Billy Graham Quotes - Page 15

God wants us to know His will and He reveals it to us both through the Bible and through the guidance of His Holy Spirit. Seek God’s will when you pray, and He will help you know it.

Immorality is glorified today. The Scripture teaches that God hates immorality! The ideal of purity is scorned, immorality is laughed at in school—“God is old-fashioned!” What else can we expect but that thousands of our young people are growing up to be immoral?7

Until you actually possess true peace with God, no one can describe its wonders to you.

Too many times we are concerned with how much, instead of how little, like this [world] we can become.

The church is far greater than [a building or denomination]. It includes the whole family of God—that vast unseen fellowship of men and women throughout the ages who belong to Christ. Paul wrote of “God’s household, which is the church of the living God” [1 Timothy 3:15 NIV).

The unpardonable sin involves the total and irrevocable rejection of Jesus Christ.

Our families cannot choose Christ for us. Our friends cannot do it. God is a great God, but even God can’t make the decision for us . . .we have to make our own choice.

One of the primary goals in life should be to prepare for death. Everything else should be secondary.

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.

Discover the Bible for yourself.

God will give us the strength and resources we need to live through any situation in life that He ordains.

Most people are living for today with barely a thought of eternity.

The fact that immorality is rampant throughout the nation doesn’t make it right!

God requires something of us. We must confess our spiritual poverty, renounce our sins, and turn by faith to His Son, Jesus Christ. When we do that, we are born again. He gives us a new nature. He puts a little bit of heaven down in our souls.

Patience graciously, compassionately and with understanding, judges the faults of others without unjust criticism.

Satan rejoices when we are inconsistent, because he knows that an inconsistent Christian is an ineffective Christian—or worse.

[God] can help you begin to rebuild your marriage and your life if you will let Him rule in your life.

I find something new in the Bible every time I read it . . . that can be the experience of everyone who comes to it wanting to discover more of God’s truth.

As men and women seek to find independence from God, they have lost a sense of purpose in life. The worth of human personality is often equated with what we do for a living. However, a person’s occupation, community standing, or bank account is not what is important in God’s eyes.

The law enables us to see ourselves as morally dirty and in need of cleansing. But it also points us to the place of cleansing: the cross of Christ.

Repeated disappointment almost always triggers a series of other reactions: discouragement, anger, frustration, bitterness, resentment, even depression. Unless we learn to deal with disappointment, it will rob us of joy and poison our souls.

Before you “re-think” your faith, it may be wise to examine the critics of the Bible. In the end your faith will be even stronger.

Love your children—and let them know you love them. Children who experience love find it far easier to believe God loves them.

Happiness is a choice, but grief is a certainty.

Some of the strongest warnings about judgment in the Bible come from the lips of Jesus.

At its deepest level, prayer is fellowship with God: enjoying His company, waiting upon His will, thanking Him for His mercies . . . listening in the silence for what He has to say to us.

We will be judged according to our ability. The retired couple who count the offering every Sunday, never divulging the amount anyone in the congregation contributes, will not be tested in the same way as the millionaire who wants an inscription on the stained glass window, so everyone will know who donated it. Some of the most severe tests will be given to the [preachers] for the way in which they handled the Word of God. There will be no reward for leading others astray in lifestyle or in doctrine through false teaching.

In your own mind-darkened, will-paralyzed, conscience-dulled soul, God can make the light penetrate and turn the darkness of your own life into day, if you will let Him.

The world judges the Christian by his life, not by his belief.

Unless the church quickly recovers the authoritative biblical message, we may witness the spectacle of millions of Christians going outside the institutional church to find spiritual food.

My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world.

God never leads us to do anything that is contrary to the Bible.

If we in the church want a cause to fight, let’s fight sin. Let’s reveal its hideousness. Let’s show that Jeremiah was correct when e said: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked” [Jeremiah 17:9 NKJV].

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.

If people paid more attention to death, eternity, and judgment, there would be more holy living on earth.

When God speaks to us, He should have our full attention.

Only the Holy Spirit can give us peace in the midst of the storms of restlessness and despair. We should not grieve our Guide by indulging in worry or paying undue attention to self.

The church is in turmoil today. The church is not to reflect the world but to be a portrait of Jesus Christ.

Pride is associated with failure, not success. We hear a great deal about the inferiority complex, but the superiority complex of pride is seldom spoken of . . .The greatest act of humility . . .was when Jesus Christ stooped to die on the cross of Calvary.

The Internal Revenue Service wants a record of how you spend your money, but that is nothing compared to the books God is keeping.

Parents, pray that God may crown your home with grace and mercy.

Temptation: Recognize it for what it is, and then reject it—immediately and without compromise.

Allow the resurrected Christ to allocate your time as His own . . . and have complete right-of-way throughout your being.

Ninety-five percent of the difficulties you will experience as a Christian can be traced to a lack of Bible study and reading.

You cannot argue with [Satan], for he is the greatest debater of all time.

Not everyone Jesus tried to turn back from the brink of destruction responded—nor will they with us.

You should no more allow sinful imaginations to accumulate in your mind and soul than you would let garbage collect in your living room.

When worry is present, trust cannot crowd its way in.

Pray for wisdom to deal with whatever is worrying you. Pray that God will act to change the circumstances according to His will. He doesn’t always do what we want Him to—but He knows what’s best for us, and He can be trusted.

We have arrived at the point where we are flippant about God. We tell jokes about Him. God’s name is used so often in profanity in the entertainment world that sometimes it is embarrassing to watch television.

Prayer is more than a plea, it is a place where we must spend time if we are to learn its power.

As the Constitution is the highest law of the land [in America], so the Bible is the highest law of God. For it is in the Bible that God sets forth His spiritual laws. It is in the Bible that God makes His enduring promises. It is in the Bible that God reveals the plan of redemption for the human race.

Because of the brevity of life, the Bible warns that we should be prepared to meet God at all times.

We live in a hostile world that constantly seeks to pull us away from God.

An evangelist is like a newscaster on television or a journalist writing for a newspaper . . . except that the evangelist’s mission is to tell the Good News that never changes.

It is unfair to attribute virtues beyond a person’s true character.

Delighting in the Lord alters the desires.

The essence of sin is self-will—placing ourselves at the center of our lives instead of Christ.

The mourning of inadequacy is a weeping that catches the attention of God . . .The happiest day of my life was when I realized that my own ability, my own goodness, my own morality was insufficient in the sight of God; and I publicly and openly acknowledged my need of Christ.

We’re heading for a world showdown, a worldwide confrontation. If we think we can solve our problems without God, then we’re living in a fool’s paradise.