John R. Rice Quotes of the Week

Listen, there is no way to be a good Christian without loving the Bible, reading the Bible, feeding your soul on the Bible, being assured and comforted by the Bible, the blessed Word of God. - John R. Rice

A Christian ought to work. Work is right. It is a part of character. If a man had a million dollars, he ought not to be content not to do any work. God puts people here for a good purpose and they ought to fulfill that purpose. Everybody ought to have something good to do. People need to work. - John R. Rice

Work is right. It is a dirty word to some people but it is a wonderful thing. "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might," says Ecclesiastes 9:10. Work is right. - John R. Rice

We ought to be thrifty. It is a sin to waste anything. These days you rear children who don't do any work. They don't have any responsibility. They don't need to turn out lights. They throw away good food when they don't want it. They don't think anything about waste of clothes and money. But, it is a sin to waste, no matter if you have plenty. Thrift is right and good. God gives all good things and we ought to make good use of them. Enjoy the good things God gives; yes, but do not waste them. - John R. Rice

A Christian ought to keep out of debt as far as possible. Credit cards are the ruin for lots of people. Christians should not usually go in debt. Debts are bad. How many people have been ruined or their happiness and usefulness limited, because of heavy debts. You don't have to have every gadget and every luxury that other people have. Beware of debts. - John R. Rice

Now marriage should be in the will of God. The girl does not make a good wife just because she is beautiful, but, because of the character and standards of morality, she makes a good wife. . . .Love can always follow when people have good character. So love should not only be the attraction of sex but it should be a holy friendship. "Oh, this person and I see alike about things. We want the same things. We enjoy the same songs. We enjoy the Bible together. We like the same things to eat." Marriage ought to be deeper than just sex attraction. There ought to be in each of the mates an honest enjoyment of the other's character. - John R. Rice

A saved person ought to marry only a saved person. Christian, if you want a happy marriage, then don't yoke up with an unbeliever. A child of God tied up with a child of the Devil, one going to Heaven and the other to Hell, one trying to honor God and living by prayer and faith and morality and obedience to the Christian faith, and the other one following the lusts of the flesh, is not the way to have a happy marriage. Christians ought to marry Christians and not be unequally yoked. - John R. Rice