Quotes from Billy Graham

We glorify Christ when we live for God—trusting, loving, and obeying Him.

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.

Make it your goal to become more like Christ by refusing to let sin have its way, and pursuing instead that which is pure and good in the sight of God.

Can people tell from the emphasis we attach to material things whether we have set our affection on things above, or whether we are primarily attached to this world?

Suppose there was no anger, no profanity, no lying, no grumbling or complaining; suppose there were no dirty stories told, no unjust criticism—what a different world this would be!

In our world, we give most of our attention to satisfying the appetites of the body and practically none to the soul. Consequently we are one-sided. We become fat physically and materially, while spiritually we are lean, weak, and anemic. The soul actually demands as much attention as the body. It demands fellowship and communion with God.

Angels] crisscross the Old and New Testaments, being mentioned directly or indirectly nearly 300 times.

We should begin the day with the Bible, and as it comes to a close let the Word speak its wisdom to our souls. Let it be the Staff of Life upon which our spirit is nourished. Let it be the Sword of the Spirit which cuts away the evil of our lives and fashions us in His image and likeness.

If there is something we need more than anything else during grief, it is a friend who stands with us, who doesn't leave us. Jesus is that friend.

Men cannot help that it is their nature to respond to the lewd, the salacious, and the vile. They will have difficulty doing otherwise until they are born again.

From the moment a child is born, the death process, and the fight against it, begins.

Pain has many faces . . .the unseen part of man is often the victim of the most debilitating of pains . . . a man can endure excruciating physical pain, and yet he can be felled by one unkind word.

The Lord] does go with us through our sufferings, and He awaits us as we emerge on the other side of the tunnel of testing—into the light of His glorious presence to live with Him forever!

The church does not prey on the lost; it prays for the perishing.

All around you are people whose lives are filled with trouble and sorrow, and they need your compassion and encouragement.

Everything we do should glorify God!

The central theme of the Bible is salvation, and the central personality of the Bible is Christ.

Death for [a Christian] is no accident. With God there are no accidents, no tragedies, and no catastrophes as far as His children are concerned.

There must be no discrepancy between what we say and what we do, between our walk and our talk.

Are you willing to follow [Christ] with a disciplined mind and tongue?

True faith and suffering frequently go hand-in-hand . . .Living for Christ, walking in His way, will not be an easy path.

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

The Gospel should never be dull, for it is the most exciting and relevant news we could ever receive. When we find it dull, it is a warning sign that something is going on inside us and we need to take action to correct it.

If the church is acceptable to this present age and is not suffering reproach, then it is not the true church that our Lord founded.