Family & Children

The Lost Silver Piece

Luke 15:8-10

… The third parable evidently represents the divine Father in his abundant love receiving the lost child who comes back to him. The third parable would be likely to …

Prayer 7 — "Let All the People Praise Thee"

… May we have many spiritual offspring that shall go with us to the throne, that we may say before Him, "I and the children that Thou hast given …

On Raising Questions

… Thousands are now happy in the Lord through receiving the gospel like little children; while others, who can always see difficulties, or invent them, are as far off …

The Royal Prerogative

Psalm 68:20

… He sends forth His Spirit and they are created and at His own pleasure He says, "Return, you children of men," and lo, they fall before Him like …

Prayer 12 — On Holy Ground

… Remember Thy people in their families and convert their children. Give us help and strength. Spare precious lives that are in danger. Be gracious to any that are …

The Warrant of Faith

1 John 3:23

… Nay, some are so foolish as to enter into a covenant for their children, that “they shall keep all God’s holy commandments, and walk in the same …

Our Motto

Ephesians 6:7

… He does not bid us forego the domestic relations which make us husbands or wives; parents or children; masters or servants! He does not suggest to us to …

Why Saints Persevere

… He is faithful to His relationships; as a Father He will not renounce His children, as a friend He will not deny His people, as a Creator He …

The Fair Portrait of a Saint

Job 23:11

… A very beautiful motto is hung up in our infant classroom at the Stockwell Orphanage, "What would Jesus do?" Not only may children take it as their guide …

Prayer 2 — Thanks Be Unto God

… heart doth rejoice in God the Savior who worketh so graciously among the children of men. We have been astonished as the Holy Ghost has fallen even upon …

Elijah's Plea

1Kings 18:36

… Now, Lord, I claim it of Your Truth that You should justify my teaching and my expectations by giving me to see the souls of my children saved …

Substitution

2 Corinthians 5:21

… He saith, “be reconciled.” The child runneth away from his father when he hath sinned, because he fears his father will punish him; but when his father burns …

Expected Proof of Professed Love

2 Corinthians 8:24

… IN every Believer's heart there is love to God, otherwise he cannot be a child of God! In every Christian's soul there is love to Jesus …

Psalm 64

Psalm 64

… Good men are frequently discouraged, and not infrequently discourage one another, but the children of darkness are wise in their generation and keep their spirits up, and each …

Two Sorts Of Hearers

James 1:22-25

… Looking in the glass and noticing a black mark on your forehead is mere child's play if you do not wash the spot away! To see yourself …

Prayer 4 — The All-Prevailing Plea

… Thy quickened children pray for them. These will not come to Thee, for, like sheep, they are lost, but do Thou seek them, Father, and bring them back …

Deacons and Elders; Pastors and Teachers (Continued)

… We miss her sadly, but her spiritual children are with us still; they have stood the test of years, and the most searching test of all, namely, the …

Jesus Only

… The child, in danger of the fire, just clings to the fireman, and trusts to him alone. She raises no question about the strength of his limbs to …

Meal-time in the Cornfields

… You are saying in your heart, “O that I could eat the children’s bread!” You may eat it. You say, “I have no right.” But the Lord …

Messengers Wanted

Isaiah 6:8

… I find it true rest and joy, like a little child, to believe what God has revealed and to let others do the puzzling and the reasoning. If …

Spring In The Heart

Psalm 65:10

… If a woman had the charge of a number of children that were not her own, I do not suppose she would notice all the incipient stages of …

Spring in the Heart

… If a woman had the charge of a number of children that were not her own, I do not suppose she would notice all the incipient stages of …

A Word From the Beloved's Own Mouth

… Not one among them was more than a mere child in grace; they had little about them that was apostolic except their commission, they were very evidently men …

Open-Air Preaching — A Sketch of Its History

… Prize-fighters have often selected the borders of two counties for their performances, but their prudence would seem to have been anticipated by the children of light. It …

Just and the Justifier

… I believe it will have to come as a revelation to every newborn child of God whenever he sees it; I mean that glorious doctrine of the substitution …

Enquirers and Converts

… The true child of grace is ever the same in heart, although the outward appearance may continually vary. Among the many thousands of souls who have been brought …

Profit and Loss

Mark 8:36

… but he is after souls every day; his Holy Spirit is seeking his children; and Christ came to save souls. Do you think that which hell craves for …

Expiation

Isaiah 53:10

… your wealth is something, if you make yourself poor; but to give your child is something more. When the patriot mother tears her son from her bosom, and …

Christ—Our Substitute

2 Corinthians 5:21

… All the sins that you and I have ever committed, or ever shall commit, if we be heirs of mercy, and children of God, are all dead things …

The Priceless Prize

Philippians 3:8

… are gone! While oftentimes the poor man has the honest tears of his children shed upon a coffin which they have had to contribute to purchase out of …

The Pierced Heart of Jesus

John 19:32-37

… Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the Mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children. We have no record of any unkindness to …

The New Wine of the Kingdom

Matthew 26:29

… And had twelve gates, and at the gate twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. On …

How May Faith Be Illustrated?

… Why does a boy trust his father? The reason why the child trusts his father is because he loves him. Blessed and happy are they who have a …

Questions Which Ought To Be Asked

Job 35:10-11

… daily manna; but when your heavenly Father has been with you’speak, ye children of God’have you not had joy and rejoicing, and light in your dwellings …

"This Year Also"

Luke 13:6

… The Heaven of many saints is not yet prepared for them because their nearest companions have not yet arrived and their spiritual children have not yet gathered in …

Our Lord's Posture in Ascension

Luke 24:50-53

… Look, My children! Look, My Brethren! Behold, I have given you all that I have—My Manhood and My Godhead, My life, My death, My Resurrection and My …

The Garden Of The Soul

Matthew 26:36

… You will not be able to say, "My Father," for your soul will doubt whether you are a child of God at all. When the ways of Zion …

The Enemies of the Cross of Christ

Philippians 3:18

… But we have further tears because of the mischief that such sinners do. "Enemies of the Cross of Christ" do a world of damage to wife and children …

The Former and the Latter Rain

Jeremiah 5:24

… Pharaoh said, "Destroy the male children." Satan seems to say, "Stop the male children from fulfilling their growth." We are well enough in our way after the common …

Apostolic Exhortation

Acts 3:19

… Perhaps there is no better definition of repentance than that which is given in our little children’s hymnbook— “Repentance is to leave The sins we loved before …