Quotes from Billy Graham

As a person finds God's will for his or her life, matters of conscience can be handled with perception from the Holy Spirit.

Drinking has become one of the most serious social problems. It is basically the result of an attempt to escape from the responsibilities and realities of life.

Millions of professing Christians are only just that—"professing." They have never possessed Christ. They live lives characterized by the flesh.

Satan] will create a religion without a Redeemer. He will build a church without a Christ. He will call for worship without the Word of God.

You can trust Christ at this moment. The Bible says, "Now is the accepted time" [2 Corinthians 6:2 KJV]. Don't put it off. Don't say, "I'll think about it." Don't say, "I'll do it tomorrow." Do it right now. At this moment, say yes to Jesus Christ.

Young people are caught up in whatever appears to be the most bizarre. They look for truth and settle for folly. False religions and the occult are clever in reaching seekers who want to experience a rush of any kind.

Sometimes we get a little tired of the burdens of life, but it is exhilarating to know that Jesus Christ will meet us at the end of life's journey.

A senator once confided to me that the greatest need in Washington was the elimination of the cocktail party. He said: "It consumes so much of our time that we don't have time for matters of state.

Your eyes should never be lent to the devil; they belong to God. Be careful how you use your eyes!

En el mundo de hoy se enfatiza mucho el desarrollo del cuerpo y de la mente. Y aunque estas cosas son importantes, también tenemos un alma que necesita atención y cuidado. No somos solo cuerpo y mente; también tenemos un espíritu que fue creado a la imagen de Dios.

Ancient historians tell us that one of the symptoms of a declining civilization is a desexualization of the human race, with men becoming more effeminate and women becoming more masculine, not only in physical [appearance] but in their basic characters.

If you are a true Christian, you will not give way at home to bad temper, impatience, fault-finding, sarcasm, unkindness, suspicion, selfishness, or laziness.

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

God measures people by the small dimensions of humility and not by the bigness of their achievements or the size of their capabilities.

Don't rebel, but give God the opportunity to change your life and help you over the problems of youth, for they are many.

Are you disappointed with society? If you are, I challenge you to take the first step. I challenge you to look at yourself.

From a cleansed conscience emerges a changed life.

Volumes could be written on the problem of [drug] addiction. Millions of barbiturates are swallowed every night to help the nation sleep. Millions of tranquilizers keep us calm during the day. Millions of pep pills wake us up in the morning. The Bible warns that these flights from reality bring no lasting satisfaction.

If ever we are to study the Scriptures, if ever we are to spend time in prayer, if ever we are to win souls for Christ, if ever we are to invest our finances for His kingdom—it must be now.

Parents do overindulge their children, giving them a profusion of material things . . . without the stabilizing effects of earning one's way, of making decisions, of sweating hard to attain some kind of goal, young people are grievously handicapped.

The Bible does not teach that sin is completely eradicated from the Christian in this life, but it does teach that sin shall no longer reign over you.

In our spiritual pilgrimage we see sins which mar our relationship with God, but beneath it is a commitment which seeks to move beyond to a higher life, based on wholehearted surrender to God.

God has a plan and the devil has a plan, and you will have to decide which plan you are going to fit into.

Christianity is not an accretion, it is not something added. It is a new total outlook which is satisfied with nothing less than penetration to the furthest corners of the mind and the understanding.