“While we read the Word, its message saturates our hearts, whether we are conscious of what is happening or not.”
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Billy Graham
“For Satan’s deceptions to be successful, they must be so cunningly devised that his real purpose is concealed by wiles.”
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Billy Graham
“Neither the devil nor the world, nor even our own evil heart can compel us to sin. It must be by our own consent and will.”
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Billy Graham
“We can’t flee from temptation in our own strength—but God will give us the strength we need, if we’ll only seek it. A friend of mine says, “When the devil knocks, I just send Jesus to the door!”
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Billy Graham
“Every word that [Jesus] spoke was historically true. Every word that He spoke was scientifically true. Every word that He spoke was ethically true. There were no loopholes in the moral conceptions
and statements of Jesus Christ. His ethical vision was wholly correct, correct in the age in which He lived and correct in every age that has followed it.”
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Billy Graham
“Some, who doubt that the Bible is the true Word of God, doubt it because they are unwilling to ascribe to God anything they cannot themselves achieve.”
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Billy Graham
“We see ourselves as self-sufficient, self-important, and self-sustaining. God sees us as dependent, self-centered, and self-deceived.”
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Billy Graham
“Your faith may be just a little thread. It may be small and weak, but act on that faith. It does not matter how big your faith is, but rather, where your faith is.”
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Billy Graham
“God Himself is the power that makes prayer work.”
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Billy Graham
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord”
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Billy Graham
“Materialism may do what a foreign invader could never hope to achieve—materialism robs a nation of its spiritual strength.”
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Billy Graham
“It could be said that going to church will not make one a Christian. But . . . refusing to fellowship with believers will not make you one either.”
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Billy Graham
“I have heard the hollow, shallow laughter of the world. I have heard the genuine laughter of the beaming young Christian. I know there is a difference.”
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Billy Graham
“If our faith isn’t rooted in the Bible, it will wither like a plant pulled out of the soil.”
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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
