Some of the greatest values that have influenced me through the years are those that I learned as a boy growing up on the farm. I remember mostly the love in our family, but I also remember the discipline. Then there was the work; we all had to work.

My prayer today is that we will feel the loving arms of God wrapped around us, and will know in our hearts that He will never forsake us as we trust in Him.

The word of God teaches that Christians suffer in order that they might glorify God in their lives.

I am not a televangelist.

The influence of a mother upon the lives of her children cannot be measured. They know and absorb her example and attitudes when it comes to questions of honesty, temperance, kindness and industry.

Down inside we have a longing for God-what Pascal called "the vacuum which God left behind.

Each generation faces different issues and challenges, but our standard must always be measured by God's Word.