Family & Children

'The Sun of Righteousness'

Psalm 19:4-6

… Therefore she washes it; but the child cries, it is fretful and knows not what is good for it, so it whines and struggles; the mother does not …

Marvellous Increase.–Facts and Figures

… Oh ! to think that now he comes with me on Sunday ; and the shop is shut up, sir ; and the children,* who used to be running about without …

Harvest Men Needed

Matthew 9:37

… Greatheart, with Christiana and Mercy and the children—he goes with them from the City of Destruction, right up to the River Jordan—and if he could, he …

Death—a Sleep

1 Thessalonians 4:13

… We frequently sing in our Sunday school—our little children sing— "Oh, that will be joyful, Joyful, joyful! When we meet to part no more!' But there is …

A Caution to the Presumptuous

… There are in every Christian church men who think they stand, men who vaunt themselves in fancied might and power, children of nature finely dressed, but not the …

God's Will About the Future

James 4:13-17

… A pretty missionary you would be! There is a mother at home and her children are neglected while she talks to her neighbors. But when her children are …

The Secret Of Health

Psalm 42:11

… Ask the Presence of God to be with you, child of God, and you may then descend into a lion's den, traverse a fiery furnace, or pass …

Love's Law and Life

John 14:15

… He that searches us searches principally our hearts! He who tries mankind tries chiefly the reins of the children of men. The Master is in our midst, tonight …

Christ's Dying Word for His Church

John 19:30

… He began this work early in life, even while He was a Child. He persevered in holy obedience 33 years. That obedience cost Him many a pang and …

Jesus Joyfully Received

Luke 19:6

… I am not one of those who believe that a man can be a child of God, today, and a child of the devil tomorrow. Ah, no! When …

Israel And Britain. A Note of Warning

John 12:37-41

… They went so far as to crucify him, and cried as they did so, "His blood be on us, and our children,"—words so sadly verified when Jerusalem …

Over The Mountains

… It is easy for the dear lips of redeeming love to put away the child’s offences, since He has already obtained pardon for the criminal’s iniquities …

Sorrow and Sorrow

2 Corinthians 7:10

… If you are a child and you have done something wrong towards your father, you are unhappy as long as you try to conceal it. You old folks …

"The Lord Is Risen, Indeed"

Luke 24:5

… You widows and you fatherless children— you mourning brothers and you weeping sisters—and you, you Rachels, who will not be comforted because your children are not here …

The Cross Our Glory

Galatians 6:14

… Why not advance with the discoveries of modern thought?" The Apostle, teaching a simple fact which a child might comprehend, found in it the wisdom of God! Christ …

Marvelous! Marvelous!

Zechariah 8:6

… very age." And whereas war had often cut off the women and the children, the promise further added, "the streets of the city shall be full of boys …

Perseverance in Holiness

Jeremiah 32:40

… No wandering child of God surprises his heavenly Father. He foreknew every sin we should commit: he proposed to do us good notwithstanding all this foreknown iniquity. If …

The Perpetuity of the Gospel

Luke 21:33

… If you have any little children, you delight to see the way in which they trust you when they cannot make out what you are doing, though they …

"Better Than Wine"

Solomon 1:2

… I think, like the poet— "Come, then, expressive silence, muse His praise." Love to me! Dear child of God, think of it in this way—let me speak …

Following Christ

John 21:22

… If you are a mother, you can follow Christ by training up your children for Him. Every man has his own particular calling and every Christian's calling …

The Modern Dead Sea and the Living Waters

Ezekiel 47:8

… These are not the children of the living God, but children of the devil! When they are brought before the Judge, to have their true parentage discovered, they …

Great Pardon for Great Sin

Psalm 25:11

… Perhaps the first song we learned to sing was concerning the children's best Friend. The first book that we began to read contained His sweet name and …

The Coming Resurrection

John 5:28

… Your child shall see you again! You shall know your child—the same form shall rise. Your departed friend shall come back to you and having loved his …

Love's Transformations—a Communion Meditation

John 14:28

… If you love me, you will be glad to think that your child shall be in Glory." Your girl's sweet words shall tell you what Jesus meant …

Prayer 21 — Boldness at The Throne of Grace

… Now, Lord, wilt Thou be pleased to cause all Thy children's hearts to dance within them for joy? Oh! help Thy people to come to Jesus again …

Broad Rivers And Streams

Isaiah 33:20-23

… We know that the children of Israel regretted that they had left the leeks, garlic, onions, cucumbers and melons of Egypt—plants that grew by the rivers. Besides …

The Best Bread

John 6:48

… Augustine, after years of tossing to and fro, found peace with God by hearing a little child say, "Take, and read." I suppose that the child was singing …

Behold The Lamb!

John 1:36

… Only keep your eye upon the Lamb of God and this will make you strong to do and to endure! I might thus continue urging children of God …

Prayer 6 — The Wonders of Calvary

… May we chip the shell today and get out into the glorious liberty of the children of God. Grant us this, we pray Thee. Lord, visit our church …

Jericho Captured

Joshua 6:2

… And though as soldiers we cannot understand it, yet as children let us believe it and keep on compassing the city for Jericho's walls must fall—as …

"My Lord and My God!"

John 20:28

… We know that in the wilderness, the Amalekites slew the hindmost of the children of Israel. But when King Jesus heads the army, no Amalekites shall smite even …

Choice Comfort for a Young Believer

Psalm 138:8

… You shall go forth conquering and to conquer if your sword is drawn only in Christ's quarrel! If your charge is but a few children in the …

The Very Friend You Need

Luke 7:34

… And the Lord said, Unto what, then, shall I liken the men of this generation? And to what are they like? They are like children sitting in the …

Faith in Christ

Acts 16:31

… We spoke last week about a child that had no love to its father and of the great grief of the father's heart because the child was …

Hopeful, Yet Doubtful

Matthew 8:19

… But the child of nature, however finely dressed, is a dead child and not a living one. "You must be born again," is the Word of Christ to …

A Great Bargain

Matthew 13:45

… Well, you had better sell off what you know, for unless a man become as a little child he cannot enter the kingdom of Heaven. You are somebody …

The Marvelous Magnet

John 12:32

… a child of God, and an inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven," there was not a word of truth in it, for you were such a child of …

The Holy Road

Isaiah 35:8

… Guthrie, when he was nearing death, asked to have "a bairn's hymn" sung to him! The Gospel which suits little children is that which saves souls! The …

A Portrait No Artist Can Paint

Revelation 1:16

… And some of your little children will cry, "Look, Father, the stars are falling!" And possibly some children will believe that stars have fallen from their places. Take …

God's Fire and Hammer

Jeremiah 23:29

… Why should we not always set the whole Truth of God before those whom we seek to save? I believe that sometimes, even in Sunday schools, children are …