“You can put a public school and university in the middle of every block of every city in America—but you will never keep America from rotting morally by mere intellectual education.”
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Billy Graham
“[Jesus] had only three years of public ministry, but He was never too hurried to spend hours in prayer . . . No day began or closed in which He was not in communion with His Father.”
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Billy Graham
“With a twinkle in his eyes, my friend says that his favorite prayer is, “Lord, give me patience—and give it to me right now!”
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Billy Graham
“Humanity wants comfort in its sorrow, light in its darkness, peace in its turmoil, rest in its weariness, and healing in its sickness and diseases: The Gospel gives all of this to us.”
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Billy Graham
“Anger flees when the Spirit’s fruit fills our hearts.”
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Billy Graham
“Life is just a schoolroom with a glorious opportunity to prepare us for eternity.”
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Billy Graham
“Tragic as it is when a child fails to develop physically or mentally, even more tragic is a Christian who fails to develop spiritually.”
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Billy Graham
“Envy and greed always—always—exact a terrible price. I have never met an envious or greedy person who was at peace.”
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Billy Graham
“Every Christian should become an ambassador of Christ . . .every Christian should be so intoxicated with Christ and so filled with holy fervor that nothing could ever quench his [passion] . . .Let us capture some of the magnificent obsession that [the] early Christians had!”
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Billy Graham
“Many people are willing to have Jesus as part of their lives—as long as it doesn’t cost them anything. They may even profess faith in Jesus and join a church. But Jesus to them is almost like an insurance policy—something they obtain and then forget about until they die. What keeps you from being His disciple?”
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Billy Graham
“Some people seem to put the devil on a par with God. Actually, Satan is a fallen angel.”
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Billy Graham
“Some of the strongest warnings about judgment in the Bible come from the lips of Jesus.”
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Billy Graham
“May our prayers today—and every day—be from our hearts and with the focus of our whole being!”
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Billy Graham
“America is said to have the highest per capita boredom of any spot on earth! We know that because we have the greatest variety and greatest number of artificial amusements of any country. People have become so empty that they can’t even entertain themselves.”
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Billy Graham
“When you truly love someone, you want to please and honor them by the way you act. How you treat someone shows whether or not you really care about them.”
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Billy Graham
