“I trust Jesus with all my tomorrows, knowing that He will solve the mystery of life beyond the grave.”
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Billy Graham
“Each of us has our reference point and as a Christian the reference point by which I measure my life and thought is the Bible.”
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Billy Graham
“Prayer by itself is like a diet without protein! Prayer is important to our spiritual growth— but of even greater importance is God’s Word, the Bible.”
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Billy Graham
“God wants us to know His will and He reveals it to us both through the Bible and through the guidance of His Holy Spirit. Seek God’s will when you pray, and He will help you know it.”
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Billy Graham
“We live in an upside-down world, in which people hate what they should love and love what they should hate.”
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Billy Graham
“JANUARY 11 FAITH GROWS BY EXPRESSION You are the light of the world. MATTHEW 5:14 Tom Allan, Scotland’s famous preacher, was brought to Christ while a soldier was singing, “Were you there when they crucified my Lord?” He said it was neither the song nor the voice, but the spirit in which that soldier sang—something about his manner, something about his sincerity of expression—that convicted Allan of his wicked life and turned him to the Savior. Jesus said, “You are the light of the world. . . . Let your light so shine before [others], that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father in heaven” (Matt. 5:14, 16). Our faith becomes stronger as we express it; a growing faith is a sharing faith. Pray now for those you know who need Christ, and ask God to help you be a witness to them—by the life you live and the words you speak. JANUARY 12 ALL FOR JESUS We are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. 1 JOHN 5:20 In His Steps, by Charles M. Sheldon, tells of a challenge given by a pastor to his people to pledge for one year not to do anything without first asking the question: “What would Jesus do?” This challenge was kindled when a shabby man, mourning his wife who”
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Billy Graham
“Materialism may do what a foreign invader could never hope to achieve—materialism robs a nation of its spiritual strength.”
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Billy Graham
“I firmly believe God continues to answer the prayers of His people even after He has taken them to heaven. Never forget that God isn’t bound by time the way we are. We see only the present moment; God sees everything. We see only part of what He is doing; He sees it all.”
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Billy Graham
“[Young people,] dress as attractively as you can. You are an aristocrat, a child of God.”
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Billy Graham
“He who prays as he ought, will endeavor to live as he prays.”
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Billy Graham
“The church should not be pampered but rather prepare for, and expect, persecution—for it is Christ’s body on earth.”
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Billy Graham
“God did not intend for us to be idle and unproductive. There is dignity in work.”
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Billy Graham
“I know of few families today that aren’t touched to some extent by the heartache of divorce, including our own.”
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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
“Christianity cannot expect the world to live the truths of the Gospel until it has the life that the Gospel provides in Christ. We Christians ought to be light and salt in the society in which we live.”
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Billy Graham
