“Prayer is not just asking. It is listening for God’s orders.”
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Billy Graham
“God’s judgment echoes the sound of hoofbeats, but God’s love quietly convicts.”
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Billy Graham
“God is concerned with our imaginations, for they in a large measure determine what kind of persons we are to be.”
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Billy Graham
“Confession and repentance might be described as the negative side of submission; this involves getting rid of everything which hinders God’s control over our lives. Yielding to God might be described as the positive side . . . placing ourselves totally into the hands of God.”
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Billy Graham
“We don’t live in an ideal world, but in a world dominated by sinful, selfish desires.”
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Billy Graham
“When the family is destroyed, society eventually disintegrates.”
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Billy Graham
“God gave us our children so we could prepare them to become adults.”
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Billy Graham
“I have found in my travels that those who keep heaven in view remain serene and cheerful in the darkest day. Forward-looking Christians remain optimistic and joyful, knowing that Christ someday will rule.”
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Billy Graham
“The world may argue against a creed, but it cannot argue against changed lives.”
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Billy Graham
“God began by revelation to build a bridge between Himself and people.”
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Billy Graham
“Sinners, pray to a merciful God for forgiveness.”
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Billy Graham
“Researchers have found that peer pressure exerted within a clique has caused every one of its members to experiment with drugs, to engage in murderous gang fights, to steal autos, and to violate the seventh commandment.”
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Billy Graham
“Too many times we are concerned with how much, instead of how little, like this [world] we can become.”
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Billy Graham
“The church does not prey on the lost; it prays for the perishing.”
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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
