“God honored and blessed America as few nations in history. However, in recent years the nation has been moving away from its religious heritage.”
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Billy Graham
“The mourning of inadequacy is a weeping that catches the attention of God . . .The happiest day of my life was when I realized that my own ability, my own goodness, my own morality was insufficient in the sight of God; and I publicly and openly acknowledged my need of Christ.”
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Billy Graham
“A life taught in the Scriptures, and tuned in to God in prayer, produces an outflowing of grace and power.”
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Billy Graham
“We are living in a topsy-turvy world, where all is confusion. But you may be sure that it is confusion with a plan—Satan’s plan!”
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Billy Graham
“Grief turns us inward, but compassion turns us outward, and that’s what we need when grief threatens to crush us. The Bible says, “Carry each other’s burdens” [Galatians 6:2 NIV].”
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Billy Graham
“Have we just been placed here by some unknown creator or force without any clue as to where we came from, why we are here, and where we are going? The answer is “no.” We do have a code. We do have a key . . . the Bible.”
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Billy Graham
“For the Christian, all is not hopeless unless his affections are centered on the things of this world.”
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Billy Graham
“Nothing will drive us to our knees quicker than trouble.”
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Billy Graham
“Perhaps the greatest psychological, spiritual, and medical need that all people have is the need for hope.”
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Billy Graham
“This self-confident generation has produced more alcoholics, more drug addicts, more criminals, more wars, more broken homes, more assaults, more embezzlements, more murders, and more suicides . . .it is time all of us . . . begin to take stock of our failures, blunders, and costly mistakes. It is about time that we place less confidence in ourselves and more trust and faith in God.”
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Billy Graham
“Guilt is not all bad. Without it there is nothing to drive a person toward self-examination and toward God for forgiveness.”
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Billy Graham
“Sooner or later, we are going to face death; should we be making preparations while we are living?”
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Billy Graham
“In our spiritual pilgrimage we see sins which mar our relationship with God, but beneath it is a commitment which seeks to move beyond to a higher life, based on wholehearted surrender to God.”
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Billy Graham
“We are the most informed people in the history of civilization—and yet the most confused. Though our heads are crammed with knowledge, our hearts are empty.”
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Billy Graham
“If we would take the traits that characterized the Pilgrims and make them our own, we could regain hope. We could recover the spiritual and moral strength that we have lost. We could offer a thrilling challenge to our young people.”
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Billy Graham
