“One of life’s mysteries is why two children growing up in the same home sometimes take radically different paths—one following Christ, the other rebellious and scornful. Yet it happens.”
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Billy Graham
“God isn’t finished with you when you retire! When we know Christ, we never retire from His service.”
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Billy Graham
“Some people have a warped idea of living the Christian life. Seeing talented, successful Christians, they attempt to imitate them. For them, the grass on the other side of the fence is always greener. But when they discover that their own gifts are different or their contributions are more modest (or even invisible), they collapse in discouragement and overlook genuine opportunities that are open to them. They have forgotten that they are here to serve Christ, not themselves.”
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Billy Graham
“Many times it takes just one member of a family to initiate the action to bring a family back together again.”
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Billy Graham
“Children respect discipline. They want to be guided. It gives them a sense of belonging, a sense of security.”
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Billy Graham
“I long to see [Jesus] face to face, to hear His voice and touch Him. In the day I go to be with Him, there will be no unfulfilled longings or disappointments. He will welcome me into His mansion, answer my questions, and teach me the wisdom of the ages.”
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Billy Graham
“Don’t be a half-Christian. There are too many of such in the world. The world has a profound respect for people who are sincere in their faith.”
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Billy Graham
“The great comfort in knowing that angels minister to believers in Christ is that God Himself sends them to us.”
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Billy Graham
“Hypochondriacs who have a fanciful anxiety about their health will never be well regardless of their physical condition.”
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Billy Graham
“Down through the centuries the church has contributed more than any other single agency in lifting social standards to new heights.”
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Billy Graham
“While God’s will is that every marriage will endure, man’s sin has poisoned many relationships.”
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Billy Graham
“It is the presence of sin that prevents man from being truly happy.”
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Billy Graham
“For the Christian, death can be faced realistically and with victory, because he knows “that neither death nor life . . . shall be able to separate us from the love of God” [Romans 8:38–39 NKJV].”
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Billy Graham
“World events are moving very rapidly now. I pick up the Bible in one hand, and I pick up the newspaper in the other. And I read almost the same words in the newspaper as I read in the Bible. It’s being fulfilled every day round about us.”
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Billy Graham
