“Often, we try to tell God what we want Him to do—but ask Him to help you guard against this, and to seek His will instead of your own. Pray and ask God to guide you.”
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Billy Graham
“Prayer and Bible study are inseparably linked. Effective prayer is born out of the prompting of God’s Spirit as we read His Word.”
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Billy Graham
“The ground is level at the foot of the cross.”
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Billy Graham
“God welcomes our prayers. He is much more concerned about our hearts than our eloquence.”
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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
“Down through the centuries the church has contributed more than any other single agency in lifting social standards to new heights.”
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Billy Graham
“The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of praise is the sound of consecrated feet seeking out the lost and helpless.”
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Billy Graham
“Marriage is God’s invention, not ours! Society didn’t establish it; God did.”
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Billy Graham
“Our world today is looking for men and women with integrity, for communicators who back up their ministry with their lives. Our preaching emerges out of what we are. We are called to be a holy people—separated from the moral evils of the world.”
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Billy Graham
“Pleasures are the things that appeal to our flesh and to our lust. But joy is something else. Joy runs deep.”
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Billy Graham
“Sometimes it is difficult to differentiate the Christian from the man of the world. In America, for example, churchgoing has become popular, but churchgoing may not necessarily be accompanied by genuine depth in prayer and Bible study or a change in lifestyle.”
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Billy Graham
“As a person finds God’s will for his or her life, matters of conscience can be handled with perception from the Holy Spirit.”
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Billy Graham
“[Christians] are called to distinguish themselves as Christ followers, not community organizers.”
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Billy Graham
“Man cannot control himself, and if he will not be controlled by Jesus Christ, then he will be controlled by Satan.”
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Billy Graham
“The main “food” God has given to strengthen us is the Bible, the Word of God.”
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Billy Graham
