“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
“Superficial views of God and His holiness will produce superficial views of sin and atonement. God hates sin. It is His uncompromising foe. Sin is vile and detestable in the sight of God . . .The sinner and God are at opposite poles of the moral universe.”
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Billy Graham
“Parents, pray that God may crown your home with grace and mercy.”
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Billy Graham
“When the family is destroyed, society eventually disintegrates.”
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Billy Graham
“Man cannot control himself, and if he will not be controlled by Jesus Christ, then he will be controlled by Satan.”
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Billy Graham
“Christ never told his disciples that they would get an Academy Award for their performances, but He did tell them to expect to have troubles.”
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Billy Graham
“God promises no easy life or days without troubles, trials, difficulties, and temptations. He never promises that life will be perfect. He does not call His children to a playground, but to a battleground.”
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Billy Graham
“One of the ironies of human nature is that it often has a way of rejecting the best and accepting the worst.”
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Billy Graham
“Anger makes us lash out at others, destroying relationships and revealing our true nature. The history of the human race is largely the history of its anger.”
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Billy Graham
“The saddest words I can ever imagine would be to hear the Lord say, “I never knew you. Away from Me” [Matthew 7:23 NIV].”
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Billy Graham
“Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.”
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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
“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
“Many invest wisely in business matters, but fail to invest time and interest in their most valued possessions: their spouses and children.”
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Billy Graham
“The Bible teaches that faith will manifest itself in three ways. It will manifest itself in doctrine—in what you believe. It will manifest itself in worship—your communion with God . . .It will manifest itself in morality—in the way you live and behave.”
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Billy Graham
