“Greed is an unreasonable or all-absorbing desire to acquire things or wealth. One test of greed is that it is never satisfied. Greed is repeatedly condemned in the Bible.”
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Billy Graham
“Once God leads you to make a decision, don’t draw back. Instead, trust His leading, and believe He goes before you—because He does.”
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Billy Graham
“Christ’s nail-pierced hands are beautiful beyond measure, for they tell us of His love and His willingness to save us regardless of the cost.”
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Billy Graham
“To a sinner, a righteous person is an oddity and an abnormality. A Christian’s goodness is a rebuke to the wicked; his being right-side up is a reflection upon the worldling’s inverted position.”
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Billy Graham
“I believe America has gone a long way down the wrong road. If we ever needed God’s help, it is now.”
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Billy Graham
“Christianity is not an insurance policy against life’s ills and troubles.”
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Billy Graham
“God’s will is that we would be righteous in our living. God is holy, and the whole scheme of redemption has holiness for its goal.”
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Billy Graham
“Nothing can replace a daily time spent alone with God in prayer. We can also be in an attitude of prayer throughout the day—sitting in a car or at our desks, working in the kitchen, even talking with someone on the phone.”
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Billy Graham
“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
“[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
“It may shock some parents to learn that we don’t own our children. God has given them to us in trust . . . however, God may transfer our children to His home at any time.”
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Billy Graham
“Many Christians want the benefits of their belief, but they hesitate at the cost of discipleship.”
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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
“Children will learn far more by watching than by just listening.”
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Billy Graham
“No matter how hard we try, words simply cannot express the horror, the shock, and the revulsion we all feel over what took place in this nation on 9/11. My prayer today is that we will feel the loving arms of God wrapped around us, and will know in our hearts that He will never forsake us as we trust in Him.”
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Billy Graham
