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The parable of the prodigal son…

^This boy was lost, and Jesus said, “I am the way.” The boy was ignorant, and Jesus said, “I am the truth.” This boy was dead, and Jesus said, “I am the life.”

How do you come to the Father? Through Jesus Christ!^

^It is a good thing to have the things that money can buy provided we don’t lose the things that money can’t buy.^

^The heart of every problem is still the problem in the heart; and that problem can be solved only by the gospel.^

^I often told the congregations that I pastored that we wanted crowds, not so that we could count people, but because people count.^

^If we don’t build margins into our lives, we will soon find ourselves boxed in, and that box might become a coffin. We need breathing space. We need to forget the timetable occasionally and just live. The violinist knows that he must not keep his bow taut, so he loosens it after each performance. Is it any wonder we produce discord when our lives are stretched day after day to the breaking point?^

^In our zeal to build the church, we may find ourselves tearing down the home.^

^The mark of the successful Christian these days seems to be a full calendar, a weary mind and body, and a lonely family. Without realizing it, we have adopted the pace and standard of the world, and somehow we expect to escape the price that the world is paying—fractured marriages, nervous breakdowns, emotional burnout, and various degrees of depression and inability to cope.^

^We grow in knowledge without growing in grace. Blessed is that pastor or Sunday-school teacher who not only sets an orderly table but also puts some good food on the plates!^

^It has well been said that an opinion is something that you hold, but a conviction is something that holds you. […] Convictions are the compasses of life—they keep us moving in the right direction.^

^The Lord’s Prayer does not begin with “My Father,” but “Our Father.” Even when we pray, we cannot ignore one another.^