Marriage

The Free Agency of Christ

Mark 8:22-25

… You have begun to come to listen to the Gospel—through your wife, perhaps, or through some Christian friend. I am very hopeful concerning you, for, although you …

The Winnowing Fan

Hebrews 12:14

… God whom he has not seen?" When we hear of strife between husband and wife, between brother and sister, between father and child, we are ashamed that the …

The Love Of Jonathan and the Love Of Jesus

2 Samuel 1:26

… ecstasy and it would be greater than it ever was before! "Has my husband returned to me? Has my spouse come back to me? Has my mother, my …

Love's Vigilance Rewarded

Solomon 3:4

… company that they have almost forgotten Him in the joy! If a husband gave his wife gold rings and ornaments and she was so gratified with the presents …

A Promise For Us And For Our Children

Isaiah 44:1-5

… The fondness of a husband towards a weeping wife. The tenderness of the head towards the wounded members. Beloved, did you ever did try to grasp the thought …

Holiness, The Law of God's House

Ezekiel 43:12

… my place? Do I, as a master, as a servant, as a husband, as a wife, or as a child, act as God, Himself, would have me act …

'Mr. Moody's Text'

Isaiah 12:2

… better unto you than father, or mother, or sister, or children, or wife, or husband? Am I not better than all beside? Can you not find all in …

Encouragement to Trust and Pray

Isaiah 30:19

… the exhortation and let your heart say, "I will return unto my first husband, for it was better with me, then, than now." He has not shut up …

The Lost Silver Piece

Luke 15:8-10

… Towards Christ a wife and towards men a mother, the church is most fitly set forth as a woman. A woman with a house under her control is …

Beginning at Jerusalem

Luke 24:47

… A religion which will not stand the test of the fireside is not worth much! “Oh,” says one. “I have never told my husband. I get out on …

The Widow of Sarepta

1 Kings 17:8

… There is the husband looking down upon the corpse of the beloved wife, and he cannot laugh at death and eternity now! There is space for a word …

May I?

Matthew 9:21

… compassion moved God to guide you here? I like to hear a wife say, "My husband is not a member of the Church, Sir, but he comes to …

The Heroic In Christianity

Luke 6:32-34

… Divine Grace is not needed to make a man the loving husband of a tender wife! Divine Grace is not needed to make affectionate sons and daughters— we …

Unbelief Condemned and Faith Commended

Deuteronomy 32:20

… God as you would treat an honest man! You can trust your wife, your husband, your father, or your friend—but you will not trust your Maker! You …

Work

John 9:4

… For the father, the mother, the daughter, the husband, the wife. "The night comes." Dear Hearer, shall you need to be reminded that the night comes for you …

Abram And The Ravenous Birds

Genesis 15:11

… Oh, seek to come up here as a bride adorned for her husband—as wedding guests going to the wedding feast with their garments on—expecting that they …

The Beatific Vision

1 John 3:2

… But the tender wife as come, and there was some deep wound, some sabre cut that her husband had received upon his breast, and she said “It is …

A New Song For New Hearts

Isaiah 12:1

… keep not back the good news that might bring salvation to your wife, to your husband, to your child, to your servant! If you have, indeed, felt the …

Two Choice Benedictions

Numbers 6:23-27

… When my husband was alive, I took care to live up to my income and now I will take care to live up to my heavenly Husband's …

Psalm 79

Psalm 79

… would not be jealous, and after the manner of a husband avenge the sin of his wife.— Lorinus. Verse 6. Neglect of prayer by unbelievers is threatened with …

Where Can We Find Anecdotes and Illustrations?

… I think they are right on the latter point, because, you know, if you are ever very fond of anybody,—your wife, for instance,—you say that you …

'A Time to Love'

Ecclesiastes 3:8

… He takes such delight in your love that He would have every atom of it for Himself—so He took your husband first, for He said, 'I will …

'Trust in the Living God'

1 Timothy 4:10

… I have heard of a good woman who had lost her husband and who continued sorrowing over her loss for a very long time. Her little boy saw …

Lecture IV: Where Can We Find Anecdotes And Illustrations?

… I think they are right on the latter point, because, you know, if you are ever very fond of anybody--your wife, for instance--you say that you …

Spiritual Transformations

Isaiah 4:13

… And let a sorrowing wife tell how an ungodly husband has sent her to her chamber with briny tears streaming from her eyes. And let us all tell …

A Comforting Message for the Closing Year

Psalm 37:7

… Her husband would be all things to her. She did not need another husband, she did not need to find another house, nor broader fields, nor larger wealth …

Prayer Answered, Love Nourished

Psalm 116:1

… When you first knew the Lord your husband feared him not; but how you wrestled for your husband’s soul! and now the tear is in your eye …

The Three Hours' Darkness

Matthew 27:45

… not in debt any longer, because her debts are all transferred to her husband and are no longer hers! Now this may be some sort of comfort to …

Divine Love and Its Gifts

2 Thessalonians 2:16

… Note the words of the text again—The love of God to us gives to us the Lord Jesus to be our own Savior, Friend, Husband and Lord …

Psalm 101

Psalm 101

… But witat art thou within doors? What care and conscience to discharge thy duty to thy near relations? He is a bad husband that hath money to spend …

Comfort for the Fearful

Matthew 8:26

… woman, on board ship, who was much disturbed in a storm, while her husband, the captain, was calm and restful. She asked him why he was so placid …

Lydia, the First European Convert

Acts 16:14

… She was either a widow, or perhaps had had no husband, though she may have gathered a household of servants about her. She comes over to Philippi across …

The Lad's Loaves in the Lord's Hands

John 6:11

… busy all the afternoon and when her husband came home, she could not help blurting it out to him, "Oh, Husband, I am not saved!" But he was …

Hearken and Look; or, Encouragement for Believers

Isaiah 51:2-3

… The faith of Sarah was not little when she left home with her husband; forsaking her kith and kin from love to God, and to him whom she …

"Rest in the Lord"

Psalm 37:7

… the Lord is pleased to describe Himself as the Husband of our souls? For, "Your Maker is your Husband, the Lord of Hosts is His name." "I will …

The Church a Mother

Isaiah 49:20

… And she will never be happy, let me add, until she brings all her children up to her Husband's house in Heaven! She is expecting Him to …

A Lift for the Prostrate

Mark 1:31

… PETER'S wife's mother was sick of a very terrible fever. It was no ordinary one, such as, we are told, is common in the district when …

Traveling Expenses On The Two Great Roads

Jonah 1:3

… My husband knows that very well." And being wishful to obtain her husband's consent to the assertion, she said, "Have we not, Thomas?" Thomas, after a long …

The Conversion of Saul of Tarsus

Acts 26:14

… However, you have a wife, and that wife of yours has been impressed under the sound of the ministry; she loves to go to the house of God …

Psalm 105

Psalm 105

… Masters could not command their slaves, nor slaves hasten to obey their master's call; the wife could not flee to her husband nor the child cling to …