Quotes from Billy Graham

God promises no easy life or days without troubles, trials, difficulties, and temptations. He never promises that life will be perfect. He does not call His children to a playground, but to a battleground.

Men and women may devise plans to satisfy their inner longings, but in the midst of all the "religions" of the world, God's way is available in the Bible for all who will come to Him on His terms.

God] alone is perfect. Even His anger is righteous, because it is directed solely against evil.

Don't forget: Without fuel, a fire grows cold—and without the "fuel" of the Bible, prayer, and Christian fellowship, our faith grows cold.

We have to be tuned to God. We will never be free from discouragement and despondency until we know and walk with the very fountainhead of joy.

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

Today . . . when Satan worship is increasing at an alarming rate, we had better be aware of him, his origin, his aims, his abilities, and his limitations.

Many people have just enough natural religion to make them immune to the real thing.

The Bible differentiates clearly between true faith and mere religiosity.

Faith isn't pretending our problems don't exist, nor is it simply blind optimism. Faith points us beyond our problems to the hope we have in Christ.

In heaven I'll wish with all my heart that I could reclaim a thousandth part of the time I've let slip through my fingers, that I could call back those countless conversations which could have glorified my Lord—but didn't.

Be very sure that you do not deliberately place yourself in a position to be tempted.

Fear can paralyze us and keep us from believing God and stepping out in faith. The devil loves a fearful Christian!

A computer . . . has no worth unless it is programmed . . . The believer has tremendous potential, but that potential cannot be used until he is programmed with the Word of God.

I have become more deeply aware of the enormous problems that face our world today, and the dangerous trends which seem to be leading our world to the brink of Armageddon.

No matter how dark and hopeless a situation might seem, never stop praying.

Scientific discoveries (not theories) are found more and more to fit into the record God has given us in His Word.

Without the resurrection, the cross is meaningless.

God's strength is made perfect in weakness. The weaker I became, the more powerful became the preaching.

It often takes a tragedy to open our hearts, minds, and wills to the truth of God's Word.

If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land" (2 Chronicles 7:14).

Temptation: Recognize it for what it is, and then reject it—immediately and without compromise.

When our hearts are surrendered totally to the will of God, then we delight in seeing Him use us in any way He pleases. Our plans and desires begin to agree with His, and we accept His direction in our lives. Our sense of joy, satisfaction, and fulfillment in life increases, no matter what the circumstances, if we are in the center of God's will.

What a moment to take the newspaper in one hand and the Bible in the other and watch the unfolding of the great drama of the ages. This is an exciting and thrilling time to be alive. I would not want to live in any other period.