“Our prayers must be in accordance with [God’s] will. He knows better what is good for us than we know ourselves.”
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Billy Graham
“When worry is present, trust cannot crowd its way in.”
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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
“America’s Declaration of Independence speaks of “the pursuit of happiness,” but nowhere in the Bible are we told to pursue this. Happiness is elusive, and we don’t find it by seeking it.”
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Billy Graham
“Before Satan there was no sin, and before sin there was no pain.”
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Billy Graham
“[It] is well and good when our convictions are based upon the “Thou shalts” and the “Thou shalt nots” of Scripture rather than our own ideas.”
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Billy Graham
“What began as an apparently harmless pastime has ended up as a frightening, overpowering addiction or obsession.”
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Billy Graham
“All the nations that make up the world are burdened down with riches or poverty, obesity or malnutrition, success or failure.”
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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 . . . didn’t come to treat symptoms. He came to get at the very heart of man’s disease.”
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Billy Graham
“Forgiveness does not come easily to us, especially when someone we have trusted betrays our trust. And yet if we do not learn to forgive, we will discover that we can never really rebuild trust.”
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Billy Graham
“Confession and repentance might be described as the negative side of submission; this involves getting rid of everything which hinders God’s control over our lives. Yielding to God might be described as the positive side . . . placing ourselves totally into the hands of God.”
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Billy Graham
“Conscience is our wisest counselor and teacher, our most faithful and most patient friend.”
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Billy Graham
“Make sure of your salvation by turning your life over to Him now.”
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Billy Graham
“The greatest barrier to knowing God’s will is simply that we want to run our own lives. Our problem is that a battle is going on in our hearts—a battle between our wills and God’s will.”
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Billy Graham
