The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not, 'What a lovely sermon!' but 'I will do something.'
Billy Graham
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Billy Graham quotes
The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.
A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.
A real Christian is a person who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip.
Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion; it is like a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ.
Churchgoers are like coals in a fire. When they cling together, they keep the flame aglow; when they separate, they die out.
Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.
Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
Everybody has a little bit of Watergate in him.
God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.
God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, "I love you."
I just want to lobby for God.
I've read the last page of the Bible. It's all going to turn out all right.
If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life.
If we had more hell in the pulpit, we would have less hell in the pew.
No man ever loved like Jesus. He taught the blind to see and the dumb to speak. He died on the cross to save us. He bore our sins. And now God says, "Because He did, I can forgive you."
No one will do it for you.
Only those who want everything done for them are bored.
Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.
The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, 'O God, forgive me,' or 'Help me.'
The men who followed Him were unique in their generation. They turned the world upside down because their hearts had been turned right side up. The world has never been the same.
The most eloquent prayer is the prayer through hands that heal and bless. The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of praise is the sound of consecrated feet seeking out the lost and helpless.
The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not, 'What a lovely sermon!' but 'I will do something.'
There are nine orders of angels, to wit, angels, archangels, virtues, powers, principalities, dominations, thrones, cherubim, and seraphim.
There is nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess men.
When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.
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