Billy Graham Quotes - Page 27

When God forgives, there is an immediate andcomplete change in relationship. Instead of hostility, there is love and acceptance. Instead of enmity, there is friendship.
Billy Graham
Repent when you fail, and immediately seek God’s forgiveness and restoration. Sin breaks our fellowship with God.
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Guilt is not all bad. Without it there is nothing to drive a person toward self-examination and toward God for forgiveness.
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In one bold stroke, forgiveness obliterates the past and permits us to enter the land of new beginnings.
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Forgiveness does not come easily to us, especially when someone we have trusted betrays our trust. And yet if we do not learn to forgive, we will discover that we can never really rebuild trust.
Billy Graham
Heaven is full of answers to prayer for which no one ever bothered to ask!
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Many times I have been driven to prayer. When I was in Bible school I didn’t know what to do with my life. I used to walk the streets . . . and pray, sometimes for hours at a time. In His timing, God answered those prayers, and since then prayer has been an essential part of my life.
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I have never met anyone who spent time in daily prayer, and in the study of the Word of God, and was strong in faith, who was ever discouraged for very long.
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If there are any tears shed in heaven, they will be over the fact that we prayed so little.
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In the morning, prayer is the key that opens to usthe treasures of God’s mercies and blessings; in the evening, it is the key that shuts us up under His protection and safeguard.
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No matter where we are, God is as close as a prayer. He is our support and our strength. He will help us make our way up again from whatever depths we have fallen.
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The most eloquent prayer is often prayed through hands that heal and bless.
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Prayer is crucial in evangelism: Only God can change the heart of someone who is in rebellion against Him. No matter how logical our arguments or how fervent our appeals, our words will accomplish nothing unless God’s Spirit prepares the way.
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When we know Him, we can be sure God hears our prayers.
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When troubles come may prayer be your automatic response.
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We were created to live a life of prayer.
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We can change the course of events if we go to our knees in believing prayer.
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Someone has said, “Prayer is the highest use to which speech can be put.
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Prayer is key to our effort to communicate the Gospel and win men and women to Christ.
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Persecution, whether it is physical, social, or mental, is one of the worst types of pain, but those who persecute us are to be the objects of our prayers.
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Prayer is powerful, but if our prayers are aimless, meaningless, and mingled with doubt, they will be of little hope to us.
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Prayer should not be merely an act, but an attitude of life.
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[Jesus] prayed briefly when He was in a crowd; He prayed a little longer when He was with His disciples; and He prayed all night when He was alone. Today, many in the ministry tend to reverse that process.
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We should not pray for God to be on our side, but pray that we may be on God’s side.
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If we are to depend on prayer during tough times, we should be people of prayer before the crisis hits.
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Have you ever said, “Well, all we can do now is pray”? . . . When we come to the end of ourselves, we come to the beginning of God.
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I realize more than ever that this ministry has been a team effort. Without the help of our prayer partners, our financial supporters, our staff, and our board of directors—this ministry and all of our dreams to spread the Good News of God’s love throughout the world would not have been possible.
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Those you know the least may need your prayers the most. Don’t let the fact that you don’t know someone keep you from praying for them.
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No matter how dark and hopeless a situation might seem, never stop praying.
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[Jesus] had only three years of public ministry, but He was never too hurried to spend hours in prayer . . . No day began or closed in which He was not in communion with His Father.
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We must repent of our prayerlessness. We must make prayer our priority. Even our churches today have gotten away from prayer meetings.
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You cannot pray for someone and hate them at the same time.
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Prayer is for every moment of our lives, not just for times of suffering or joy. Prayer is really a place, a place where you meet God in genuine conversation.
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Sometimes I’m asked to list the most important steps in preparing for an evangelistic mission, and my reply is always the same: prayer . . . prayer . . . prayer.
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Prayers have no boundaries. They can leap miles and continents and be translated instantly into any language.
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True prayer is a way of life, not just for use in cases of emergency. Make it a habit, and when the need arises you will be in practice.
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Pray frequently as you read [the Bible] and you will discover a fellowship with God.
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I believe we should pray that God will take possession of our lives totally and completely. We should pray that we will be emptied of self— self-love, self-will, self-ambition—and be placed completely at His disposal.
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God Himself is the power that makes prayer work.
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The men upon whose shoulders rested the initial responsibility of Christianizing the world came to Jesus with one supreme request. They did not say, “Lord, teach us to preach”; “Lord, teach us to do miracles”; or “Lord, teach us to be wise” . . . but they said, “Lord, teach us to pray.
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To the Son of God prayer was more important than the assembling of great throngs . . . He often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed [Luke 5:15–16].
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The reason many . . . close their eyes while praying is to shut out the affairs of the world so that their minds can be completely concentrated on God . . . it certainly lends itself to the attitude of prayer.
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Obedience is the master key to effectual prayer.
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If we are to have our prayers answered, we must give God the glory.
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Prayer and Bible study are inseparably linked. Effective prayer is born out of the prompting of God’s Spirit as we read His Word.
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Too often we use petty little petitions, oratorical exercises, or the words of others rather than the cries of our inmost being. When you pray, pray!
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A prayerless Christian is a powerless Christian.
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If [Jesus] felt that He had to pray, how much more do we need to pray!
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You cannot afford to be too busy to pray.
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As I close my eyes in prayer, let me see the faces of those who need to know You, beloved Savior.
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Whether prayer changes our situation or not, one thing is certain: Prayer will change us!
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Prayer is more than a plea, it is a place where we must spend time if we are to learn its power.
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Prayer is the Christian’s greatest weapon.
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This should be the motto of every follower of Jesus Christ. Never stop praying no matter now dark and hopeless it may seem.
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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.
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At its deepest level, prayer is fellowship with God: enjoying His company, waiting upon His will, thanking Him for His mercies . . . listening in the silence for what He has to say to us.
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Long after you and I are gone, God will still be at work—and many of the things we prayed for will finally come to pass.
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That “the Spirit Himself intercedes” indicates that it is actually God pleading, praying, and mourning through us.
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Nothing will drive us to our knees quicker than trouble.
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Prayer is not just asking. It is listening for God’s orders.
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