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

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

A crucified Savior is not well served by self-pleasing, self-indulging people.

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

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

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?

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.