The born-again Christian sees life not as a blurred , confused, meaningless mass, but as something planned and purposeful.
Billy GrahamJoy 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.
Billy GrahamIf it weren't for God's grace, you and I wouldn't be able to live for even one more minute.
Billy GrahamIt is impossible to live pure lives until we have pure hearts. Many people today are trying to put the cart before the horse. They are teaching purity of motives, desires, and actions to old, deceitful hearts! No wonder we have ended up such moral failures, in spite of our vaunted knowledge and psychological approaches.
Billy GrahamOne response was given by the innkeeper when Mary and Joseph wanted to find a room where the Child could be born. The innkeeper was not hostile; he was not opposed to them, but his inn was crowded; his hands were full; his mind was preoccupied. This is the answer that millions are giving today. Like a Bethlehem innkeeper, they cannot find room for Christ. All the accommodations in their hearts are already taken up by other crowding interests. Their response is not atheism. It is not defiance. It is preoccupation and the feeling of being able to get on reasonably well without Christianity.
Billy GrahamOnly God Himself fully appreciates the influence of a Christian mother in the molding of character in her children.
Billy GrahamSome people say they will follow their conscience..many of us have dead consciences. Your conscience is no longer a safe guide. You've harden it, you've deaden it.
Billy GrahamI don't think there is anything wrong with a man who wants to give credit to the Lord, but I don't think the team with the most Christians on it is necessarily going to win. The Lord may be helping their characters and souls, but I don't think he's any more for the Dodgers than he is for the Braves. More than being concerned with who's going to win the Super Bowl, I feel the Lord is probably more concerned that they might find a day other than Sunday to play it on.
Billy GrahamI never pray on a golf course. Actually, the Lord answers my prayers everywhere except on the course.
Billy GrahamWe can be certain that God will give us the strength and resources we need to live through any situation in life that he ordains. The will of God will never take us where the grace of God cannot sustain us.
Billy GrahamGod can use a sensitive Christian to be a rich blessing in the life of one who knows pain and sorrow.
Billy GrahamWithout dark clouds in our lives, we would never know the joy of sunshine. We can become callous and unteachable if we do not learn from pain.
Billy GrahamI still enjoy watching a batter successfully cross home plate, but nothing thrills me more than seeing the Holy Spirit at work in hearts as the Gospel is carried into stadiums, across the airwaves, and around the world.
Billy GrahamI think that hell essentially is separation from God forever. And that is the worst hell that I can think of. But I think people have a hard time believing God is going to allow people to burn in literal fire forever. I think the fire that is mentioned in the Bible is a burning thirst for God that can never be quenched.
Billy GrahamIf you'd have said Evangelical in 1957, most people wouldn't know what you were talking about. And then, they'd be against it.
Billy GrahamHappy is the person who has learned the secret of being content with whatever life brings him, and has learned to rejoice in the simple and beautiful things around him.
Billy GrahamI think it is a sin to look at another person as inferior to yourself because of race or because of ethnic background and I think the greatest thing to do is to pray that God will give you love for them and I do.
Billy GrahamThe foundations of civilization are no stronger and no more enduring than the corporate integrity of the homes on which they rest. If the home deteriorates, civilization will crumble and fall.
Billy GrahamThere are two great forces, God's force of good and the devil's force of evil, and I believe Satan is alive and he is working, and he is working harder than ever, and we have many mysteries that we don't understand.
Billy GrahamMen have discovered other philosophical and ethical systems, but they have not found another Jesus Christ. No one in history can match Him.
Billy GrahamI [will] not go to heaven because I am a preacher. I am going to heaven entirely on the merit of the work of Christ.
Billy GrahamYou cannot come to Christ unless the Spirit of God brings you. But what if you ignore His warnings? Then you are in the gravest danger, for some day God will no longer be speaking to you. Then it will be too late. Come to Christ while there is still time. Christ, God's greater Ark, stands ready to welcome you to safety today.
Billy GrahamTo paraphrase the Bible, what shall it profit a man (or a woman) who gains the whole world but loses his or her own family?
Billy GrahamDon't be a half-Christian. There are too many of such in the world. The world has a profound respect for people who are sincere in their faith.
Billy Grahamtherefore i live for today- certain of finding at sunrise guidance and strength for the way. power for each moment of weakness, hope for each moment of pain, comfort for every sorrow, sunshine and joy after rain!
Billy GrahamI think that if I would talk on a political subject, if I talk about it, it would divide the audience on that issue. That's not my issue.
Billy GrahamMay you also remember this Thanksgiving not only the obvious gifts that God has given you, but His spiritual blessings, as well. The greatest gift of all is Jesus Christ, and the salvation God offers us in Him.
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