“Pleasures are the things that appeal to our flesh and to our lust. But joy is something else. Joy runs deep.”
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Billy Graham
“Nowhere has God promised anyone, even His children, immunity from sorrow, suffering, and pain. This world is a “vale of tears,” and disappointment and heartache are as inevitable as clouds and shadows. Suffering is often the crucible in which our faith is tested. Those who successfully come through the “furnace of affliction” are the ones who emerge “like gold tried in the fire.”
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Billy Graham
“Our lives speak loudly to those around us, especially the children in our home.”
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Billy Graham
“We should not let a day go by without thanking God for His mercy and grace to us in Jesus Christ.”
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Billy Graham
“God isn’t finished with you when you retire! When we know Christ, we never retire from His service.”
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Billy Graham
“The great comfort in knowing that angels minister to believers in Christ is that God Himself sends them to us.”
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Billy Graham
“When we all stand before the judgment seat of Christ, we will have our true motives revealed.”
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Billy Graham
“[It] is well and good when our convictions are based upon the “Thou shalts” and the “Thou shalt nots” of Scripture rather than our own ideas.”
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Billy Graham
“Don’t be a half-Christian. There are too many of such in the world. The world has a profound respect for people who are sincere in their faith.”
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Billy Graham
“A friend of mine defines prayer as “a declaration of dependence.”
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Billy Graham
“I believe we should pray that God will take possession of our lives totally and completely. We should pray that we will be emptied of self— self-love, self-will, self-ambition—and be placed completely at His disposal.”
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Billy Graham
“Don’t give Satan a foothold, but discipline yourself to stay close to God. He alone is your security.”
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Billy Graham
“When we are filled with the Spirit of God, obeying God, in His will and quoting Scripture, Satan will be defeated.”
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Billy Graham
“Science is learning to control everything but man.”
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Billy Graham
“Love your children—and let them know you love them. Children who experience love find it far easier to believe God loves them.”
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Billy Graham
