“I’m afraid many young people today have very romantic ideas about marriage—ideas that do not necessarily reflect the truth . . .Romantic feelings alone are not enough when the problems and strains come—as they inevitably do.”
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Billy Graham
“In earlier periods of history, adolescence was virtually unknown . . . Today, the span between childhood and adulthood may extend over ten years. Deferred adulthood is synonymous with deferred responsibility.”
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Billy Graham
“Without dark clouds in our lives we would never know the joy of sunshine. We can become callous and unteachable if we do not learn from pain.”
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Billy Graham
“Faith literally means “to give up, surrender, or commit.” Faith is complete confidence.”
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Billy Graham
“At the bitter end of an era of liberation—women’s lib, kids’ lib, animal lib, and everything-but-ethics lib—America has apparently been liberated from its moral foundations. But for too many, the good life has become a living hell.”
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Billy Graham
“We are called to obey Christ. He is the Master of our lives and has washed us in His blood, which cleanses our souls, our minds, and our mouths. The world is watching. What do they see and hear?”
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Billy Graham
“We must practice the Presence of God. Jesus said, “Lo, I am with you always” [Matthew 28:20]. Remember, Christ is always near us.”
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Billy Graham
“We do not need a new moral order; the world desperately needs the tried and tested moral order that God handed down at Sinai.”
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Billy Graham
“If we are to have our prayers answered, we must give God the glory.”
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Billy Graham
“Jesus demonstrated the importance of prayer by His own example. His whole ministry was saturated with prayer.”
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Billy Graham
“We aren’t only called to become Christians; we are also called to be Christians.”
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Billy Graham
“My wife often said that “a good marriage consists of two good forgivers.”
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Billy Graham
“A thought enters; we pamper it; it germinates and grows into an evil act.”
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Billy Graham
“When we grieve over someone who has died in Christ, we are sorrowing not for them but for ourselves. Our grief isn’t a sign of weak faith, but of great love.”
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Billy Graham
“If our children grow up with no understanding of right and wrong . . .no desire to live with integrity . . . no faith in God . . .their souls will be impoverished and they will miss life’s highest good.”
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Billy Graham
