Billy Graham Quotes

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Suppose someone should offer me a plateful of crumbs after I had eaten a T-bone steak. I would say, "No, thank you. I am already satisfied." Christian, that is the secret - you can be so filled with the things of Christ, so enamored with the things of God that you do not have time for the sinful pleasures of the world.

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Prayers have no boundaries. They can leap miles and continents and be translated instantly into any language.

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Prayer is more than a wish; it is the voice of faith directed to God.

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Each life is made up of mistakes and learning, waiting and growing, practicing patience and being persistent.

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For the Christian, all is not hopeless unless his affections are centered on the things of this world.

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Freedom of speech means nothing to a people who are too weak in their convictions to speak out against the evil that is eating at the heart of the nation like a cancer.

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When Christ's love fills our hearts, it puts selfishness on the run.

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The world's favorite verb is 'get'. The verb of the Christian is 'give'

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Hymns have been a powerful instrument of God to draw people closer to His Word and the saving riches therein.

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Truly, God works in mysterious ways. The wheels of His mercy and justice move quietly, but they do move.

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You can't change your past but you can change you destiny but deciding for Christ.

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We should ask ourselves three questions before we speak: Is it true? Is it kind? Does it glorify Christ?

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Our certainty that angels right now witness how we are walking through life should mightily influence the decisions we make. God is watching, and His angels are interested spectators too.

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The great comfort in knowing that angels minister to believers in Christ is that God Himself sends them to us.

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The happiness for which our souls ache is one undisturbed by success or failure, one which will root deeply inside us and give inward relaxation, peace, and contentment, no matter what the surface problems may be. That kind of happiness stands in need on no outward stimulus.

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Fear can paralyze us and keep us from believing God and stepping out in faith. The devil loves a fearful Christian!

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The word of God teaches that Christians suffer in order that they might glorify God in their lives.

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Faith that saves has one distinguishing quality: saving faith is a faith that produces obedience; it is a faith that brings about a way of life.

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What makes us Christians shrug our shoulders when we ought to be flexing our muscles? What makes us apathetic in a day when there are loads to lift, a world to be won and captives to be set free? Why are so many bored when the times demand action?

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Only as we bow in contrition, confession, and repentance at the foot of the cross, can we find forgiveness. There is the grace of God.

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Be assured that there is no sin you have ever committed that the blood of Jesus Christ cannot cleanse.

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Live each day as if it were your last for some day it will be.

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Faith grows when it is planted in the fertile soil of God's Word.

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Old age may have its limitations and challenges, but in spite of them, our latter years can be some of the most rewarding and fulfilling of our lives.

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'God is Love' means that He tries constantly to block your route to destruction.

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If Jesus had not risen from the dead, no right-minded person would have glorified anything so hideous and repulsive as a cross stained with the blood of Jesus.An unopened grave would never have opened heaven.

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I realize that my ministry would someday come to an end. I am only one in a glorious chain of men and women God has raised up through the centuries to build Christ's church and take the Gospel everywhere.

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The greatest need in the world is the transformation of human nature. We need a new heart that will not have lust and greed and hate in it. We need a heart filled with love and peace and joy, and that is why Jesus came into the world.

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Take your eyes and your ears and your hands and your feet and your thoughts and your heart: Give them completely to Christ

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God will never send anybody to hell. If man goes to hell, he goes by his own free choice.

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