Quotes by Evangelists - Page 34

The perfect marriage is a uniting of three persons—a man and a woman and God. That is what makes marriage holy.
Billy Graham
The secret of domestic happiness is to let God, the party of the third part in the marriage contract, have His rightful place in the home. Make peace with Him and then you can be a real peacemaker in the home.
Billy Graham
Marriage is not a reform school . . .Instead of you reforming [your spouse], [he or she] will instead influence you.
Billy Graham
As husband and wife, to have a happy life together, you must have confidence and respect, and you must have substantial agreement in your faith.
Billy Graham
The only really sound marriages are those based on mutual respect.
Billy Graham
Our culture puts feelings first, but true love isn’t based on feelings. That is why there are so many divorces today. When the early romantic feelings in a marriage do not remain constant . . .many people believe divorce is the answer.
Billy Graham
[God] can help you begin to rebuild your marriage and your life if you will let Him rule in your life.
Billy Graham
[Ruth’s] disposition is the same all the time—very sweet and very gracious and very charming. When it comes to spiritual things, my wife has had the greatest influence on my ministry.
Billy Graham
Every divorce represents a broken dream, a shattered hope, a ruined expectation.
Billy Graham
Many people today have discarded the Bible’s clear teaching on sexual relations outside of marriage, simply because they are absorbed only in their own pleasures and desires.
Billy Graham
A good marriage is not “made in heaven,” but on earth. Love is a fragile commodity which needs to be cultivated and nourished constantly.
Billy Graham
Marriage is God’s invention, not ours! Society didn’t establish it; God did.
Billy Graham
Satan’s first appearance in the Bible included an attack on a marriage—trying to divide Adam and Eve. His tactics have not changed. He wants our marriages to flounder and fail, because he knows that few things will discourage us more.
Billy Graham
I know of few families today that aren’t touched to some extent by the heartache of divorce, including our own.
Billy Graham
A marriage based only on physical attraction or romantic emotions is almost certainly doomed to failure right from the start.
Billy Graham
[My wife] is a great student of the Bible. Her life is ruled by the Bible more than any person I’ve ever known. That’s her rule book, her compass.
Billy Graham
Young people, look to your Bible when thinking about any matter, including getting married.
Billy Graham
I have been asked the question, “Who do you go to for counsel, for spiritual guidance?’ My answer: My wife, Ruth. She is the only one I completely confide in.
Billy Graham
When a husband and wife are concerned only about their own individual desires, the stage is set for conflict.
Billy Graham
My wife often said that “a good marriage consists of two good forgivers.
Billy Graham
I’m afraid many young people today have very romantic ideas about marriage—ideas that do not necessarily reflect the truth . . .Romantic feelings alone are not enough when the problems and strains come—as they inevitably do.
Billy Graham
Too many husbands and wives enter into marriage with the idea that their spouse exists for one purpose: to make them happy.
Billy Graham
While God’s will is that every marriage will endure, man’s sin has poisoned many relationships.
Billy Graham
Without Ruth’s partnership and encouragement over the years, my own work would have been impossible. We were called by God as a team.
Billy Graham
A loving God ordained monogamous marriage and the sanctity of what we call the traditional family.
Billy Graham
It’s amazing how we can hurt others, especially those close to us . . .subtle and not-so-subtle ways in which wives belittle husbands and vice versa.
Billy Graham
I get many letters every day from people who got married because they wanted their own selfish needs satisfied, and have only later come to realize that this does not work.
Billy Graham
Better die an old maid, sister, than marry the wrong man.
Billy Sunday
The moment we decide to throw more energy into fighting for our mate than with him, the crack of a fist on the enemy's jaw splits the ears of angels.
Beth Moore
If the United Nations could bring lasting peace, man could say to God, “We do not need You anymore. We have brought peace on earth and have organized humanity in righteousness.” All of these schemes are patchwork remedies that a sick and dying world must use while waiting for the Great Physician.
Billy Graham
Only Christ can meet the deepest needs of our world and our hearts. Christ alone can bring lasting peace—peace with God, peace among men and nations, and peace within our hearts. He transcends the political and social boundaries of our world.
Billy Graham
I call upon the leaders of all nations to work for peace, even when the risks seem high. I call upon Christians to pray and work for peace in whatever constructive ways are open to them. I do not believe this is only a political issue; it is a moral one as well.
Billy Graham
Peace conferences are held almost daily by governments, civic organizations, and churches. But the Scripture teaches that peace and safety will not come in any lasting way until the Prince of Peace, the Messiah, Jesus Christ, comes and rules and reigns in our world.
Billy Graham
For the Christian, peace is not simply the absence of conflict, or any other artificial state the world has to offer. Rather it is the deep, abiding peace only Jesus Christ brings to the heart.
Billy Graham
There is going on in the world today a quiet, bloodless revolution. It has no fanfare, no newspaper coverage, no propaganda; yet it is changing the course of thousands of lives. It is restoring purpose and meaning to life as men of all races and nationalities are finding peace with God.
Billy Graham
When everyone does what is right in his own eyes, there is no possibility of order and peace.
Billy Graham
Peace with God and the peace of God in a man’s heart and the joy of fellowship with Christ have in themselves a beneficial effect upon the body and mind and will lead to the development and preservation of physical and mental power.
Billy Graham
The world thinks peace would come if everyone made a lot of money, but people haven’t found peace in possessions. They have thought the world would have peace if all arms were destroyed. Yet Cain killed Abel without a handgun. It is man’s heart that is the problem.
Billy Graham
The war that exists between you and God can be over quickly, and the peace treaty is signed in the blood of [God’s] Son Jesus Christ.
Billy Graham
Peacemaking is a noble vocation . . . To be a peacemaker, you must know the Peace-Giver.
Billy Graham
We’re not going to have peace—permanent peace—until the Prince of Peace comes. And He is coming.
Billy Graham
Until you actually possess true peace with God, no one can describe its wonders to you.
Billy Graham
Peace—[the ability] to sleep in the storm!
Billy Graham
Most people yearn for one thing more than anything else: inner peace. Without it they have no lasting happiness or security.
Billy Graham
I know where I’ve come from. I know why I’m here. I know where I’m going—and I have peace in my heart. His peace floods my heart and overwhelms my soul!
Billy Graham
The promoters of change offer a grand vision of world unity. While the globalists and international affairs specialists continue their chant for “peace, peace,” we are reminded that the Bible says that there can be no lasting peace until Christ returns. So the world remains restless and uncertain.
Billy Graham
Your future does not hinge on the world situation, however grim it might become. It depends on what happened 2,000 years ago at the cross and your acceptance or rejection of the Prince of Peace.
Billy Graham
The world doesn’t give peace, for it doesn’t have any peace to give. It fights for peace, it negotiates for peace, it maneuvers for peace, but there is no ultimate peace in the world. But Jesus gives peace to those who put their trust in Him.
Billy Graham
Character is what a man is in the dark
Dwight L. Moody
History is going somewhere. And we know full well that He who does all things well will bring beauty from the ashes of world chaos. A new world is being born. A new social order will emerge when Christ comes back. A fabulous future is on the way.
Billy Graham
My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world.
Billy Graham
Peace is one of the most obvious earmarks of the authority of Christ.
Beth Moore
(On being in a position of leadership) Even if it's your dog, you've got authority over somebody. Start treating him better.
Joyce Meyer
Jesus said our souls are more valuable than all the rest of the world put together.
Billy Graham
[God] knows that an uncontrolled life is an unhappy life, so He puts reins on our wayward souls that they may be directed into the “paths of righteousness.
Billy Graham
If it is Christian, it will be Bible-centered.
Billy Graham
Christianity has no shrines to visit, no dusty remains to venerate, no tombs at which to worship.
Billy Graham
Only the Christian faith claims that its Leader died and rose again and is alive at this moment. Many gravestones carry the inscription, “Here lies . . . ,” but on Christ’s tomb are emblazoned the words, “He is not here.
Billy Graham
Christians should be a foreign influence, a minority group in a pagan world.
Billy Graham
The secret of the power of Christianity is not in its ethics. It is not in Christian ideas or philosophy . . .the secret of Christianity is found . . . in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Billy Graham