I speak.

1 Corinthians 4:14, 15
I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children. . . .

Galatians 4:19
My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,

1 Thessalonians 2:11
For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children.

Hebrews 12:5, 6
And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: "My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, or lose heart when He rebukes you. . . .

1 John 2:1, 12-14
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father--Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. . . .

1 John 3:7, 18
Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous. . . .

3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

be.

2 Kings 13:14-19
When Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him, saying, "My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!" . . .

Psalm 81:10
I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.

Matthew 9:28, 29
After Jesus had entered the house, the blind men came to Him. "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" He asked. "Yes, Lord, " they answered. . . .

Matthew 17:19-21
Afterward the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked, "Why couldn't we drive it out?" . . .

Mark 6:4-6
Then Jesus told them, "A prophet is without honor only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own household." . . .

Mark 11:24
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

James 1:6, 7
But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. . . .

1 John 5:14, 15
And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. . . .