Quotes by Evangelists - Page 27

[Christ’s] goodness is still a rebuke to our badness; His purity still shows up our impurities; His sinlessness still reveals our sinfulness; and unless we allow [Jesus] to destroy the evil within us, the evil within us still wants to destroy Him. This is the conflict of the ages.
Billy Graham
Though the Christian has no immunity from death and no claim to perpetual life on this planet, death is to him a friend rather than a foe, the beginning rather than the end, another step on the pathway to heaven rather than a leap into a dark unknown.
Billy Graham
Have you fallen into the world’s trap, following its self-indulgent goals and driven by its self-centered motives? It can happen without you even being aware of it. Make sure Christ is first in your life, and make it your goal to live according to His Word.
Billy Graham
Christians are not powerless. We have the mighty power of God available through God the Holy Spirit, even in this world.
Billy Graham
My job is to preach the Gospel, which has the power to change men’s lives from the inside out.
Billy Graham
If you are going to walk with Jesus Christ, you are going to be opposed.... In our days, to be a true Christian is really to become a scandal.
George Whitefield
Guard your tongue, and use it for good instead of evil. How many marriages or friendships have been destroyed because of criticism that spiraled out of control? How many relationships have broken down because of a word spoken thoughtlessly or in anger? A harsh word can’t be taken back; no apology can fully repair its damage.
Billy Graham
Whatever is unlike Christ in conduct, speech, or disposition grieves the Spirit of grace.
Billy Graham
It may shock some parents to learn that we don’t own our children. God has given them to us in trust . . . however, God may transfer our children to His home at any time.
Billy Graham
I come in contact with mixed-up people, young men and women caught in the anguish of their own unpreparedness, intellectuals who have been seduced by false science, and rich men held in the grip of insecurity. They have no commitment to any goal. They lack an anchorage for their real self. And I long to take every one of them by the hand and lead them into the presence of the One who said, “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” [Matthew 11:28 KJV].
Billy Graham
Patience is part of true Christlikeness, something we so often admire in others without demanding it of ourselves.
Billy Graham
As Christians, we are not to get our worlds mixed up . . . We are not to mingle with the world, but we are to witness to the world.
Billy Graham
There are many irritations in life. They become prime opportunities for Satan to lead us into evil passion. Keep anger clear of bitterness, spite, or hatred.
Billy Graham
To injure, ignore, disrespect, and violate the innocence of a child are among the greatest evils known to man.
Billy Graham
If [Jesus] felt that He had to pray, how much more do we need to pray!
Billy Graham
Oh that we would hunger to be filled with the Word of God; for there is no greater armor, no greater strength, no greater assurance that He is with us, and in us, when we go forth in battle equipped and nourished by His instruction and determined to stand firm on His promises.
Billy Graham
A true servant of God is someone who helps another succeed.
Billy Graham
If anything has been accomplished through my life, it has been solely God’s doing, not mine, and He—not I—must get the credit.
Billy Graham
God’s standard is expressed in the Bible, and the ultimate example of that standard is Jesus Christ. When we live by the truth, we possess integrity.
Billy Graham
Each of us has a tongue and a voice. These instruments of speech can be used destructively or employed constructively.
Billy Graham
Only the forward-looking Christian remains sincerely optimistic and joyful, knowing that Christ will win in the end.
Billy Graham
Only one answer will give a person the certain privilege, the joy, of entering heaven. “Because I have believed in Jesus Christ and accepted Him as my Savior.
Billy Graham
Don’t give Satan a foothold, but discipline yourself to stay close to God. He alone is your security.
Billy Graham
Be a good witness by the way you live. The way we live is often more convincing than the words we say.
Billy Graham
Persecution may wear an insulting face. Insults may come as a result of a Christian’s lifestyle, which should be different from that of the secular world.
Billy Graham
Do not be content to skim through a chapter [of the Bible] merely to satisfy your conscience. Hide the Word of God in your heart.
Billy Graham
Where students talk about being independent and on their own, you will find them practicing the most rigid conformity in dress, in speech, in moral attitudes, and in thinking. Sometimes they follow fashion at the expense of integrity. They dread to be alone. They do not want to stand out or be different. They want to conform. After they graduate from college, many of these young people want nothing more than a good job with a big firm, and a home somewhere in suburbia. But they don’t find security.
Billy Graham
A good marriage is not “made in heaven,” but on earth. Love is a fragile commodity which needs to be cultivated and nourished constantly.
Billy Graham
Our voices, our service, and our abilities are to be employed, primarily, for the glory of God.
Billy Graham
I am not where I need to be, but, thank God, I am not where I used to be.
Joyce Meyer
Do you really want happiness? Then you will have to pay the price of humbling yourself at the foot of the cross and receiving Christ as Savior.
Billy Graham
It is unbelief that shuts the door to heaven and opens it to hell. It is unbelief that rejects the Word of God and refuses Christ as Savior. It is unbelief that causes men to turn a deaf ear to the Gospel.
Billy Graham
Prayer by itself is like a diet without protein! Prayer is important to our spiritual growth— but of even greater importance is God’s Word, the Bible.
Billy Graham
Your future does not hinge on the world situation, however grim it might become. It depends on what happened 2,000 years ago at the cross and your acceptance or rejection of the Prince of Peace.
Billy Graham
Sin is often, if not always, the perversion of something good. In the midst of all our sinning, though, God is willing to forgive us, change us,and give us a new power to overcome that sin.
Billy Graham
God urges us to bring our concerns to Him—not just petitions about our own needs, but also intercessions for others. [The apostle] Paul said . . . “Brothers, pray for us” [1 Thessalonians 5:25 NIV].
Billy Graham
Jesus expects one hundred percent surrender, and when that is accomplished He rewards a thousandfold.
Billy Graham
There are two masters, and you have to choose which master you are going to serve.
Billy Graham
If we are to have our prayers answered, we must give God the glory.
Billy Graham
The influence of sin touches the innocent as well as the guilty.
Billy Graham
Popularity and adulation are far more dangerous for the Christian than persecution. It is easy when all goes smoothly to lose our sense of balance and perspective.
Billy Graham
There are so many professing Christians who are walking hand in hand with the world that you cannot tell the difference between the Christian and the unbeliever. This should never be.
Billy Graham
When you truly love someone, you want to please and honor them by the way you act. How you treat someone shows whether or not you really care about them.
Billy Graham
The same conditions that prevailed in Rome prevail in our society. Before Rome fell, her standards were abandoned, the family disintegrated, divorce prevailed, immorality was rampant, and faith was at a low ebb.
Billy Graham
Christ needs people today who are made of martyr stuff! Dare to take a strong, uncompromised stand for Him.
Billy Graham
It is no accident that the words discipline and disciple resemble each other in the English language. The most common word in the Gospels for a Christian is disciple.
Billy Graham
Every law that God has given has been for man’s benefit. If man breaks it, he is not only rebelling against God; he is hurting himself.
Billy Graham
Christ did not die by accident. He died voluntarily in our place.
Billy Graham
Satan will thrash about in one last burst of evil,hoping to capture as many souls as possible before his inevitable end.
Billy Graham
Prayer is not an option but a necessity.
Billy Graham
During all my years as an evangelist,my message has always been the Gospel of Christ.It is not a Western religion, nor is it a message of one culture or political system . , .it is a message of life and hope for all the world.
Billy Graham
The heart symbolizes the center of our moral, spiritual, and intellectual life. It is the seat of our conscience and life.
Billy Graham
In our desire to make Christ known and to increase the influence of the church, we are many times prone to think that Christians and the church can be made popular with the unbelieving world. This is a grave mistake on the part of the church.
Billy Graham
The Bible warns us against greed and selfishness, it does encourage frugality and thrift.
Billy Graham
Without the resurrection, the cross is meaningless.
Billy Graham
When something brings profit or pleasure to us, we are inclined to call evil good, even if we know it is dead wrong.
Billy Graham
In Christ the middle wall of partition has been broken down. There is no Jew, no Gentile—no black, white, yellow, or red. We could be one great brotherhood in Jesus Christ. However, until we come to recognize Him as the Prince of Peace and receive His love in our hearts, the racial tensions will increase, racial demands will become more militant, and a great deal of blood will be shed. The race problem could become another flame out of control!
Billy Graham
My visits to Hungary over the past twelve years absolutely fixed my conviction that God’s Holy Spirit was releasing a spiritual force in that part of the world that was bound to challenge the atheistic philosophy that had dominated nations in that region for decades.
Billy Graham
It is important to realize that a person with the gift of discernment can often tell the difference between what is of God and what is not. Such a person can often point out false teachings or false teachers—he has an almost uncanny ability to perceivehypocrisy, shallowness, deceit, or phoniness.
Billy Graham
We are told in Scripture that there will be signs pointing toward the return of the Lord.I believe that we see those signs in the world today. I believe that the coming of the Lord is near.
Billy Graham