The pattern of the prodigal is: rebellion, ruin, repentance, reconciliation, restoration.

Crying over what's gone won't find the present.

It is not enough to be delivered from sin; it is enough to be delivered to righteousness.

Have faith in God; God has faith in you.

Your best friend and worst enemy are both in this room right now. It's not your neighbor right or left - and it's not God or the devil - it's you.

Obedience is an act of faith; disobedience is the result of unbelief.

The discipline of daily devotion to God undergirds decisions.

Life is lived on levels and arrived at in stages.

Fear attracts attack.

You can tell the nature of the man by the words he chooses.

The degree of loving is measured by the degree of giving.

Prayer in private results in boldness in public.

Truth is life's most precious commodity.

The more you build your life on principle and less on personality - yours or others - the straighter will be your course.

God will finish what He authors, but He is not obligated to finish what He has not authored.

Knowledge of God's Word is a bulwark against deception, temptation, accusation, even persecution.

Your faithfulness makes you trustworthy to God.

You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.

Trust funds can never be a substitute for a fund of trust.

Illusions of grandeur are not the same as visions of greatness.

Being faithful in that which is another man's qualifies us to receive our own.

God will lead you into a deliverance where the means that delivers you will be those who would destroy you.

Conscience allows us to do two things: Pass judgment on ourselves; approve or condemn our own conduct.

Confidentiality is a virtue of the loyal, as loyalty is the virtue of faithfulness.

You don't reward reaction; you reward results.

When the pressure comes, preferences give way while convictions hold firm.

Expectancy is the atmosphere for miracles.

The man who seeks to please God is the man who people are pleased with. The man who seeks to please others won't satisfy anyone.

The yoke you wear determines the burden you bear.

By use you possess gain; by disuse you decline and lose.

To him who knows to prosper and does it not, to him it is sin.

You are committed to what you confess.

A dream doesn't become a goal until it is written.

Reading is an art form, and every man can be an artist.

God authors desires in your heart, then fulfills His Will by enabling you to realize those desires.

If you can't take it, you won't make it.

Sin is basically a denial of God's right of possession.

Attitude determines the altitude of life.

Men cannot make Scripture conform to their lifestyle; they must make their lifestyle conform to Scripture.

A fast is not a hunger strike. Fasting submits to God's commands. A hunger strike makes God submit to our demands.

There is a price to pay for accomplishment.

There are no small churches, just small people.

What you believe about God has the greatest potential for good or harm in your life.

Peace is the umpire for doing the will of God.

The pattern of the prodigal is: rebellion, ruin, repentance, reconciliation, restoration.

The Ten Commandments have never been replaced as the moral basis upon which society rests.

Believing in evolution is believing in the unproved, while believing in Christ is believing in the proven.

Men are limited by the knowledge of their minds, the worth of their characters and the principles upon which they are building their lives.

You cannot be responsible for salvation until first you've been responsible for sin.