Quotes from Billy Graham

When we are young and restless to be free, home is the place from which we long to escape. But if there is still a home intact when trouble arises and life becomes a battlefield, home is the place to which we yearn to return.

We do not have a paradise on earth; it is riddled with so much sin and disease.

In his warfare against God, Satan uses the human race, which God created and loved. So God's forces of good and Satan's forces of evil have been engaged in a deadly conflict from the dawn of our history. Unless world leaders and statesmen understand the true nature of this warfare, they will continue to be blind leaders of the blind.

Be a good witness by the way you live. The way we live is often more convincing than the words we say.

Sin is rebellion against God.

So when you sense a still, small voice in your soul—and you have or you will—it is the Holy Spirit of God telling you that you're not right with Him. Do not ignore the Voice. God is drawing you by His love—don't pull away. When you quench the fire of conviction, you have rejected the Holy Spirit. So when you feel that tug, do not resist. Take hold of the living Christ, who will come and dwell in you.

God does not want an apartment in our house. He claims our entire home from attic to cellar.

The Bible stands as the supreme Constitution for all mankind, its laws applying equally to all who live under its domain, without exception or special interpretation.

The time to prepare for life's disappointments and hurts is in advance.

Don't let failure or disappointment cut you off from God or make you think the future is hopeless. When God closes one door, He often opens another—if we seek it.

Sometimes it is difficult to differentiate the Christian from the man of the world. In America, for example, churchgoing has become popular, but churchgoing may not necessarily be accompanied by genuine depth in prayer and Bible study or a change in lifestyle.

How often do you cave in to the pressures of the crowd, seeking the approval of others instead of the approval of God? We all like to be liked—but that can be a very dangerous thing. Make it your goal to live for Christ and be faithful to Him, regardless of what the crowd demands.

Many of the mysteries of God—the heartaches, trials, disappointments, tragedies, and the silence of God in the midst of suffering—will be revealed in heaven.

Become grounded in the Bible. As Christians, we have only one authority, one compass: the Word of God.

Nothing can alter the fact that God calls perversion sin.

The cross has become a symbol in much of the Western world, misused by many rock stars and others who do not comprehend its significance.

No area of human life is so full of difficulties and heartaches as relationships. If you listed everything that upset you during the past week, I suspect most had to do with other people. People can be selfless and kind, but they can also be difficult, stubborn, ego-driven, thoughtless, mean, selfish, manipulative. But the problem is not just other people; it's also ourselves.

Sin's masterpiece of shame and hate became God's masterpiece of mercy and forgiveness. Through the death of Christ upon the cross, sin itself was crucified for those who believe in Him.

Disappointments are part of life; we can't always have our own way, and we need to learn to separate what is significant from what is merely annoying. Only in heaven will we be free of all disappointments and failures. A friend of mine says, "Oh well, a hundred years from now it won't make any difference!

One-third of Matthew . . . one-third of Mark . . . one-fourth of Luke, and one-half of John are given to [Christ's] death . . .Jesus came for the express purpose of dying for sinners. When He left heaven, He knew He was going to the cross.

Had Satan not set himself in opposition to God . . . there would have been no need for God to send His Son to the cross.

Sin was conquered on the cross. [Christ's] death is the foundation of our hope, the promise of our triumph!

Great crowds followed our Lord . . . as He healed the sick, raised the dead, and fed the hungry. However, the moment He started talking about the cross . . . "many . . . no longer followed him" (John 6:66 NIV).

If we who have the Holy Spirit living and working within us falter and fail, what hope is there for the rest of the world?