“Many a criminal has finally given himself over to the authorities because the accusations of a guilty conscience were worse than prison bars.”
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Billy Graham
“With a twinkle in his eyes, my friend says that his favorite prayer is, “Lord, give me patience—and give it to me right now!”
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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
“Christianity has its roots in the deep, firm soil of history. Jesus’ incarnation—God invading human history with His presence in the form of man—is on the record. Every time you write the date, you attest to the fact that God entered human history.”
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Billy Graham
“Confession and repentance might be described as the negative side of submission; this involves getting rid of everything which hinders God’s control over our lives. Yielding to God might be described as the positive side . . . placing ourselves totally into the hands of God.”
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Billy Graham
“Nothing will help us grow spiritually more than spending time alone with God every day, reading His Word and praying. Time alone with God is essential to our spiritual welfare.”
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Billy Graham
“The reason many . . . close their eyes while praying is to shut out the affairs of the world so that their minds can be completely concentrated on God . . . it certainly lends itself to the attitude of prayer.”
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Billy Graham
“We must repent of our prayerlessness. We must make prayer our priority. Even our churches today have gotten away from prayer meetings.”
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Billy Graham
“The cross is the suffering love of God bearing the guilt of man’s sin, which alone is able to melt the sinner’s heart and bring him to repentance for salvation. “For he hath made him to be sin for us” [2 Corinthians 5:21 KJV].”
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Billy Graham
“I have yet to see Satan overcome a truly joyful Christian.”
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Billy Graham
“History is going somewhere. And we know full well that He who does all things well will bring beauty from the ashes of world chaos. A new world is being born. A new social order will emerge when Christ comes back. A fabulous future is on the way.”
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Billy Graham
“There are storms in your own life: storms of
temptation, confusion, and difficulty . . .An uneasy conscience says, “Stop before it is too late!”
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Billy Graham
“Our nation grew strong in an era when moral standards were emphasized, and it will grow weak when we condone that which we once condemned.”
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Billy Graham
“Some of the strongest warnings about judgment in the Bible come from the lips of Jesus.”
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Billy Graham
“Sinners, pray to a merciful God for forgiveness.”
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Billy Graham
