Quotes from Jim Burns

Renewal and revival often begin when young people take a stand for God.

a la cultura secular le emociona dar su opinión acerca de la sexualidad. Películas, televisión, música, el Internet y muchas celebridades expresan actitudes que son prácticamente lo contrario a los valores que queremos transmitir. No podemos esperar que la cultura secular presente una moralidad y valores saludables a nuestros hijos. Eso es función nuestra. Quedarse callado o quejarse no ayuda a nuestros hijos.

Where there is no counsel, the people fall; but in the multitude of counselors there is safety" (Proverbs 11:14 NKJV).

The right kind of marriage is not one of two hearts and two minds and even two souls; it is a marriage of three, with God being placed on the throne of your marriage.

1. Be encouraging but not intrusive. You are a consultant at their will. Your job is to be caring and supportive of your child, to mentor only when called upon, and to be your child's biggest cheerleader.

Do your kids a favor: Love your spouse.

You are never more like Christ than when you love, pray for & serve your family.

Remember, you can't change what has happened to you in the past, but you can take steps to ensure a better tomorrow.

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

Nothing changes until the pain of remaining the same is greater than the pain of changing.

There is no more lovely, friendly, and charming relationship, communion, or company than a good marriage.

We are the link to the past, the anchor to the present, and the bridge to the future."28

Remember that marriage is a humbling journey. When one sinner marries another sinner, there is always going to be trouble. And when these sinners have little sinnerlings, there is even more trouble?

was deeply inspired by this story of a grandmother's faith now influencing the great-grandchildren she never even met. My frequent and

No marriage is offense free. Two sinful people living together have lots of opportunity for heartfelt apology.

Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry" (James 1:19). That's especially important for those of us who are fix-it people. If I am a fix-it person and my kids have a problem, I consider it my job to intervene. That's what I do, and that's who I am—Mr. Fix-It. But unless our adult kids ask us for help, we must resist the impulse to fix their problems.

You need the discipline to say "no" to the extra clutter in your life so that you can say "yes" to the most important things with a good attitude. Not

Lincoln said it best: "People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Try not to become a person of success, but rather a person of value.

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Dr. Dave Stoop tells us that one-tenth of one percent of couples who pray together daily will get a divorce. That incredible statistic underlies what Norman Vincent Peale, the well-known pastor from New York City, used to say: "I have never met a couple who prayed together who didn't stay together.

Actually, many engaged couples give more thought and consideration to their one-day wedding experience than they do to what will happen in the many years following.

God never promised to take away our problems, but He did promise to meet our deepest needs, often through our weakness.

lasting joy is not a matter of what's happening around you, but inside you.