“If you are a true Christian, you will not give way at home to bad temper, impatience, fault-finding, sarcasm, unkindness, suspicion, selfishness, or laziness.”
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Billy Graham
“It is far better to know God’s truth than to be ignorant of it.”
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Billy Graham
“Ruth once wrote, “Dear Journal, Never let a single day pass without saying an encouraging word to each child . . .‘More people fail for lack of encouragement,’ someone wrote, ‘than for any other reason.”
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Billy Graham
“One of the ironies of human nature is that it often has a way of rejecting the best and accepting the worst.”
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Billy Graham
“I missed the joy of seeing our children grow and change. I thank God for watching over them during those years.”
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Billy Graham
“When the church begins to entertain the flock and respond to the cult of self—it is diminished to a mere community center.”
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Billy Graham
“God judges mankind by the standard of the only God-man who ever lived, Jesus Christ. Jesus, the innocent Lamb of God, stands between our sin and the judgment of God the Father.”
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Billy Graham
“God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, 'I love you.”
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Billy Graham
“The Bible is to be our basis of authority. We must “by faith” accept [Jesus] as the Son of the living God. This sounds narrow and intolerant, and in a sense it is!”
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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
“Sin also affects the conscience, until one becomes slow to detect the approach of sin.”
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Billy Graham
“Sin is serious—so serious it sent Jesus Christ to the cross. Flee from [sin] and stay close to Christ.”
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Billy Graham
“Talk about God can become dreary and lackluster if God isn’t in you. Church can become a drab thing and the Bible an irksome Book if the Holy Spirit does not illuminate your soul with His indwelling presence.”
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Billy Graham
“Becoming “new” in Christ is a wonderful beginning, but it isn’t the end of pain or problems in our lives. It is the beginning of our facing up to them. Being a Christian involves a lifetime of hard work, dedicated study, and difficult decisions.”
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Billy Graham
“The Ten Commandments are just as valid today as they were when God gave them. They reflect the moral character of God, and they also provide the foundation of right living with others.”
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Billy Graham
