth among the children of men; but of those …

Morning, May 12

Jn 14:21

… Even if Scripture did not declare this, there are many of the children of God who could testify the truth of it from their own experience. They have …

Morning, November 11

De 33:27

… Well, child of God, remember that when thou art at thy worst and lowest, yet “underneath” thee “are everlasting arms.” Sin may drag thee ever so low, but …

Morning, November 27

Zec 3:1

… In Joshua the high priest we see a picture of each and every child of God, who has been made nigh by the blood of Christ, and has …