Billy Graham Quotes

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When we grieve over someone who has died in Christ, we are sorrowing not for them, but for ourselves. Our grief isn't a sign of weak faith, but of great love.

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Christ did not suffer and die to offer cheap grace. Jesus did not go willingly to the cross so we could have an easy life or offer a faith built on easy-believism. As someone once said, 'Salvation is free, but not cheap.' It cost Jesus His life.

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Don'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.

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The thing that kept Christ on that cross was love, not the nail.

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The motive of grace is the infinite, compassionate love of a merciful God, but the work of grace was the death of Christ on the cross.

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To the Christian death is the exchanging of a tent for a building.

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Much of the philosophy of religious education has been based upon a false premise, and perhaps many have missed the essence of Christian experience, having had religious training take its place.

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As this New Year begins, ask God to help you tune your life every day to His Word, so you can bring harmony and joy to those around you.

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Think of working forever at something you love to do, for one you love with all your heart, and never getting tired! We will never know weariness in heaven.

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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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Don't miss what the Lord has in store for those who love Him and are willing to let Him be the Master of their lives.

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The Bible teaches that faith is the only approach that we have to God. No man has sins forgiven, no man goes to heaven, no man has assurance of peace and happiness, until he has faith in Jesus Christ.

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Salvation is free! God puts no price tag on the Gift of gifts.

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Angels belong to a uniquely different dimension of creation which we, limited to the natural order, can scarcely comprehend.

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If we have no mercy toward others, that is one proof that we have never experienced God's mercy.

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God will not force himself upon us against our will. If we want his love, we need to believe in him. We need to make a definite, positive act of commitment and surrender to the love of God. No one can do it for us.

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The men upon whose shoulders rested the initial responsibility of Christianizing the world came to Jesus with one supreme request. They did not say, 'Lord, teach us to preach'; Lord, teach us to do miracles,' or 'Lord, teach us to be wise'...but they said, 'Lord, teach us to pray.'

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No matter what trials we face, Christ never leaves us. He is with us every step of the way!

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The Holy Spirit illuminates the minds of people, makes us yearn for God, and takes spiritual truth and makes it understandable to us.

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I am conscious of the fact that the subject of hell is not a very pleasant one. It is very unpopular, controversial and misunderstood.... As a minister, I must deal with it. I cannot ignore it.

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Don't let failure or disappointment cut you off from God or make you think that the future is hopeless. When God closes one door, He often opens another door - if we seek it.

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The most remarkable thing about suffering is that God can use it for our good.

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Not only are we comforted in our trials, but our trials can equip us to comfort others.

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It 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.

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A life touched by the Holy Spirit will tolerate sin no longer.

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Every human being is under construction from conception to death.

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God does not discipline us to subdue us, but to condition us for a life of usefulness and blessedness.

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Someday your life will be over, no matter how much attention you give to your health. Will you look back with regret, because you nourished your body but starved your soul?

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In one bold stroke, forgiveness obliterates the past and permits us to enter the land of new beginnings.

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Your salvation depends on what [Christ] has done for you, not on what you do for Him. It isn't your hold on God that saves you. It's His hold on you.

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