“Until the Good News of Jesus Christ burst onto the human scene,
the word love was understood mostly in terms of seeking one’s own advantage. Loving the unlovely was incomprehensible
A loving God reaching down to sinful humans was unthinkable.”
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Billy Graham
“I have never met anyone who spent time in daily prayer, and in the study of the Word of God, and was strong in faith, who was ever discouraged for very long.”
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Billy Graham
“The world I once knew as a boy has changed dramatically . . . I don’t even recognize the world we live in today.”
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Billy Graham
“Only God can give us a selfless love for others, as the Holy Spirit changes us from within. This is one reason we must receive Christ, for apart from His Spirit we can never be freed from the chains of selfishness, jealousy, and indifference. Will others see Christ's love in your life today?”
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Billy Graham
“Parenting is the most important responsibility most of us will ever face, and none of us does it perfectly.”
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Billy Graham
“Thousands of uninstructed Christians are being deceived today.
False teachers use high-sounding words
that seem like the epitome of scholarship and culture. They are intellectually clever and crafty . . .adept at beguiling thoughtless, untaught men and women.”
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Billy Graham
“Jesus Himself was the first missionary . . .He pledged His followers to be missionaries too!”
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Billy Graham
“We act as if it doesn’t matter how we live or what we think or say. We have moved in with the world, and we have allowed the world to penetrate the way we live. So the things that we used to call sin no longer seem to be sin to us.”
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Billy Graham
“Every generation has found [the Bible’s] message indispensable, and its influence on individuals and society over the centuries has been enormous.”
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Billy Graham
“People judge us not by what we think or believe, but by what we do—and when our lives don’t measure up, we lose their respect and they conclude our faith isn’t real.”
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Billy Graham
“The Spirit of God takes the Word of God and makes the child of God.”
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Billy Graham
“People of the West have various forms of democracy based on a belief in God as well as on a general acceptance of moral law. However, in practice we are beginning to resemble the Marxists, who have little respect for moral law or religion.”
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Billy Graham
“[God] says to pray for our enemies. How many of us have ever spent time praying for our enemies?”
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Billy Graham
“God is concerned with our imaginations, for they in a large measure determine what kind of persons we are to be.”
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Billy Graham
“Our minds must be set always to seek the will of the Lord. Following the progressive discipline revealed through the Bible will result in a walk of obedience to God.”
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Billy Graham
