Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. Psalm 128:3. Children and youth are God’s peculiar treasure. FLB 261.2 When two compose a family, …
Kings and Queens
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding is it established. Proverbs 24:3. FLB 260.1 In God’s plan for Israel every family had a home on the land, with sufficient ground for tilling. Thus were provided both the means
Light in the Shadows
But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. Lamentations 3:32, 33. When my eldest son was sixteen years old,
Our Lord’s Command
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Matthew 28:19. Thus Christ gave His disciples their commission. He made full provision for the prosecution
Born of Water and the Spirit
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. John 3:5. Christ here referred to water baptism and the renewing of the
Holiness of Life
Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord. Hebrews 12:14. No one who claims holiness is really holy. Those who are registered as holy in the books of heaven are not aware of
A Personal Pardon
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Psalm 51:1. We should remember that all make mistakes; even men and women who have had years of