Fixing our thoughts on Jesus requires time, for true reflection cannot happen with a glance. No one can see the beauty of the country if he hurries through it on the interstate.

The man who sanctifies his wife understands that this is his divinely ordained responsibility... Is my wife more like Christ because she is married to me? Or is she like Christ in spite of me? Has she shrunk from His likeness because of me? Do I sanctify her or hold her back? Is she a better woman because she is married to me?

God can have our money and not have our hearts, but He cannot have our hearts without having our money.

The key to ongoing effectiveness [in evangelism] is a perpetual freshness in your growing knowledge of Him.

It is impossible for any Christian who spends the bulk of his evenings, month after month, week upon week, day in and day out watching the major TV networks or contemporary videos to have a Christian mind. This is always true of all Christians in every situation! A Biblical mental program cannot coexist with worldly programming.

A legalistic commitment to duration can kill one's prayer life.

Only the Lord knows how many children lose heart because their fathers have hard days.