After giving something to God, you are no longer accountable for it. Your blessing is based on your giving, not on what others do with the gift.
– Ed Cole
Giving | Blessings
A man must talk to God about his children before he talks to his children about God.
– Ed Cole
Children
A ton of prayer will not produce what an ounce of obedience will.
– Ed Cole
Obedience
A fast is not a hunger strike. Fasting submits to God’s commands. A hunger strike makes God submit to our demands.
– Ed Cole
Fasting
A man doesn’t own his marriage; he is only the steward of his wife’s love.
– Ed Cole
Marriage
All sin promises to serve and please but only desires to enslave and dominate.
– Ed Cole
Sin
A passion for God isn’t necessarily the same as abiding in God; it must be coupled with obedience to be true love for God.
– Ed Cole
Passion | Obedience
Abortion is too often an atonement for the consequences of immorality, the sins of the parents.
– Ed Cole
Abortion | Immorality
Ability to resist temptation is directly proportionate to your submission to God.
– Ed Cole
Temptation | Submission
Availability is not the most important factor in employment – teachability is.
– Ed Cole
Work
A father’s responsibility is not to make the child’s decisions, but to let the child watch him make his.
– Ed Cole
Fathers
A greater sorrow than a man not seeing a need is the man who sees it and does nothing about it. But a still greater sorrow is the man who sees the need and can do something about it but won’t.
– Ed Cole
Apathy