Larry Burkett (March 3, 1939 – July 4, 2003) was an American author and radio personality whose work focused on financial counseling from an evangelical Christian point of view.
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.
A wise man seeks much counsel. . . a fool listens to all of it.
Trusting God is the answer. He will never let you down.
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.
Satan's number one weapon is pride. God's number one defense is humility.
Over commitment in business is usually due to a lack of faith, which results in fear - specifically, the fear of failure. But if we really believe God is in control, then we also should believe He's able to make us successful while we are keeping our lives in balance.
Most Christians are more than content to live out their lives surrounded by the trappings of our world, rather than to risk losing them in becoming a radical Christian. A radical Christian (by my definition) is one who will put God first in all decisions, even when putting God first is costly. In the business world, this means putting God first even when doing so costs money. That is true freedom - spiritual freedom - as opposed to business bondage.
The one principle that surrounds everything else is that of stewardship; that we are the managers of everything that God has given us
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. ’
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?
I drive a car till it turns to dust, then I sweep up the dust and ride on the dust.
Perhaps nothing in our society is more needed for those in positions of authority than accountability.
What does impress both the unsaved and saved alike are those rare individuals who have learned to control their lifestyles and use the abundance they have to help others and spread God's Word. . . . Let me propose a radical idea from God's Word: Determine God's best for your life, and be satisfied with it, even if it means moving down in lifestyle.
. . . when I prayed to receive Jesus Christ as my Savior, I had made that promise. . . : 'If You'll make Your will for my clear, I'll do it no matter what!'
When we surrender every area of our lives- including our finances-to God, then we are free to trust Him to meet our needs. But if we would rather hold tightly to those things that we possess, then we find ourselves in bondage to those very things.
The average Christian pays more in interest than he gives to the Lord's work. In a church of 100 families 37 will give nothing.
Money is either the best or the worst area of communication in our marriages.
In business, organization is an absolute necessity, not an alternative.
Marriage and parenting are the two strongest vows anyone will ever make. When you see these commitments being carelessly discarded, you can be certain that the ethics of that generation have been abandoned. . . . What our society needs is a good dose of biblical ethic from God's people - the kind of ethic that requires us to keep our word no matter what the costs. Situational ethics have so shaped our society that even God's people have lost the concept of absolutes when it comes to keeping our word.