“While those around you are filling their minds with the bad news about man in their daily papers, steep yourself in the good news about God in His precious Word!”
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Billy Graham
“The human conscience is often beyond the grasp of a psychiatrist . . .Humans are helpless to detach themselves from the gnawing guilt of a heart bowed down with the weight of sin. But where humans have failed, God has succeeded.”
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Billy Graham
“Though [Jesus’] words were profound, they were plain. His words were weighty, yet they shone with a luster and simplicity of statement that staggered His enemies.”
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Billy Graham
“When I preach—no matter where it is in the world—I can always count on five areas of human need that afflict all peoples. Emptiness, loneliness, guilt, fear of death, deep-seated insecurity.”
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Billy Graham
“Christians, pray for an outpouring of God’s Spirit upon a willful, evil, unrepentant world.”
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Billy Graham
“Becoming “new” in Christ is a wonderful beginning, but it isn’t the end of pain or problems in our lives. It is the beginning of our facing up to them. Being a Christian involves a lifetime of hard work, dedicated study, and difficult decisions.”
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Billy Graham
“A good marriage is not “made in heaven,” but on earth. Love is a fragile commodity which needs to be cultivated and nourished constantly.”
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Billy Graham
“Our voices, our service, and our abilities are to be employed, primarily, for the glory of God.”
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Billy Graham
“The way in which we react to hurts and disappointments influences the shaping of our personalities.”
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Billy Graham
“If your heart is not attuned to God, it will become a catch basin for every device of the devil. Yes, Satan is at work in our world. The Bible is my authority.”
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Billy Graham
“Some evangelists spend too much time thinking and even planning about how to achieve visible results. This is an easy trap to fall into.”
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Billy Graham
“We all have a terminal disease far worse than cancer that will kill us morally and spiritually.
It’s called sin.”
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Billy Graham
“The Bible will always be the center of controversy.”
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Billy Graham
“What makes us Christians shrug our shoulders when we ought to be flexing our muscles? What makes us apathetic in a day when there are loads to lift, a world to be won, and captives to be set free? Why are so many bored, when the times demand action? Christ told us that in the last days there would be an insipid attitude toward life.”
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Billy Graham
“Christianity is not primarily a matter of externals, nevertheless it does find expression in conversation, habits, recreation, emphasis, and ambitions to be noted in our daily life.”
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Billy Graham