Billy Graham
Any preacher who preaches beyond that which he has experienced is incapable of preaching with conviction.Collection: Conviction
I don't go out and preach because of my desire as much as I go out to fulfill the command of Christ. He said, "Go!" to all of His disciples, and we're to go and witness to Christ by the way we live and by our verbal witness about the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ and about the need to repent and believe. I've never had any doubts about my call.Collection: Believe
The happiness for which our souls ache is one undisturbed by success or failure, one which will root deeply inside us and give inward relaxation, peace, and contentment, no matter what the surface problems may be. That kind of happiness stands in need on no outward stimulus.Collection: Peace
Some people accuse us of too much emotionalism. I say we have too little. That is why we are losing church people to other interests. We need not only to capture their minds; we've got to touch their hearts. We've got to make people feel their faith.Collection: Heart
Not to decide is to decide not to, nowhere in the bible does it promise tomorrow.Collection: Choices
The unblemished ideal exists only in happily-ever-after fairy tales. Ruth likes to say, "If two people agree on everything, one of them is unnecessary." The sooner we accept that as a fact of life, the better we will be able to adjust to each other and enjoy togetherness. "Happily incompatible" is a good adjustment.Collection: Wisdom
"Sincerity is the biggest part of selling anything -- including the Christian plan of salvation.Collection: Christian
In the founding era of our country, it was not organized religion but personal faith that brought focus and unified the early leadership-maybe an unspoken faith in God, and certain values that came with that faith. So in that sense, we cannot discount, in my judgment, religious faith in politics.Collection: Country
Alexander the great was ask how he conquered the world he said, "by not waivering".Collection: Choices
I am conscious of the fact that the subject of hell is not a very pleasant one. It is very unpopular, controversial and misunderstood.... As a minister, I must deal with it. I cannot ignore it.Collection: Misunderstood
therefore i live for today- certain of finding at sunrise guidance and strength for the way. power for each moment of weakness, hope for each moment of pain, comfort for every sorrow, sunshine and joy after rain!Collection: Pain
After I graduated from high school, one of the former workers on our farm asked if I would be willing to join him in selling Fuller brushes through the summer. It seemed like a perfect way to make some money for college. And being away from my parents and learning to make my own way gave me self confidence.Collection: Summer
I'm not a righteous man. People put me up on a pedestal that I don't belong in my personal life. And they think that I'm better than I am. I'm not the good man that people think I am. Newspapers and magazines and television have made me out to be a saint. I'm not. I'm not a Mother Teresa. And I feel that very much.Collection: Mother
I don't think there is anything wrong with a man who wants to give credit to the Lord, but I don't think the team with the most Christians on it is necessarily going to win. The Lord may be helping their characters and souls, but I don't think he's any more for the Dodgers than he is for the Braves. More than being concerned with who's going to win the Super Bowl, I feel the Lord is probably more concerned that they might find a day other than Sunday to play it on.Collection: Christian
Angels speak. They appear and reappear. They feel with apt sense of emotion. While Angels may become visible by choice, our eyes are not conducted to see them ordinarily any more than we can see the dimensions of a nuclear field, the structure of atoms, or the electricity that flows through copper wiring.Collection: Eye
By faith I accepted Him for what He claimed to be, the Son of the Living God. That simple decision changed my life, and I have seen it change the lives of countless others across the world.Collection: Son
To a large extent, the American church has become merged with the world. It has adopted so many of the world's ideals and standards that it has lost its ability to stem the tide of crime, deception and immorality that is sweeping the nation. For millions of church members there is no deep commitment to the cause of Christ, no regularity of attendance at public worship, no sacrificial giving, no personal religious discipline.Collection: Christian
No man ever loved like Jesus. He taught the blind to see and the dumb to speak. He died on the cross to save us. He bore our sins. And now God says, Because He did, I can forgive you.Collection: Love
Jesus made everything so simple and we have made it so complicated. He spoke to the people in short sentences and everyday words, illustrating His messages with never-to-be forgotten stories.Collection: Jesus
There's a way of life, there's a way of death. Which way are you on?Collection: Choices
I trust Jesus with all my tomorrows, knowing that He will solve the mystery of life beyond the grave.Collection: Trust
... our little things are all big to God's love; our big things are all small to His power.Collection: God
Envy and greed starve on a steady diet of thanksgiving.Collection: Thanksgiving
True greatness is not measured by the headlines a person commands or the wealth he or she accumulates. The inner character of a person-the undergirding moral and spiritual values and commitments-is the true measure of lasting greatness.Collection: Spiritual
The same sun that melts the butter hardens the clay.Collection: Faith
Right is right, and wrong is wrong, in small things as well as in big things.Collection: Bigs
Only God can give us a selfless love for others, as the Holy Spirit changes us from within. This is one reason we must receive Christ, for apart from His Spirit we can never be freed from the chains of selfishness, jealousy, and indifference. Will others see Christ's love in your life today?Collection: Giving
The Bible teaches that faith is the only approach that we have to God. No man has sins forgiven, no man goes to heaven, no man has assurance of peace and happiness, until he has faith in Jesus Christ.Collection: Jesus
No nation is ever taller than when on its knees.Collection: Knees
Heaven doesn't make this life less important; it makes it more important.Collection: Life
God does not discipline us to subdue us, but to condition us for a life of usefulness and blessedness.Collection: Discipline
Serve God and live; serve these other gods and died.Collection: Choices
A coach will impact more people in one year than the average person will in an entire lifetime.Collection: Impact
You cannot come to Christ unless the Spirit of God brings you. But what if you ignore His warnings? Then you are in the gravest danger, for some day God will no longer be speaking to you. Then it will be too late. Come to Christ while there is still time. Christ, God's greater Ark, stands ready to welcome you to safety today.Collection: Safety
Guy Lafleur said "Each of us has only one past but there are many futures".Collection: Past
Salvation is an act of God. It is initiated by God, wrought by God, and sustained by God.Collection: Salvation
Jesus said...i'm the only way to permanent peace, im the only way to permanent joy, im the only way to eternal life, im the only way to forgiveness of sin, im the only way to the Father.Collection: Jesus
You can't change your past but you can change you destiny but deciding for Christ.Collection: Past
It is the Holy Spirit's job to convict, God's job to judge and my job to love.Collection: Jobs
No matter what trials we face, Christ never leaves us. He is with us every step of the way!Collection: Trials
A spirit of thankfulness is one of the most distinctive marks of a Christian whose heart is attuned to the Lord. Thank God in the midst of trials and every persecution.Collection: Christian
We cannot ask forgiveness over and over again for our sins, and then return to our sins, expecting God to forgive us. We must turn from our practice of sin as best we know how, and turn to Christ by faith as our Lord and Savior.Collection: Forgiveness
'God is Love' means that He tries constantly to block your route to destruction.Collection: Block
Integrity is the glue that holds our way of life together.Collection: Integrity
Christmas is not a myth, not a tradition, not a dream. It is a glorious reality.Collection: Dream
Robots do not love. God created us with the capacity to love. Love is based upon one's right to choose to love. We cannot force others to love us. We can make them serve us or obey us. But true love is founded upon one's freedom to choose to respond.Collection: Love Is
I have a certainty about eternity that is a wonderful thing, and I thank God for giving me that certainty. I do not fear death. I may fear a little bit about the process, but not death itself, because I think the moment that my spirit leaves this body, I will be in the presence of the Lord.Collection: Death
A life touched by the Holy Spirit will tolerate sin no longer.Collection: Spirit
Don't be a half-Christian. There are too many of such in the world. The world has a profound respect for people who are sincere in their faith.Collection: Christian