“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
“If you don’t take your stand for Christ, you will be on the wrong side, and someday when it is too late, you’ll cry out, “I’ve taken the wrong stand!” You’ll be in the devil’s trap! You can’t lick the devil.”
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Billy Graham
“Some Christians have an elastic conscience when it comes to their own foibles—and an ironbound conscience when it comes to the foibles of others.”
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Billy Graham
“If evil were not made to appear attractive, there would be no such thing as temptation.
It is in the close similarity between good and evil, right and wrong, that the danger lies.”
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Billy Graham
“Prayer is the rope that pulls God and man together. But, it doesn’t pull God down to us: It pulls us up to Him.
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Billy Graham
“From the moment a child is born, the death process, and the fight against it, begins.”
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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
“Sickness is deep within the soul of our society—and that has always been God’s exclusive territory.”
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Billy Graham
“We have not yet learned that we are more powerful on our knees than behind the most powerful weapons that can be developed.”
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Billy Graham
“We . . . do not cease to pray for you. COLOSSIANS 1:9”
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Billy Graham
“Volumes could be written on the problem of [drug] addiction. Millions of barbiturates are swallowed every night to help the nation sleep. Millions of tranquilizers keep us calm during the day. Millions of pep pills wake us up in the morning. The Bible warns that these flights from reality bring no lasting satisfaction.”
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Billy Graham
“The Bible teaches that faith will manifest itself in three ways. It will manifest itself in doctrine—in what you believe. It will manifest itself in worship—your communion with God . . .It will manifest itself in morality—in the way you live and behave.”
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Billy Graham
“Prayer serves a dual purpose; the blessing of man and the glory of God.”
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Billy Graham
“Forgiveness is one of the most beautiful words in the human vocabulary. How much pain and unhappy consequences could be avoided if we all learned the meaning of this word!”
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Billy Graham
“Thousands of Christians compromise their faith in Jesus Christ by denying Him. Even some clergymen neglect or deliberately refuse to close a public prayer in the name of Jesus for fear of offending an unbeliever. They cannot endure the persecution that may follow an acknowledgment of Jesus Christ.”
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Billy Graham
