Marriage

Secret Disciples Encouraged

John 18:25

… household, "I am a Christian," because it is clear to you that your husband might not like it, or that your father might not have patience with it …

True Worship

Psalm 50:14

… If you can keep up that spirit even when the husband sickens, when the child dies, when the property melts away—if you can say, "The Lord gave …

"A Peculiar People"

Psalm 4:3

… Pray on, dear Sister, and the Lord will hear you! "I am afraid my husband will not be saved." Well, you must not be afraid, but say with …

Lame Sheep

Hebrews 12:13

… Many a poor woman has lost her cheerful spirits through a harsh, ungodly husband who has excited her fears, or vexed her with sneers. And not a few …

Psalm 62

Psalm 62

… Fifthly, we ought to be subject to God, as a wife to her husband ( sponsa sponso ), who in her love is solicitous and careful to do whatever may …

The Commissariat of the Universe

Psalm 104:28

… And when their husbands died, it seemed as if they must starve! But if they are Christian women, they look to God and God becomes their Husband—and …

The Faithful Olive Tree

Judges 9:8

… How frequently have I seen an ungodly man act thus when looking for a wife! She must be a Christian—he has sense enough to see her sterling …

Conversion and Character

Acts 16:24-34

… He does not seem to have been in any alarm about his wife and his family, though the earthquake must have shaken the rooms in which they were …

The Blind Man'S Earnest Cries

Mark 10:47

… How often sermons are blunted by a spirit of caviling! I have heard of a woman who prayed for her husband's conversion very earnestly and one day …

Oct. 26 — BECAUSE OF US

Matt. 24:22

… Many a sinner lives because of the prayers of a mother, or wife, or daughter, to whom the Lord has respect. Have we used aright the singular power …

Guile Forsaken When Guilt Is Forgiven

Psalm 32:2

… You see the Lord has removed your husband from you and it is well for us to hear the voice of the rod." It was of no use …

June 21 — A WOMAN'S WAR

Judges 4:9

… Why not you? The woman who slew the enemy of Israel was no Amazon, but a wife who tarried in her tent. She was no orator, but a …

Unbelievers Stumbling—Believers Rejoicing

Romans 9:33

… If it should ever come to this, that He who is the husband of my heart, should desert me and leave me a lone widow in the world …

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 …

The Living Care of the Dying Christ

John 18:8

… Scotch woman, when Claverhouse had murdered her godly husband. "Ah," he said, "what do you think of your bonny husband, now?" She answered, "I always thought my man …

My Solace in My Affliction

… In direst straits we still have a Father in Heaven! When a widow, who had long been inconsolable, sat moaning for the loss of her husband, her little …

Perseverance in Holiness

Jeremiah 32:40

… Truly Jehovah was a husband to them, tenderly supplying all their need, and upholding them in all their journeying. He fed them with angels' food; he sheltered them …

A Call For Revival

Solomon 7:11-13

… She must leave the fair palaces of her royal husband and lodge in rustic cottages. Poor lodging there for Solomon's fair spouse, but what does she care …

Sunlight for Cloudy Days

Psalm 40:17

… had had five husbands and he whom she then had was not her husband—she was a woman whom none would honor—but the blessed Savior thought upon …

My God

Psalm 91:2

… If the children have gone home to Heaven, do not despair, your Maker is your Husband, if you can cry, "My God." If your friends have forsaken you …

For Christ'S Sake

Ephesians 4:32

… You remember that queen, who, when her husband died, thought she could never honor him too much and built a tomb so famous that though it was only …

Migratory Birds

Jeremiah 8:7

… O mother, follow your dear babe to the skies! Or, is it your husband who has been called away? Then, O widow, take your Maker for your Husband …

The Two Guards Praying and Watching

Nehemiah 4:9

… Many a godly woman goes from the sanctuary to a drunken husband. Many children, converted to God, see anything but what they like to see in their homes …

The Two Gatherings

Psalm 50:5

… Now I have a dear, loving wife, who makes my home right and cheerful. And when I come back from work, she always receives me with a smiling …

Sermon for New Year's-Day

Revelation 21:5

… And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a …

Light. Fire. Faith. Life. Love.

… preach oftener, but fill the sermons fuller of gospel.” The Saviour at the marriage-feast said, “Fill the waterpots with water.” Let us imitate the servants, of whom …

Where Is the God of Elijah?

2 Kings 2:14

… Her husband wrote to tell me that after our conversation she had never had any more trouble about dying— she felt that it was the easiest way into …

Morning, April 9

Lu 23:27

… Peter’s wife’s mother was cured of the fever—but I of the greater plague of sin. Out of Magdalene seven devils were cast—but a whole …

Though He Were Dead

John 11:24-26

… presence, and we cannot expect to see our dear mother, or child, or husband raised from the dead thereby.’ I answer that our Lord Jesus is able at …

Evening, September 5

Job 38:16

… save the 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 …

Jesus Admired In Them That Believe

2 Thessalonians 1:10

… as a bride unto her husband! John says of her that she shall be "prepared as a bride adorned for her husband." This is our night wherein we …

Christ's Negative and Positive Prayer

John 17:15

… In the same day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of His sons with …

A Warrant for Your Apprehension

Zephaniah 2:5

… The man began to read it and, one night, as he sat beside the fire with the open Book, he said, "Wife, if this Book is right, we …

Faith Tried and Triumphing

Job 13:15

… Though He takes away my wife. Though He removes all my dear kindred." It is more than that. "Though He slays me. Though it comes right home to …

Morning, October 10

Jude 24

… All the maids of honour who attend the Lamb’s wife are pure virgins without spot or stain. But how will Jesus make us faultless? He will wash …

How Is Salvation Received?

Romans 4:16

… Year followed year and in the course of nature he grew old and his wife was long past the age of child-bearing—and yet there was no …

The Gladness of the Man of Sorrows

Psalm 45:7

… Nay, we are his spouse—and where should the husband find his comfort but in his bride? We are his body—shall not the head be content with …

The Safeguards of Forgiveness

2 Samuel 12:13

… You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children …

A Warning Against Hardness Of Heart

Hebrews 3:13

… The spouse who fondly loves her husband longs for his return if he is absent. A long protracted separation from her mate is a semi-death to her …

The Best of All—god Is With Us

1 Chronicles 22:18

… When I used to think of the possibility of my husband's death, it seemed to me that I must die with him." Yet she is not dead …