“After you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation . . . having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession.”
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Billy Graham
“Christ not only died for all: He died for each.”
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Billy Graham
“I will buy you back with My blood because I love you. I will free you from the chains of sin. I will settle the conflict within and give peace to your soul. But you must come to Me with a repentant heart. You must be willing to be redeemed. You must exchange your sin-blackened heart for a new heart that is cleansed by My blood.”
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Billy Graham
“The Bible is intensely practical, and one of the reasons God gave it to us is so we’ll be better prepared to deal with life’s problems and temptations. All too often we respond to these in ways that don’t reflect Christ . . .when we do that, Satan is the winner and the cause of Christ suffers.”
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Billy Graham
“The greatest testimony to this dark world today would be a band of crucified and risen men and women, dead to sin and alive unto God, bearing in their bodies “the marks of the Lord Jesus” [Galatians 6:17 NKJV].”
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Billy Graham
“Christians who are strong in the faith grow as they accept whatever God allows to enter their lives.”
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Billy Graham
“The Pilgrims . . . put their ideals ahead of all material considerations. It is not surprising that the Pilgrims had little and succeeded, while we have much and are in danger of failing. No civilization can make progress unless some great principle is generously mixed into the mortar of its foundations in life.”
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Billy Graham
“The church is in turmoil today. The church is not to reflect the world but to be a portrait of Jesus Christ.”
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Billy Graham
“I trust Jesus with all my tomorrows, knowing that He will solve the mystery of life beyond the grave.”
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Billy Graham
“[God] says to pray for our enemies. How many of us have ever spent time praying for our enemies?”
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Billy Graham
“Be sure that your motive in praying is to glorify God.”
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Billy Graham
“Every destructive emotion bears its own harvest, but anger’s fruit is the most bitter of all.”
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Billy Graham
“Today the idea of the shed blood of Christ is becoming old-fashioned and out of date in a lot of preaching. It is in the Bible. It is the very heart of Christianity.”
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Billy Graham
“If [Jesus] felt that He had to pray, how much more do we need to pray!”
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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
