Billy Graham Quotes

The strain of Christian service can result in sickness . . . I have known Christian workers who have risked their lives and health in serving the Lord.

Thinking of and serving with others can be an antidote to negative and unhealthy introspection.

God never calls a person [into His service] without equipping him. I know that from experience.

Every area of our lives is to be under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. And that means the searchlight of God’s Word must penetrate every corner of our lives.

Popularity and adulation are far more dangerous for the Christian than persecution. It is easy when all goes smoothly to lose our sense of balance and perspective.

There must be no discrepancy between what we say and what we do, between our walk and our talk.

The closer you are to God, the farther you are from the devil.

Some things never change. Not the ABC’s, not the multiplication tables, not God!

When God speaks to us, He should have our full attention.

Benevolent hands reach down from heaven to offer us the most hopeful warning and remedy: “Prepare to meet your God.

All believers are called to be holy in mind, body, and spirit (1 Peter 1:15).

If we are living according to what we believe, we may be falsely accused.

Make it your goal to become more like Christ by refusing to let sin have its way, and pursuing instead that which is pure and good in the sight of God.

I am engaged in spiritual warfare every day. I must never let down my guard—I must keep armed.

Being” is far more important than “doing.” When we are what we should be inside, we will bring forth fruit.

Submission . . . involves getting rid of everything which hinders God’s control over our lives.

Whatever is unlike Christ in conduct, speech, or disposition grieves the Spirit of grace.

To be Spirit-filled is to be controlled or dominated by the Spirit’s presence and power.

The lives of many reflect the practices and standards of this present world . . . they are more interested in imitating the world system dominated by Satan than in imitating Christ.

When we come to the end of ourselves, we come to the beginning of God.

Extremes should be avoided.

The more we yield to pressure, the more easily we will yield next time.

Delighting in the Lord alters the desires.

The wheels of [God’s] mercy and justice move quietly and silently, but they do move.

God is not bound by a body, yet He is a Person. He feels, He thinks, He loves, He forgives, He sympathizes with the problems and sorrows that we face.

Nothing in our lives takes God by surprise.

God is not a bargaining God. You cannot barter with Him. You must do business with Him on His own terms.

If you have been trying to limit God—stop it! Don’t try to confine Him or His works to any single place or sphere. You wouldn’t try to limit the ocean.

Getting to know God and being able to call on Him is the most important step in storing up for the storms.

God began by revelation to build a bridge between Himself and people.

To live the life of God we must have the nature of God.

Your yearning for God must supersede all other desires. It must be like a gnawing hunger and a burning thirst.

Remember that “where God guides, He provides. Where He leads, He supplies all needs.

Has God designated any one person here on earth to speak with final authority about Him? No—the one Man who could do that lived two thousand years ago, and we crucified Him!

If we have no mercy toward others, that is one proof that we have never experienced God’s mercy.

If we believe in what God made and what God said, we will believe in the One whom God sent.

We must practice the Presence of God. Jesus said, “Lo, I am with you always” [Matthew 28:20]. Remember, Christ is always near us.

There are those who say that all roads lead to God. But Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” [John 14:6 KJV].

God holds every man accountable for his rejection of Christ.

God is able to do what we can’t do.

God has revealed Himself in the Book called the Bible.

Man would have remained forever lost if God in His infinite mercy had not sent His Son to earth to bridge this gulf.

People do not come to hear what I have to say—they want to know what God has to say.

For centuries mankind has been on an incredible journey, taking him across every generation and through every conceivable experience in his search for God.

Many people say they do not fear death, but the process of dying. It’s not the destination, but the trip that they dread.

Death for the Christian is the doorway to heaven’s glory. Because of Christ’s resurrection we can joyously say with Paul, “Where, O death, is your victory?” [1 Corinthians 15:55 NIV].

Death is not the end of the road—it is merely a gateway to eternal life beyond the grave.

For the Christian, death can be faced realistically and with victory, because he knows “that neither death nor life . . . shall be able to separate us from the love of God” [Romans 8:38–39 NKJV].

If people paid more attention to death, eternity, and judgment, there would be more holy living on earth.

Death is said in the Bible to be a coronation for the Christian.