Quotes from Larry Burkett

Money is either the best or the worst area of communication in our marriages.

The more we listen to God's voice, the easier it is to recognize when He speaks to us.

... there is one primary purpose of a Christian's business: to serve God.

When you don't know what the answer is, you know *Who* the answer is.

Perhaps nothing in our society is more needed for those in positions of authority than accountability.

Always be ready to give a good testimony for the Lord, but remember that the best testimony a Christian can have is a love for others and good work habits.

The measure of true giving is to share with someone who has no platform from which to speak and may never benefit us in any way. After all, isn't that what true love is all about?

Trusting God is the answer. He will never let you down.

Decide that you're going to love the people around you, even those you don't particularly like - or perhaps especially those you don't like.

Opposites attract. If two people just alike get married, one of you is unnecessary.

When you don't know what the answer is, you know *Who* the answer is.

Paul: "If any man aspires to the office of overseer, it is a fine work he desires to do. An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, uncontentious, free from the love of money" (1 Timothy 3:1–3).

Most Americans could retire on what they waste on car loans.

The unwillingness to be accountable to a spouse makes most men, and now women, vulnerable to sin in their lives.

The cheapest car anyone can ever own is always the car they presently own.

The black family unit that had survived 150 years of slavery was decimated in less than 30 years by welfare payments that stopped if the family structure remained intact.

My greatest fear in life is standing before the Lord and hearing Him say, 'I had so much more for you, but you held on too tightly.'