“We are to feed the new nature on the Word of God constantly, and we are to starve the old nature, which craves the world and the flesh. We are told to “make not provision for the flesh” [Romans 13:14 KJV].”
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Billy Graham
“Without Him our daily routine would become tiresome and tedious, a drudgery rather than a joy.”
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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
“[God] created us free to choose how we would live . . . but leaves us free to pursue our own ends with tragic, natural consequences.”
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Billy Graham
“God wants us to work (whether at home or on the job), but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong to retire. The Levites (who assisted in Israel’s worship) were required to retire at fifty.”
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Billy Graham
“Oh, that we would be people who would say, “Our God will deliver us, but if not, we still refuse to worship the things of this world.”
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Billy Graham
“The devil doesn’t need to invent any new temptations; the old ones work as well as they ever have.”
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Billy Graham
“The Bible nowhere teaches that the church will ultimately convert the whole world to Jesus Christ. There has never been a generation in history, nor will there ever be generation, in which the majority of the people will believe in Christ.”
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Billy Graham
“The deepest problems of the human race are spiritual in nature. They are rooted in man’s refusal to seek God’s way for his life. The problem is the human heart, which God alone can change.”
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Billy Graham
“God has already set the date [for judgment]. You may make and break appointments in this life, but this is one appointment you are going to keep.”
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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
“Jesus does not allow us to be neutral about Him. Jesus demands that we decide about Him.”
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Billy Graham
“Sin was conquered on the cross. [Christ’s] death is the foundation of our hope, the promise of our triumph!”
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Billy Graham
“Too many people today want a brotherly world
in which they can remain unbrotherly; a decent world in which they can live indecently. Too many individuals want economic security without spiritual security.”
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Billy Graham
“Make the Bible part of your daily life, and ask God to engrave its truths on your soul.”
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Billy Graham
