Billy Graham Quotes - Page 9

Spiritually, we have wandered far from the faith of our fathers . . . no nation which relegates the Bible to the background, which disregards the love of God and flouts the claims of the Man of Galilee, can long survive.
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No form of government has been able to establish righteousness, justice, and peace, the three elements without which we can never have continued national prosperity or international peace.
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Our government is certainly going to fall like a rope of sand if unsupported by the moral fabric of God’s Word. The moral structure in our country grew from Judeo-Christian roots. When those values are applied, they produce moral fruits. But if that structure disappears, the moral sentiment that shapes our nation’s goals will disappear with it.
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We face dangers every day of which we are not even aware. Often God intervenes on our behalf through the use of His angels.
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God isn’t finished with you when you retire! When we know Christ, we never retire from His service.
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Among young people . . . drinking is for getting drunk. And many go on to become alcoholics.
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Drunkenness is not a new vice. Its ravages have always been a scourge on the human race . . .Alcohol is a killer, a murderer.
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Thousands are killed and injured every year by teenagers driving too fast or under the influence of drugs and drink . . .others are killing [themselves] with alcohol or heroin overdoses.
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In Christ alone there is deliverance from man’s tortured thoughts and freedom from the sordid habits which are destroying so many people. Why does the Bible so clearly denounce drunkenness? Because it is an enemy of human life. Anything that is against a person’s welfare, God is against.
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Do not seek solace in alcohol. Alcohol obscures good judgment and leaves you unable to think clearly or understand what God is trying to say to you.
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What began as an apparently harmless pastime has ended up as a frightening, overpowering addiction or obsession.
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Some [young people] are taking pills called “heaven or hell” drugs, because you’re liable to experience either one.
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Drinking and other forms of body-wrecking pleasures are signs of weakness rather than manliness. It takes a better man to live a clean life—free from the stimulants, depressants, and drugs—than to be artificially [stimulated].
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The cult of self has become an addiction—feeding off the ego of self-glorification. The word cult encompasses many movements and ideas, but simply put, it describes a culture of alternative beliefs, fads, and trends, and tampers with just enough truth to knock many off balance.
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There is hope for the alcoholic: God is able to deliver from this as well as any other addiction.
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Old age has its compensations. More than ever I see each day as a gift from God. It is also a time to reflect back on God’s goodness over the years and an opportunity to assure others that God truly is faithful to His promises.
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Many people plan financially for retirement—but not spiritually and emotionally.
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Old age is Satan’s last chance to blow us off course.
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Can we overcome our anger, instead of constantly being overcome by it? Yes—with God’s help. Peter’s anger was channeled into boldness for Christ. Paul’s anger against Christians was replaced with a burning passion to spread the Gospel. Is this your goal?
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Anger flees when the Spirit’s fruit fills our hearts.
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On the cross Christ took upon Himself every sin we’ve ever committed—including anger.
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If you have been harboring anger or bitterness or jealousy in your heart toward someone—a parent, an ex-spouse, a boss—hand it over to Christ, and ask Him to help you let it go.
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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.
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Anger makes us lash out at others, destroying relationships and revealing our true nature. The history of the human race is largely the history of its anger.
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Bitterness is anger gone sour, an attitude of deep discontent that poisons our souls and destroys our peace.
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We get angry when others hurt us, both by what they say and what they do. We get angry when we don’t get our own way or our plans and dreams are frustrated. Anger may arise in an instant, erupting like a volcano and raining destruction on everyone in sight. Often, anger simmers just below the surface, sometimes for a lifetime. Like a corrosive acid, this kind of anger eats away at our bodies and souls, yet we may not even be aware of its presence.
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Don’t let the acids of bitterness eat away inside. Learn the secret of trusting Christ in every circumstance.
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America has probably been the most successful experiment in history. The American Dream was a glorious attempt. It was built on a religious foundation. Its earliest concepts came from Holy Scripture.
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Don’t let hatred control you, no matter what others do that causes [anger]. You would only become guilty of the same sin that afflicts them, and nothing would be solved.
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When someone hurts us, our natural instinct is to strike back—but when we do, we not only destroy any possibility of reconciliation, but we also allow anger and hate to control us.
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You can put a public school and university in the middle of every block of every city in America—but you will never keep America from rotting morally by mere intellectual education.
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I believe America has gone a long way down the wrong road. If we ever needed God’s help, it is now.
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God honored and blessed America as few nations in history. However, in recent years the nation has been moving away from its religious heritage.
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We must face honestly the toll that anger and bitterness take on our lives. They are our enemies! The Bible says, “An angry person stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered one commits many sins.
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America is said to have the highest per capita boredom of any spot on earth! We know that because we have the greatest variety and greatest number of artificial amusements of any country. People have become so empty that they can’t even entertain themselves.
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A terrifying spiritual and moral tide of evil has already loosed us from our spiritual moorings. Monstrous new ideas that could easily destroy our freedoms are rushing into the vacuum.
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Nations rise, they flourish for a time, and then they decline. Eventually every empire comes to an end; not even the greatest can last forever.
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There is no doubt that nations come to an end when they have ceased to fulfill the function that God meant for them.
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Let the study of the Bible become central in your life—not just so you will know it, but that you will obey it.
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The sword of the Spirit—the Bible—is the weapon God has provided for us to use in this battle between truth and deception. Make it a priority to wield that sword skillfully.
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[The Bible] has survived attack of every kind. Neither barbaric vandalism nor civilized scholarship has touched it. Neither the burning of fire nor the laughter of skepticism has accomplished its annihilation. Through the many dark ages of man, its glorious promises have survived unchanged.
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I learned the importance of the Bible and came to believe with all my heart in its full inspiration. It became a sword in my hand to break open the hearts of men, to direct them to the Lord Jesus Christ.
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It is man and not the Bible that needs correcting. Greater and more careful scholarship has shown that apparent contradictions were caused by incorrect translations, rather than divine inconsistencies.
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Today there are more people who know the words to a television commercial than know the words in the Bible.
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Every graveyard and every cemetery testify that the Bible is true.
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Make the Bible part of your daily life, and ask God to engrave its truths on your soul.
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The very practice of reading [the Bible] will have a purifying effect upon your mind and heart. Let nothing take the place of this daily exercise.
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Discover the Bible for yourself.
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If I stick to the Bible and preach the principles and the teachings of the Bible, and quote the Bible, it has an impact of its own.
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We can trust the Bible because it points us to the most important events in human history: the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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From one end of the Bible to the other, God assures us that He will never go back on His promises.
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Come back to the Bible. Begin to read it. Study it and God will speak to you and change you—and through you perhaps history can be changed.
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The Bible is actually a library of books—some long, some short—written over hundreds of years by many authors. Behind each one, however, was [the] Author: the Spirit of God.
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We have so many battles going on in America today that we should be a people of prayer. Our government needs prayer. Our leaders need prayer. Our schools need prayer. Our youth need our prayers. Our families need our prayers.
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America’s Declaration of Independence speaks of “the pursuit of happiness,” but nowhere in the Bible are we told to pursue this. Happiness is elusive, and we don’t find it by seeking it.
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Just as America has grown and prospered within the framework of our Constitution, so Christianity has flourished and spread according to the laws set forth in the Bible.
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[God] alone is perfect. Even His anger is righteous, because it is directed solely against evil.
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Every destructive emotion bears its own harvest, but anger’s fruit is the most bitter of all.
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As the Constitution is the highest law of the land [in America], so the Bible is the highest law of God. For it is in the Bible that God sets forth His spiritual laws. It is in the Bible that God makes His enduring promises. It is in the Bible that God reveals the plan of redemption for the human race.
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Become grounded in the Bible. As Christians, we have only one authority, one compass: the Word of God.
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