Quotes from Billy Graham

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.

Living the Christian life means striving for holiness.

People reading the Bible for the first time are often surprised to discover how much human drama it contains. Almost every conceivable human dilemma and conflict is reflected in its pages.

Evangelism is more than simply encouraging decisions for Christ. It is urging people to become disciples—followers—of Jesus Christ. As such, the evangelist has a responsibility to make growth in discipleship possible for those who come to faith under his ministry.

When our minds are on Christ, Satan has little room to maneuver.

Nadie está tan vacío como el que cree que está lleno.

We can take persecution because we know the purpose behind it. The purpose is to glorify God.

Be assured that there is no sin you have ever committed that the blood of Jesus Christ cannot cleanse.

It doesn't take great wealth or social influence to be faithful, but it does take obedience and endurance.

God speaks to us through our conscience. This may be a "still small voice" that will not let us go until we do what we know is right . . .we must never silence that inner voice—[but] check what we think it is saying against the Scriptures.

To a sinner, a righteous person is an oddity and an abnormality. A Christian's goodness is a rebuke to the wicked; his being right-side up is a reflection upon the worldling's inverted position.

The greatest roadblock to Satan's work is the Christian who, above all else, lives for God, walks with integrity, is filled with the Spirit, and is obedient to God's truth.

The destructive power of pride is that it countenances nothing higher than itself. Because of an inherent fault in our nature, man's bias is on the side of error. In our willful desire to live independently of God, we have severed the lifeline that flows from the source of all life.

Agape love is selfless love . . . the love God wants us to have isn't just an emotion but a conscious act of the will—a deliberate decision on our part to put others ahead of ourselves. This is the kind of love God has for us.

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

The Bible teaches that you are an immortal soul. Your soul is eternal and will live forever . . . the real you—the part of you that thinks, feels, dreams, aspires; the ego, the personality—will never die . . . your soul will live forever in one of two places—heaven or hell.

Cuál es el problema? El problema es que estamos confiando en nuestras propias fuerzas en vez de confiar en las fuerzas del Espíritu Santo. No solo debemos saber cómo Dios desea que vivamos; también necesitamos el poder para hacerlo.

Some people spend so much time worrying about what might happen that they never enjoy what is happening. Take one day at a time. Today, after all, is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday

To know the will of God is the highest of all wisdom. Living in the center of God's will rules out all falseness of religion and puts the stamp of true sincerity upon our service to God.

Ninety-five percent of the difficulties you will experience as a Christian can be traced to a lack of Bible study and reading.

We shouldn't refer to the Spirit as "it"; instead we should always refer to the Spirit as "He"—because the Holy Spirit is a Person. He speaks to us, He commands us, He intercedes for us, He hears us, He guides us.

Until the Good News of Jesus Christ burst onto the human scene, the word love was understood mostly in terms of seeking one's own advantage. Loving the unlovely was incomprehensible A loving God reaching down to sinful humans was unthinkable.

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

Conscience is the detective that watches the direction of our steps and decries every conscious transgression.