“Though [Jesus’] words were profound, they were plain. His words were weighty, yet they shone with a luster and simplicity of statement that staggered His enemies.”
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Billy Graham
“The way in which we react to hurts and disappointments influences the shaping of our personalities.”
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Billy Graham
“Only because Jesus is God and we have confessed Him as Savior and Lord, can He bestow and we receive these benefits, this blessed assurance and hope (see Romans 10:9).”
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Billy Graham
“Come back to the Bible. Begin to read it. Study it and God will speak to you and change you—and through you perhaps history can be changed.”
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Billy Graham
“A thought enters; we pamper it; it germinates and grows into an evil act.”
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Billy Graham
“We are the Bibles the world is reading; We are the creeds the world is needing; We are the sermons the world is heeding.”
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Billy Graham
“Don’t let failure or disappointment cut you off from God or make you think the future is hopeless. When God closes one door, He often opens another—if we seek it.”
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Billy Graham
“Superficial views of God and His holiness will produce superficial views of sin and atonement. God hates sin. It is His uncompromising foe. Sin is vile and detestable in the sight of God . . .The sinner and God are at opposite poles of the moral universe.”
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Billy Graham
“Two conflicting forces cannot exist in one human heart. When doubt reigns, faith cannot abide. Where hatred rules, love is crowded out. Where selfishness rules, there love cannot dwell.”
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Billy Graham
“This should be the motto of every follower of Jesus Christ. Never stop praying no matter now dark and hopeless it may seem.”
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Billy Graham
“The Christian has a great obligation to be ethical and honest in all things, even sometimes at personal hazard. It is in the difficult situation that the qualities of a Christian are seen.”
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Billy Graham
“Obedience is the master key to effectual prayer.”
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Billy Graham
“The world’s sewage system threatens to contaminate the stream of Christian thought. Satan will contest every hour you spend in Bible reading or prayer.”
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Billy Graham
“The greatest waste in all of our earth is our waste of the time God has given us each day.”
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Billy Graham
“It is the presence of sin that prevents man from being truly happy.”
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Billy Graham
