“Joy cannot be pursued. It comes from within. It is a state of being. It does not depend on circumstances, but triumphs over circumstances. It produces a gentleness of spirit and a magnetic personality.”
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Billy Graham
“Have we just been placed here by some unknown creator or force without any clue as to where we came from, why we are here, and where we are going? The answer is “no.” We do have a code. We do have a key . . . the Bible.”
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Billy Graham
“A friend of mine defines prayer as “a declaration of dependence.”
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Billy Graham
“Man’s nature and destiny are revealed in the Scriptures.”
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Billy Graham
“Ruth once wrote, “Dear Journal, Never let a single day pass without saying an encouraging word to each child . . .‘More people fail for lack of encouragement,’ someone wrote, ‘than for any other reason.”
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Billy Graham
“On the cross Christ took upon Himself every sin we’ve ever committed—including anger.”
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Billy Graham
“As I close my eyes in prayer, let me see the faces of those who need to know You, beloved Savior.”
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Billy Graham
“From the moment a child is born, the death process, and the fight against it, begins.”
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Billy Graham
“It was not the people or the Roman soldiers who put [Jesus] on the cross—it was your sins and my sins that made it necessary for Him to volunteer his death.”
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Billy Graham
“Peer pressure accounts for much of the promiscuous sex in high schools and colleges. “Conform or get lost.” Since no one enjoys losing friends or being cast out of his own circle, peer pressure—especially during the years of adolescence—is an almost irresistible force.”
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Billy Graham
“Movie and television stars lay down the law of
fashions, manners, speech, and even moral behavior. It has been proven that a movie or a television program can brainwash.”
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Billy Graham
“We are so caught up with the affairs of this life we give little attention to eternity.”
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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
“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
“Satan perverts everything good by mimicking and mocking the real thing.”
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Billy Graham
