“Confession and repentance might be described as the negative side of submission; this involves getting rid of everything which hinders God’s control over our lives. Yielding to God might be described as the positive side . . . placing ourselves totally into the hands of God.”
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Billy Graham
“God did not ordain that the church should drift aimlessly in the seas of uncertainty without compass, captain, or crew.”
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Billy Graham
“[Jesus] asked [His followers] to count the cost carefully, lest they should turn back when they met with suffering and privation. He told His followers that the world would hate them.”
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Billy Graham
“It is not wrong to want to work and earn a decent living; in fact, God has given work to us. But this legitimate desire can very easily cross the line into greed—especially in our materialistic society.”
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Billy Graham
“Be willing to be sneered at than to be approved, counting the cross of Christ greater riches than all the treasures of Washington, London, Paris, or Moscow.”
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Billy Graham
“Satan will thrash about in one last burst of evil,
hoping to capture as many souls as possible before his inevitable end.”
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Billy Graham
“The world is heading for another major crisis that is being called, even by the secular world, “Armageddon.”
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Billy Graham
“Happiness is a choice, but grief is a certainty.”
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Billy Graham
“The reason many . . . close their eyes while praying is to shut out the affairs of the world so that their minds can be completely concentrated on God . . . it certainly lends itself to the attitude of prayer.”
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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
“With the breakdown of discipline in the home and with every source of amusement and instruction pouring poison into daily life, it is not to be wondered that the minds of people are ready to receive anything but the truth and that they are ready to believe lies and ultimately the lie.”
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Billy Graham
“From the ghetto to the mansion, from community leader to prisoner on death row, man wonders if there is a God. And if there is, what is He like? Whatever period of history we study, whatever culture we examine, if we look back in time we see all peoples, primitive or modern, acknowledging some kind of deity. Some people give up the pursuit of God in frustration, calling themselves “atheists” or “agnostics,” professing to be irreligious.”
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Billy Graham
“Faith implies four things: self-renunciation, reliance with utter confidence on Christ, obedience, and a changed life.”
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Billy Graham
“Your eyes should never be lent to the devil; they belong to God. Be careful how you use your eyes!”
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Billy Graham
“The world I once knew as a boy has changed dramatically . . . I don’t even recognize the world we live in today.”
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Billy Graham
