Children are not casual guests in our home. They have been loaned to us temporarily for the purpose of loving them and instilling a foundation of values on which their future lives will be built.
There is nothing more important than parents passing on a generational legacy of faith and values to their children.
If homes are going to survive, it will be because husbands and fathers again place their families at the highest level on their system of priorities.
Morality and immorality are not defined by man’s changing attitudes and social customs. They are determined by the God of the universe, whose timeless standards cannot be ignored with impunity.
One of the most important responsibilities in the Christian life is to care about others, smile at them, and be a friend to the friendless.
Don’t marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can’t live without.
Extreme independence is as destructive to a relationship as total dependence.
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.
Conceit is a weird disease – it makes everybody sick except the guy who has it.