“We see ourselves as self-sufficient, self-important, and self-sustaining. God sees us as dependent, self-centered, and self-deceived.”
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Billy Graham
“Temptation: Recognize it for what it is, and then reject it—immediately and without compromise.”
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Billy Graham
“If there is something we need more than anything else during grief, it is a friend who stands with us, who doesn’t leave us. Jesus is that friend.”
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Billy Graham
“Unless men of purpose, integrity, and faith stand together in unswerving loyalty to Jesus Christ, the future of the world is dark indeed.”
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Billy Graham
“There is a great identity crisis among students today. Who am I? What is the purpose of life? Where did I come from? Where am I going? The Bible has a direct answer to this great big philosophical question and unless God seals the vacuum among youth today, then some other ideology will, because young people must have a faith. They must believe in something to find fulfillment in their lives.”
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Billy Graham
“We have tried to enthrone the false gods of money, fame, and human intelligence; but however we try, the end is always the same: “It is appointed unto men once to die” [Hebrews 9:27 KJV].”
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Billy Graham
“The whole world ought to know the story of the Bible.”
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Billy Graham
“What stirs God most is not physical suffering but sin. All too often we are more afraid of physical pain than of moral wrong. The cross is the standing evidence of the fact that holiness is a principle for which God would die.”
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Billy Graham
“Before prayer changes others, it first changes us.”
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Billy Graham
“The fact that immorality is rampant throughout the nation doesn’t make it right!”
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Billy Graham
“It doesn’t take great wealth or social influence to be faithful, but it does take obedience and endurance.”
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Billy Graham
“Since the Bible is God’s Word, we shouldn’t be surprised if Satan tries to convince us otherwise.”
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Billy Graham
“Sin was conquered on the cross. [Christ’s] death is the foundation of our hope, the promise of our triumph!”
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Billy Graham
“Christ’s second coming reminds us that ultimately our hope is not in this world and its attempts to solve its problems, but in Christ’s promise to establish His perfect rule over all the earth.”
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Billy Graham
