“A survey reported that the majority of the seminaries [in the United States] had no classes on prayer. That really shouldn’t surprise us when we consider how many local churches offer classes on gardening and the “Art of Conversation” instead of the study of God’s Word and prayer.”
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Billy Graham
“Many children today are growing up without discipline. As they become adults and the discipline of job or family demands are placed upon them, they do not know how to cope . . .children need discipline to be useful members of society. Likewise, God’s children need discipline to be useful members of His family.”
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Billy Graham
“Believers need the gift of discernment, or at least respect for the opinions of those who have it . . .believers are to test the various spirits and doctrines that abound.
Most of all we are to test them against the
standard of the Word of God.”
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Billy Graham
“The Bible is a guidebook, leading men [and women] to God in a personal faith. Like a map or guidebook, it will show you the way, but you must take it one step at a time.”
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Billy Graham
“When worry is present, trust cannot crowd its way in.”
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Billy Graham
“Escapism seems to be the order of the day . . .Escape with drugs or alcohol, and the bitterness of living will be blurred . . .We can’t escape from God.”
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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
“People, especially the young, wanted to hear about God and not man.”
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Billy Graham
“Pray frequently as you read [the Bible] and you will discover a fellowship with God.”
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Billy Graham
“Young people are experts on leisure, water skiing, dancing, rock music, rapping, TV watching . . . by and large, chores are a thing of the past.”
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Billy Graham
“Living the Christian life means striving for holiness.”
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Billy Graham
“A marriage based only on physical attraction or romantic emotions is almost certainly doomed to failure right from the start.”
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Billy Graham
“We have two natures within us, both struggling for mastery. Which one will dominate us? It depends on which one we feed.”
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Billy Graham
“God will give us the strength and resources we need to live through any situation in life that He ordains.”
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Billy Graham
“We have been trying to solve every ill of society as though society were made up of regenerate men to whom we had an obligation
to speak with Christian advice.”
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Billy Graham
