“When our faith becomes nothing more than a series of rules and regulations, joy flees and our love for Christ grows cold.”
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Billy Graham
“As I read the Bible, I seem to find holiness to be [Christ’s] supreme attribute.”
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Billy Graham
“Forgiveness is one of the most beautiful words in the human vocabulary. How much pain and unhappy consequences could be avoided if we all learned the meaning of this word!”
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Billy Graham
“Christ did not die by accident. He died voluntarily in our place.”
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Billy Graham
“The secret strength of a nation is found in the faith that abides in the hearts and homes of the country.”
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Billy Graham
“Sometimes I’m asked to list the most important steps in preparing for an evangelistic mission, and my reply is always the same: prayer . . . prayer . . . prayer.”
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Billy Graham
“Disappointments are part of life; we can’t always have our own way, and we need to learn to separate what is significant from what is merely annoying. Only in heaven will we be free of all disappointments and failures. A friend of mine says, “Oh well, a hundred years from now it won’t make any difference!”
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Billy Graham
“Dishonesty is never justified. God will never approve, and even your own conscience will rise up to condemn you sooner or later.”
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Billy Graham
“Suffering can give us opportunities to witness. The world is a gigantic hospital; nowhere is there a greater chance to see the peace and joy of the Lord than when the journey through the valley is the darkest.”
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Billy Graham
“We should not let a day go by without thanking God for His mercy and grace to us in Jesus Christ.”
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Billy Graham
“Christians should be a foreign influence, a minority group in a pagan world.”
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Billy Graham
“America has probably been the most successful experiment in history. The American Dream was a glorious attempt. It was built on a religious foundation. Its earliest concepts came from Holy Scripture.”
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Billy Graham
“The cross shows the seriousness of our sin—
but it also shows us the immeasurable love of God.”
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Billy Graham
“Too many people want to have one foot in the world and one foot in the kingdom of God, and it is like straddling a fence. You are not happy either way. Declare yourself for Christ.”
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Billy Graham
“[God] has in mind a picture of what He intends to create. He breaks, cracks, chisels, and polishes until one day there emerges His vision . . . God has not yet finished with us.”
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Billy Graham
