“I missed the joy of seeing our children grow and change. I thank God for watching over them during those years.”
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Billy Graham
“Sometimes we encourage someone without even being aware of it. Even the example we set by attending church may encourage someone who is searching for God.”
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Billy Graham
“Any Christian whose interest is directed toward himself is worldly.”
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Billy Graham
“Let the study of the Bible become central in your life—not just so you will know it, but that you will obey it.”
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Billy Graham
“I would not change places with the wealthiest and most influential person in the world. I would rather be a child of the King, a joint-heir with Christ, a member of the Royal Family of heaven!”
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Billy Graham
“Pleasures are the things that appeal to our flesh and to our lust. But joy is something else. Joy runs deep.”
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Billy Graham
“Those who read the Scriptures as magnificent literature, breath-taking poetry, or history and overlook the story of salvation miss the Bible’s real meaning and message.”
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Billy Graham
“It is not the posture of the body, but the attitude of the heart that counts when we pray . . . The important thing is not the position of the body but the condition of the soul.”
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Billy Graham
“I fear that so often we Christians give the idea that the truth is fiction by the way we live and by the lack of dedication to the teachings of our Lord.”
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Billy Graham
“Many times I have been driven to prayer. When I was in Bible school I didn’t know what to do with my life. I used to walk the streets . . . and pray, sometimes for hours at a time. In His timing, God answered those prayers, and since then prayer has been an essential part of my life.”
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Billy Graham
“[God the Spirit] will never lead you contrary to the Word of God. I hear people saying, “The Lord led me to do this . . .” I am always a little suspicious unless what the Lord has said is in keeping with His Word.”
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Billy Graham
“The Bible teaches that whosoever is born of God does not practice sin.”
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Billy Graham
“Everything that we see about us that we count is our possessions only comprises a loan from God, and it is when we lose sight of this all-pervading truth that we become greedy and covetous.”
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Billy Graham
“Grief turns us inward, but compassion turns us outward, and that’s what we need when grief threatens to crush us. The Bible says, “Carry each other’s burdens” [Galatians 6:2 NIV].”
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Billy Graham
“Parents need much wisdom in relating to their grown children—and much prayer. Children likewise have much to learn about relating to their parents as the years pass.”
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Billy Graham
