Jesus said, “I will build My church” (Matt. 16:18). If Jesus is committed to the church, should we be any less committed to it?-Mark Dever, Nine Marks of a Healthy Church, Crossway, 2000, p. 145.

Let it be a settled resolution with us to "keep our hearts with all diligence," all the days of our lives. (Prov. 4:23.) Even after renewal they are weak. Even after putting on the new man they are deceitful. Let us never forget that our chief danger is from within. The world and the devil combined, cannot do us so much harm as our own hearts will, if we do not watch and pray. Happy is he who remembers daily the words of Solomon, "One who trusts in himself is a fool." (Prov. 28:26.)~ J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew, [Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1986], 178, 179.

No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished? - Elbert Hubbard, 1856 - 1915

The happiest moments of my life have a been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.- Thomas Jefferson, 1743 - 1826

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.- George Bernard Shaw, 1856 - 1950