Quotes by Evangelists - Page 23

Evangelism is not a calling reserved exclusively for the clergy. I believe one of the greatest priorities of the church today is to mobilize the laity to do the work of evangelism.
Billy Graham
We have some of the finest civil rights laws in the world, but they have not solved our racial problems. Why? Because we need a change of heart and attitude, Jesus said, “You must be born again” [John 3:7].
Billy Graham
Nothing can calm our souls more or better prepare us for life’s challenges than time spent alone with God.
Billy Graham
I’m afraid most Bibles remain unopened and unread. Don’t let this be true of yours!
Billy Graham
Prayer means that we have come boldly into the throne room and we are standing in His presence.
E.W. Kenyon
As long as Satan is loose in the world and our hearts are dominated by his evil passions, it will never be easy or popular to be a follower of Christ.
Billy Graham
We have glamorized vice and minimized virtue. We have played down gentleness, manners, and morals—while we have played up rudeness, savagery, and vice . . . and the philosophy of “might is right.
Billy Graham
[Angels] crisscross the Old and New Testaments, being mentioned directly or indirectly nearly 300 times.
Billy Graham
Learn to take sin seriously—be on guard against it and resist its tug, fight its power. But most of all learn to take the Holy Spirit seriously, calling on Him to help you overcome sin’s power and live a holy and godly life.
Billy Graham
One of these days some simple soul will pick up the book of God, read it, and believe it. Then the rest of us will be embarrassed.
Leonard Ravenhill
Many people today have discarded the Bible’s clear teaching on sexual relations outside of marriage, simply because they are absorbed only in their own pleasures and desires.
Billy Graham
Prayer reaches out in love to a dying world and says "I care."
Dick Eastman
Complain and remain. Praise and be raised.
Joyce Meyer
As husband and wife, to have a happy life together, you must have confidence and respect, and you must have substantial agreement in your faith.
Billy Graham
It has always been a mark of decaying civilizations to become obsessed with sex. When people lose their way, their purpose, their will, and their goals, as well as their faith . . . they go “a whoring.” It is a form of diversion that requires no thought, no character, and no restraint.
Billy Graham
Only God Himself fully appreciates the influence of a Christian mother in the molding of character in her children.
Billy Graham
We are to pray in times of adversity, lest we become faithless and unbelieving. We are to pray in times of prosperity, lest we become boastful and proud. We are to pray in times of danger, lest we become fearful and doubting. We need to pray in times of security, lest we become self-sufficient.
Billy Graham
We are to be catch basins for the fullness of God. Like a freshly running spring, we are to overflow and let our lives touch the lives of those around us.
Billy Graham
I wonder why it is that we are not all kinder to each other. ... How much the world needs it! How easily it is done!
Henry Drummond
As much as we hate to admit it, we are sinners by birth. We are also sinners by choice. We are also sinners by practice.
Billy Graham
Many a criminal has finally given himself over to the authorities because the accusations of a guilty conscience were worse than prison bars.
Billy Graham
When brothers and sisters in Christ unite in the common bond of the Word of God and prayer, they are strengthened in their faith and witness.
Billy Graham
The first and second commandments are the only therapy the world has ever needed. “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind . . . Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself” [Matthew 22:37, 39 KJV].
Billy Graham
A suffering person does not need a lecture—he needs a listener.
Billy Graham
How do we prepare for that last day? Before we embark on our final trip, have we left an earthly home in a state of chaos or a condition of order?
Billy Graham
Through the written Word we discover the Living Word—Jesus Christ.
Billy Graham
Confidentiality is the essence of being trusted.
Billy Graham
Whether or not we sense and feel the presence of the Holy Spirit or one of the holy angels, by faith we are certain God will never leave us or forsake us.
Billy Graham
By [Christ’s] resurrection life, He gives us the power over the tendency to sin as we allow Him to control our lives.
Billy Graham
As long as we are on this earth, we possess dual citizenship. On one hand we owe allegiance to our nation and are called to be good citizens. But we are also citizens of the kingdom of God. Our supreme loyalty is to Him.
Billy Graham
There are many religions in the world, and they have developed because various people have had various ideas about God. Christianity makes a unique claim . . . we can know God because He came to us in human form in the person of His Son, Jesus Christ.
Billy Graham
Our schedules are so hectic we can’t get everything done, or else we are bored and restless, constantly looking for something to amuse us. We are the most frantic generation in history—and also the most entertained. The Bible tells us that both extremes are wrong.
Billy Graham
Heaven has no clocks or calendars, and time will be no more [Revelation 10:6].
Billy Graham
We constantly pass up the rich and beautiful and ennobling experiences and seek out the tawdry, the cheap, and the degrading. These are the works of the devil, and they flourish on every side!
Billy Graham
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!
Billy Graham
Nothing can replace a daily time spent alone with God in prayer. We can also be in an attitude of prayer throughout the day—sitting in a car or at our desks, working in the kitchen, even talking with someone on the phone.
Billy Graham
Anger flees when the Spirit’s fruit fills our hearts.
Billy Graham
The church is a storehouse of spiritual food whereby the inner man is fed, nourished, and developed into maturity. If it fails, it is not fulfilling its purpose as a church.
Billy Graham
People who cannot restrain their own baser instincts, who cannot treat one another with civility, are not capable of self-government... without virtue, a society can be ruled only by fear, a truth that tyrants understand all too well
Charles W. Colson
I learned that what happened to me did not have to define who I was. My past could not control my future unless I allowed it to.
Joyce Meyer
There is only one passion that can help us control the many other passions that plague us; that is the passion to know and obey God. When we get out of touch with Christ, we begin touching the things of the world, trying to fill the void that human flesh craves.
Billy Graham
Young people, look to your Bible when thinking about any matter, including getting married.
Billy Graham
Revelation is a pastor’s letter to his floundering flock, an urgent telegram bearing a brilliant battle plan for a people at war.
Billy Graham
The more we focus on who we are in Christ, the less it matters who we were in the past, or even what happened to us.
Joyce Meyer
Our prayers must be in accordance with the will of God for the simple reason that God knows better what is good for us than we know ourselves.
Billy Graham
The Holy Spirit illuminates the minds of people, makes us yearn for God, and takes spiritual truth and makes it understandable to us.
Billy Graham
[God] knows that an uncontrolled life is an unhappy life, so He puts reins on our wayward souls that they may be directed into the “paths of righteousness.
Billy Graham
There is hope for the alcoholic: God is able to deliver from this as well as any other addiction.
Billy Graham
Why did Jesus Christ leave heaven’s gloryand enter this sin-infested world? For one reason: to make our eternal salvation possible.
Billy Graham
I am convinced that hundreds of religious leaders throughout the world today are servants not of God, but of the Antichrist. They are wolves in sheep’s clothing; they are tares instead of wheat.
Billy Graham
Sin was conquered on the cross. [Christ’s] death is the foundation of our hope, the promise of our triumph!
Billy Graham
The Father is the source of all blessing, and the Son is the channel of all blessing, [and] it is through the Holy Spirit at work in us that all truth becomes living and operative in our lives.
Billy Graham
True conversion will involve the mind, the affection, and the will. There have been thousands of people who have been intellectually converted to Christ . . .but they have never been really converted to Him.
Billy Graham
One mistake does not have to rule a person's entire life.
Joyce Meyer
You can use your tongue to slander, to gripe, to scold, to nag, and to quarrel; or you can bring it under the control of God’s Spirit and make it an instrument of blessing and praise.
Billy Graham
Deep down inside I knew something was different . . .I wanted to tell others what had happened to me. I didn’t have any tears, I didn’t have any emotion, I didn’t hear any thunder, there was no lightning . . . but . . . I made my decision for Christ.
Billy Graham
Some Day Someone is going to pick up this book (The Bible) and believe it, and put us all to shame.
Leonard Ravenhill
Memorizing the Bible is most important. “Thinking God’s thoughts” will take the place of worried, anxious concerns.
Billy Graham
My home is in heaven. I’m just passing through this world.
Billy Graham
You can't live an obedient life and miss an adventure. Following the commands of Christ is not just about behavior. Behavior modification is not an end in itself in the New Testament. Transformation is about knowing the truth and the truth setting you free.
Beth Moore