Can’t you see the Creator of the universe, who understands every secret, every mystery, sitting patiently and listening to a four-year-old talk to Him? That’s a beautiful image of a father.
Those who control what young people are taught, and what they experience – what they see, hear, think, and believe – will determine the future course for the nation.
Marriage succeeds only as lifetime commitment with no escape clauses.
A good marriage is not one where perfection reigns: it is a relationship where a healthy perspective overlooks a multitude of “unresolvables.”
The final heartbeat for the Christian is not the mysterious conclusion to a meaningless existence. It is, rather, the grand beginning to a life that will never end.
Don’t throw away your friendship with your teenager over behavior that has no great moral significance. There will be plenty of real issues that require you to stand like a rock. Save your big guns for those crucial confrontations.
One of the first things you and your fiance need to develop is a meaningful prayer life even before the wedding. My wife, Shirley, and I did that, and the time we have spent on our knees has been the stabilizing factor throughout nearly forty years of marriage.
Trust involves letting go and knowing God will catch you.
My legacy doesn’t matter. It isn’t important that I be remembered. It’s important that when I stand before the Lord, he says, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant.’ I want to finish strong.
The footsteps a child follows are most likely to be the ones his parents thought they covered up.
Show me a husband who keeps his thoughts to himself, and I will show you a frustrated wife.
Conceit is a weird disease – it makes everybody sick except the guy who has it.
We Americans are living a lifestyle of exhaustion. We don’t have time for ourselves, much less for each other and our children.
Touching Hearts, Changing Lives.
God does not need our money. But you and I need the experience of giving it.
Respect is intended to operate on a two-way street.
A child identifies his parents with God, whether or not the adults want that role. Most children ‘see’ God the way they perceive their earthly fathers.
We are so busy giving our children what we never had that we forget to give them what we did have.
A boy or girl who knows that love abounds at home will not resent well-deserved punishment. One who is unloved or ignored will hate any form of discipline.
Loving discipline encourages a child to respect other people and live as a responsible, constructive citizen.