“We are so caught up with the affairs of this life we give little attention to eternity.”
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Billy Graham
“Christians should be a foreign influence, a minority group in a pagan world.”
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Billy Graham
“We glorify Christ when we live for God—trusting, loving, and obeying Him.”
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Billy Graham
“The late Dr. Harry Ironside once said, “Beware lest we mistake our prejudices for our convictions.” To be sure, we must deplore wickedness, evil, and wrongdoing, but our commendable intolerance of sin too often develops into a deplorable intolerance of sinners. Jesus hates sin but loves the sinner.”
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Billy Graham
“One of the characteristics of some drugs (such as cocaine) is that they make a person feel strong and alert—when in fact the opposite is the case. Don’t allow yourself to be deceived.”
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Billy Graham
“Pentecost was the day of power of the Holy Spirit. It was the day the Christian church was born.”
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Billy Graham
“God has a plan and the devil has a plan, and you will have to decide which plan you are going to fit into.”
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Billy Graham
“When we know Him, we can be sure God hears our prayers.”
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Billy Graham
“Man has no ability to repair this damaged planet. The flaw in human nature is too great. God is our only hope!”
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Billy Graham
“I’m afraid many young people today have very romantic ideas about marriage—ideas that do not necessarily reflect the truth . . .Romantic feelings alone are not enough when the problems and strains come—as they inevitably do.”
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Billy Graham
“[Multitudes] have never been born again. They will go into eternity lost—while thinking they are saved because they belong to the church, or were baptized.”
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Billy Graham
“Suffering in life can uncover untold depths of character and unknown strength for service. People who go through life
unscathed by sorrow and untouched by pain tend to be shallow in their perspectives on life. Suffering, on the other hand, tends to plow up the surface of our lives to uncover the depths that provide greater strength of purpose and accomplishment. Only deeply plowed earth can yield bountiful harvests.”
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Billy Graham
“Philip is the only person in the Bible who was called an evangelist, and he was a deacon!”
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Billy Graham
“Happy is the person who has learned the secret of being content with whatever life brings him, and has learned to rejoice in the
simple and beautiful things around him.”
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Billy Graham
“Drinking has become one of the most serious social problems. It is basically the result of an attempt to escape from the responsibilities and realities of life.”
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Billy Graham
