“One of the primary goals in life should be to prepare for death. Everything else should be secondary.”
―
Billy Graham
“Nowhere has God promised anyone, even His children, immunity from sorrow, suffering, and pain. This world is a “vale of tears,” and disappointment and heartache are as inevitable as clouds and shadows. Suffering is often the crucible in which our faith is tested. Those who successfully come through the “furnace of affliction” are the ones who emerge “like gold tried in the fire.”
―
Billy Graham
“The world is not a permanent home, it is only a temporary dwelling.”
―
Billy Graham
“Some Christians have an elastic conscience when it comes to their own foibles—and an ironbound conscience when it comes to the foibles of others.”
―
Billy Graham
“Confrontation is the special business of young people. They confront their parents, peers, society, law enforcement officers, and themselves, but primarily they confront God.”
―
Billy Graham
“I realize more than ever that this ministry has been a team effort. Without the help of our prayer partners, our financial supporters, our staff, and our board of directors—this ministry and all of our dreams to spread the Good News of God’s love throughout the world would not have been possible.”
―
Billy Graham
“When we approach the Bible as history and biography, we approach the Bible in the wrong spirit. We must read the Bible, not primarily as historians seeking information, but as men and women seeking God.”
―
Billy Graham
“God knew that children grow and mature best in a stable, loving family, and this was one reason He gave marriage to us.”
―
Billy Graham
“Not one word about hell in the Bible would ever make you want to go there.”
―
Billy Graham
“The Bible differentiates clearly between true faith and mere religiosity.”
―
Billy Graham
“Peer pressure accounts for much of the promiscuous sex in high schools and colleges. “Conform or get lost.” Since no one enjoys losing friends or being cast out of his own circle, peer pressure—especially during the years of adolescence—is an almost irresistible force.”
―
Billy Graham
“The Bible says more about hell than about heaven.”
―
Billy Graham
“The will of God will not take us where the grace of God cannot sustain us.”
―
Billy Graham
“A Christian has tremendous responsibilities to his own family. He or she has a responsibility of loving each member of the family.”
―
Billy Graham
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord”
―
Billy Graham
