Billy Graham Quotes

Worship in the truest sense takes place only when our full attention is on God—on His glory, power, majesty, love and compassion.

Learn to shut out the distractions that keep you from truly worshiping God.

We have come to worship things, status, fame, popularity, money, security. Anything that comes between God and ourselves is idolatry. Jesus demands Lordship over all such things.

Many believe that pagan worship is a thing of the past, but it is ever present—we have just given it a new name: pop culture.

The true child of God will have a hunger for worship and God’s Word.

We are to till the soil and work the land—not worship it.

God is more concerned about the attitude of our hearts than the way we express it. Worship isn’t supposed to be entertainment.

Many people who have lost jobs . . . find that this was God’s way of redirecting their lives.

Often our self-esteem is tied to our work. In our culture, men and women often define themselves by the jobs they hold . . . But a person’s job tells you nothing about a person’s character or value.

Memorizing the Bible is most important. “Thinking God’s thoughts” will take the place of worried, anxious concerns.

Only the Holy Spirit can give us peace in the midst of the storms of restlessness and despair. We should not grieve our Guide by indulging in worry or paying undue attention to self.

Some people spend so much time worrying about what might happen that they never enjoy what is happening [now] . . . Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

Ask God to help you see the world the way He sees it.

One of the great joys of my life has been to travel around the world and meet thousands of Christians in every country.

All over the world God is opening doors of opportunity, making it possible for us to take the Gospel to millions who have never heard of Christ.

The greatest tribute a boy can give to his father is to say, “When I grow up, I want to be just like my dad.” It is a convicting responsibility for us fathers and grandfathers.

If ever we needed to put the Golden Rule into action, it’s with our aging parents.

Although the testimony of my mother’s life helped mold me and taught me how to live, the testimony of her last years and her death gave me insight into how to die.

What a comfort it was for me to know that no matter where I was in the world, my mother was praying for me.

If God gives you responsibility for aging parents, seek what is best for them, not what is most convenient for you. And keep contact with them!

The influence of a mother upon the lives of her children cannot be measured. They know and absorb her example and attitudes when it comes to questions of honesty, temperance, kindness, and industry.

Many parents preach to their children but do not set good examples. Parents want the children to do as they say, not as they do.

Parenting is the most important responsibility most of us will ever face, and none of us does it perfectly.

My father-in-law . . . was a great inspiration to me both in life and in his preparation for death.

What a blessing it is for parents to believe in their children.

Parents, pray that God may crown your home with grace and mercy.

Jesus worked all His life. But the greatest work that Jesus did was not in the carpenter’s shop . . .His greatest work was achieved in those three dark hours on Calvary . . . dying for us.

Calloused hands were the badge of the pioneer, while furrowed brows are the insignia of modern man.

Think of working forever at something you love to do, for [the] one you love with all your heart, and never getting tired! We will never know weariness in heaven.

God did not intend for us to be idle and unproductive. There is dignity in work.

The word lust [can] mean “selfish desire.” . . .It is wanting something so badly you will do anything to get it. That is one of the tricks of the devil. It is too high a price to pay.

God has not changed. His laws have not changed. He is still a God of love and mercy But He is also a God of righteousness and judgment.

God is sending forth His message of love, but you must tune in. You must be willing to listen and to receive His message and then to obey it.

A God of love must be a God of justice. It is because God loves that He is just. His justice balances His love and makes His acts of bothlove and justice meaningful.

God could not consistently love men if He did not provide for the judgment of evildoers.

God’s love did not begin at the cross. It began in eternity before the world was established, before the time clock of civilization began to move.

It was God’s love which knew that men were incapable of obeying His law, and it was His love which promised a Redeemer, a Savior, who would save His people from their sins.

No one can grasp the love of the God of the universe without knowing His Son.

Speak about the love of God and faces light up, but speak of God as a Judge, and our attitudes change.

There is one thing God’s love cannot do. It cannot forgive the unrepentant sinner.

Our popular music talks constantly about love, and yet divorce rates skyrocket.

God is love” means that He tries constantlyto block your route to destruction.

What relationships need strengthening in your life? Don’t wait for them to grow cold or bitter, but ask God to help you strengthen them by putting God’s love into action—begin today.

[Christians] are commanded to love our neighbors, and the first step in doing this is to show a watching world that Christ reigns within us.

Scripture makes it clear that our first love is always to be for our Lord.

When you truly love someone, you want to please and honor them by the way you act. How you treat someone shows whether or not you really care about them.

If we truly love Christ, we will want to please and honor Him by the way we live. Even the thought of hurting Him or bringing disgrace to His name will be abhorrent to us.

True love is an act of the will—a conscious decision to do what is best for the other person instead of ourselves.

The greatest waste in all of our earth is our waste of the time God has given us each day.

Philosophically, war is an extension of man’s struggle with sin and evil in the world.