Quotes by Evangelists - Page 12

Thousands of Christians compromise their faith in Jesus Christ by denying Him. Even some clergymen neglect or deliberately refuse to close a public prayer in the name of Jesus for fear of offending an unbeliever. They cannot endure the persecution that may follow an acknowledgment of Jesus Christ.
Billy Graham
Fear can paralyze us and keep us from believing God and stepping out in faith. The devil loves a fearful Christian!
Billy Graham
New morality is nothing more than the old immorality brought up to date.
Billy Graham
Be sure that your motive in praying is to glorify God.
Billy Graham
One of our most deep-seated fears is that we might be called an “outsider.” This fear has led us down the road to conformity, has put the imprint of “the organization man” on our souls, and has robbed us of originality of thought, individuality of personality, and constructive action.
Billy Graham
In searching for ways to bridge the generation gap, there is no doubt that we, as parents, will have to practice what we preach, by striving more to bring our conduct into line with our code of beliefs.
Billy Graham
Blood is mentioned 460 times in the Bible. Fourteen times in the New Testament Jesus spoke of His own blood. Why? Because by the shedding of His blood, He accomplished the possibility of our salvation.
Billy Graham
We should say nothing that we would not wish to say in His Presence. We should do nothing that we would not do in His Presence.
Billy Graham
Someday your children will leave; you can’t hold on to them or control them forever, nor should you.
Billy Graham
When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
Billy Graham
Some people have a warped idea of living the Christian life. Seeing talented, successful Christians, they attempt to imitate them. For them, the grass on the other side of the fence is always greener. But when they discover that their own gifts are different or their contributions are more modest (or even invisible), they collapse in discouragement and overlook genuine opportunities that are open to them. They have forgotten that they are here to serve Christ, not themselves.
Billy Graham
Only by a life of obedience to the voice of the Spirit, by a daily denying of self, by full dedication to Christ, and by constant fellowship with Him are we enabled to live a godly life and an influential life in this present ungodly world.
Billy Graham
Faith is nothing at all tangible. ... It is simply believing God and like sight it is nothing apart from its object. You might as well shut your eyes and look inside and see whether you have sight as to look inside to discover whether you have faith.
Hannah Whitall Smith
When we know Him, we can be sure God hears our prayers.
Billy Graham
Many of us have no appetite for spiritual things because we are absorbed in the sinful pleasures of this world. We have been eating too many of the devil’s delicacies.
Billy Graham
A false religion is like the imitation of high fashion. The very presence of counterfeits proves the existence of the real. There would be no imitations without a genuine product. God’s original design has always had imitators and counterfeits!
Billy Graham
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.
Billy Graham
When Rome was at the height of her glory and power, there appeared a disturbing sect called Christians. Because of a fire that burned within them, these people dared to be different . . . they refused to be defiled by the sensual practices of a disintegrating civilization. In a period when human life was cheap, they put a high value upon human beings, their souls, and their destiny. These Christians refused to be absorbed into the godless society of Rome. They had not heard of the rule that we hear today, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
Billy Graham
Many people are willing to have Jesus as part of their lives—as long as it doesn’t cost them anything. They may even profess faith in Jesus and join a church. But Jesus to them is almost like an insurance policy—something they obtain and then forget about until they die. What keeps you from being His disciple?
Billy Graham
The devil will try to discourage you, to divert you; he will seek to dilute your testimony; he will attempt anything to destroy your relationship to Christ and your influence upon others.
Billy Graham
We are like a people under [a] sentence of death, waiting for the date to be set. We sense that something is about to happen.We know that things cannot go on as they are. History has reached an impasse. We are now on a collision course. Something is about to give.
Billy Graham
There are things I can't force. I must adjust.
CM. Ward
Faith actually means surrender and commitment to the claims of Christ. It means an acknowledgment of sin and a turning to Christ.
Billy Graham
When suffering comes, learn to trust each day into God’s hands . . . let your lips be filled with prayer and praise.
Billy Graham
The blessing of knowledge becomes a curse when we pervert it.
Billy Graham
No one spoke more about hell than Jesus did, and the hell He came to save men from was not only a hell on earth . . .it was something to come.
Billy Graham
God prescribes the remedy for the ills of the human race. That remedy is personal faith and commitment to Jesus Christ. The remedy is to be born again.
Billy Graham
All mankind is sitting on Death Row. How we die or when is not the main issue, but where [we] go after death.
Billy Graham
A life taught in the Scriptures, and tuned in to God in prayer, produces an outflowing of grace and power.
Billy Graham
God knew that children grow and mature best in a stable, loving family, and this was one reason He gave marriage to us.
Billy Graham
A friend of mine defines prayer as “a declaration of dependence.
Billy Graham
The Bible teaches that Satan is the author of sin. Sin is the reason we have afflictions, including death. All of our problems and our suffering are a result of man’s rebellionagainst God. But God has provided a rescue in His Son.
Billy Graham
Christianity is being compared with other religions as never before. Some so-called Christian leaders even advocate the working out of a system of morals, ethics, and religion that would bring together all the religions of the world. It cannot be done. Jesus Christ is unique.
Billy Graham
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? Christ told us that in the last days there would be an insipid attitude toward life.
Billy Graham
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.
Billy Graham
Christians should never have a political party. It is a huge mistake to become married to an ideology, because the greatest enemy of the gospel is ideology. Ideology is a man-made format of how the world ought to work, and Christians instead believed in the revealing truth Scripture.
Charles W. Colson
Most of us do not understand nuclear fission, but we accept it . . . Why is it so easy to accept manmade miracles and so difficult to accept the miracles of the Bible?
Billy Graham
The focus on self has led our society into a fascination with pleasure, emotional and sexual stimulation, and “personal fulfillment.” America’s compulsion for “maximum personhood” is evidenced everywhere.
Billy Graham
Nothing in our lives takes God by surprise.
Billy Graham
The ability to rejoice in any situation is a sign of spiritual maturity.
Billy Graham
Death is said in the Bible to be a coronation for the Christian.
Billy Graham
We have changed our moral code to fit our behavior instead of changing our behavior to harmonize with God’s moral code.
Billy Graham
The truth is that others judge us. More than that, they evaluate the truth of the Gospel by what they see of our lives and our integrity. [We] must make every effort to be above all suspicion in the matter of finances and statistics. We are not only accountable to God’s people, but also to our Master (see Acts 24:16).
Billy Graham
Many Christians want the benefits of their belief, but they hesitate at the cost of discipleship.
Billy Graham
I trust Jesus with all my tomorrows, knowing that He will solve the mystery of life beyond the grave.
Billy Graham
We have become so tolerant and accepting of the world’s ways that it is hard for many in the church to notice the sin much less answer how it crept in. The church is to be in the world, but worldliness is not to infiltrate the church.
Billy Graham
I was afraid to let other make any decisions, because I had no confidence they would be concerned for me.
Joyce Meyer
Do you want to know what God’s will is for you? It is for you to become more and more like Christ. This is spiritual maturity, and if you make this your goal, it will change your life.
Billy Graham
When we all stand before the judgment seat of Christ, we will have our true motives revealed.
Billy Graham
Satan] invades the Sunday school, the Bible class, and even the pulpit. He even invades the church under cover of an orthodox vocabulary, emptying sacred terms of their biblical sense.
Billy Graham
True prayer is a way of life, not just for use in cases of emergency. Make it a habit, and when the need arises you will be in practice.
Billy Graham
God’s followers need to know the truth He sets forth in His Word so that we can confidently discern between His truth and Satan’s lies.
Billy Graham
Envy and greed always—always—exact a terrible price. I have never met an envious or greedy person who was at peace.
Billy Graham
True freedom consists not in the freedom to sin, but the freedom not to sin.
Billy Graham
Christians who are strong in the faith grow as they accept whatever God allows to enter their lives.
Billy Graham
I am never lonely when I am sharing [Christ] with others. There is a great exhilaration in talking to others about [Him].
Billy Graham
The God who loved us enough to die for us when we cared nothing for him is not about to shortchange us in life.
Paul E. Little
There is no such thing as a “social gospel.” It is a misnomer. There is only one Gospel. “If any man preach any other gospel unto you . . .let him be accursed” [Galatians 1:9 KJV].
Billy Graham
There are storms in your own life: storms oftemptation, confusion, and difficulty . . .An uneasy conscience says, “Stop before it is too late!
Billy Graham
In His thirty-three years on earth, Jesus suffered with man; on the cross He suffered for man.
Billy Graham