“Prayer is crucial in evangelism: Only God can change the heart of someone who is in rebellion against Him. No matter how logical our arguments or how fervent our appeals, our words will accomplish nothing unless God’s Spirit prepares the way.”
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Billy Graham
“We should read the Bible expectantly, systematically, and obediently . . .The Bible can change our lives as we read it and obey its teachings every day.”
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Billy Graham
“We are so caught up with the affairs of this life we give little attention to eternity.”
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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
“I fear that so often we Christians give the idea that the truth is fiction by the way we live and by the lack of dedication to the teachings of our Lord.”
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Billy Graham
“By faith in [Jesus] we can be forgiven of our sins and know the joy of following Him every day.”
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Billy Graham
“The greatest waste in all of our earth is our waste of the time God has given us each day.”
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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
“God gave the Bible to us because He wants us to know Him and love Him and serve Him. Most of all, He gave it to us so we can become more like Christ.”
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Billy Graham
“Our magazine shelves are filled with crime and sex pulp-magazines that are being read and devoured by millions of young people . . .
Scores are seeing each week the trash that Hollywood produces. Truly our children are “movie mad.”
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Billy Graham
“Every word that [Jesus] spoke was historically true. Every word that He spoke was scientifically true. Every word that He spoke was ethically true. There were no loopholes in the moral conceptions
and statements of Jesus Christ. His ethical vision was wholly correct, correct in the age in which He lived and correct in every age that has followed it.”
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Billy Graham
“Never forget: Death was Satan’s greatest victory.”
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Billy Graham
“I hope the day will never come when the church abandons the “class meeting” and the prayer service . . .The old-fashioned “testimony” meeting should be revived, for through this medium we can share with others our faith and triumphs as well as our needs and mistakes.”
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Billy Graham
“God’s strength is made perfect in weakness. The weaker I became, the more powerful became the preaching.”
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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
