“[God] speaks from heaven through the Bible, His written Word. This is why I use the phrase “the Bible says.” I would not have the authority to say what I do in sermons unless it was based upon the Word of God.”
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Billy Graham
“The fact that God is infinite makes the study of His Word a lifetime occupation.”
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Billy Graham
“It is important to realize that a person with the gift of discernment can often tell the difference between what is of God and what is not. Such a person can often point out false teachings or false teachers—he has an almost uncanny ability to perceive
hypocrisy, shallowness, deceit, or phoniness.”
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Billy Graham
“If you know Christ, you don’t need to beg for the Holy Spirit to come into your life; He is already there—whether you “feel” His presence or not. Don’t confuse the Holy Spirit with an emotional feeling or a particular type of spiritual experience.”
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Billy Graham
“As Christians, we have only one authority, one compass: the Word of God.”
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Billy Graham
“[While] disappointment and failure aren’t identical, they often occur together, and both can hold us back from God’s best for our lives.”
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Billy Graham
“You cannot pray for someone and hate them at the same time.”
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Billy Graham
“True love is an act of the will—a conscious decision to do what is best for the other person instead of ourselves.”
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Billy Graham
“We have become a nation of biblical illiterates.”
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Billy Graham
“Satan is real and is opposed to everything God is doing.”
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Billy Graham
“The greatest hindrance to Satan’s destructive efforts is our standing strong in the knowledge and fear of the Lord.”
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Billy Graham
“When someone hurts us, our natural instinct is to strike back—but when we do, we not only destroy any possibility of reconciliation, but we also allow anger and hate to control us.”
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Billy Graham
“We have glamorized vice and minimized virtue. We have played down gentleness, manners, and morals—while we have played up rudeness, savagery, and vice . . . and the philosophy of “might is right.”
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Billy Graham
“The best way to pray is to open the Bible and pray Scripture back to the Lord, claiming His promises and asking that He strengthen and guide [us] in obeying His Word.”
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Billy Graham
“One of the primary goals in life should be to prepare for death. Everything else should be secondary.”
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Billy Graham
