Billy Graham Quotes

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Only when we understand the holiness of God will we understand the depth of our sin.

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Scripture tells us that there will be signs pointing toward the return of the Lord. I believe all these signs are evident today.

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Out of pain and problems have come the sweetest songs, the most poignant poems, the most gripping stories.

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In some ways, Christians are homeless. Our true home is waiting for us, prepared by the Lord Jesus Christ.

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It was not the people or the Roman soldiers who put Jesus on the cross - it was your sins and my sins that made it necessary for Him to volunteer His death.

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True greatness is not measured by the headlines a person commands or the wealth he or she accumulates. The inner character of a person-the undergirding moral and spiritual values and commitments-is the true measure of lasting greatness.

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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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God's holiness demands that sin be punished - but God's love has provided the way of redemption through Christ.

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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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Talk about God can become dreary and lackluster if God isn't in you.

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Someday a loving Hand will be laid upon our shoulder and this brief message will be given: "Come home.

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Our little things are all big to God's love; our big things are all small to His power.

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The Evangelistic Harvest is always urgent. The destiny of men and of nations is always being decided. Every generation is strategic. We are not responsible for the past generation, and we cannot bear the full responsibility for the next one; but we do have our generation. God will hold us responsible as to how well we fulfill our responsibilities to this age and take advantage of our opportunities.

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

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Every human being is under construction from conception to death.

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

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

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

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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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By faith I accepted Him for what He claimed to be, the Son of the Living God. That simple decision changed my life, and I have seen it change the lives of countless others across the world.

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Knowing we will be with Christ forever far outweighs our burdens today! Keep your eyes on eternity!

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A suffering person does not need a lecture - he needs a listener.

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We never know when we too will be called into eternity. I doubt if even one of those people who got on those planes or walked into the World Trade Center or the Pentagon last Tuesday morning thought it would be the last day of their lives. They didn't - it didn't occur to them. And that's why each of us needs to face our own spiritual need and commit ourselves to God and his will now.

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Prayer is speaking to God - but sometimes He uses our times of prayerful silence to speak to us in return.

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The Bible is to your soul what bread is to your body. You need it daily. One good meal does not suffice for a lifetime.

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The resurrection blasts apart the finality of death, providing an alternative to the stifling, settling dust of death and opens the way to new life.

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Life itself, every bit of health that we enjoy, every hour of liberty and free enjoyment, the ability to see, to hear, to speak, to think, and to imagine- all this comes from the hand of God. We show our gratitude by giving back to Him a part of that which He has given to us.

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