Quotes from Billy Graham

If you are ignorant of God's Word, you will always be ignorant of God's will.

The Bible is the only Book in the world that predicts the future. The Bible is more modern than tomorrow morning's newspaper.

God says it is our duty as Christians to take care of widows and orphans and to help the poor within the Christian society . . .And Jesus said, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me" Matthew 25:40 KJV].

The greatest hindrance to Satan's destructive efforts is our standing strong in the knowledge and fear of the Lord.

Scripture makes it clear that our first love is always to be for our Lord.

We have come to worship things, status, fame, popularity, money, security. Anything that comes between God and ourselves is idolatry. Jesus demands Lordship over all such things.

Even in the darkest moment, before death snatches man's last breath, God is willing to save a lost soul.

Giving up something to follow Christ is not earning salvation; it is giving up what keeps you from salvation. When we hold on to something that is dearer to us than receiving the greater gift of salvation in Christ, we lose.

A godly person—one who serves Christ and exhibits purity and integrity in his life—is not necessarily welcomed or admired by those who live differently. They may even react in scorn, or refuse to include a christian in their social gatherings because his very presence is a rebuke to them.

The Bible is God's book of promises, and, unlike the books of men, it does not change or get out of date.

It is a time for soul-searching, a time to see if our anchor holds.

True freedom consists not in the freedom to sin, but the freedom not to sin.

This is still the age of grace. God's offer of forgiveness and a new life still stands. However, the door will one day be closed. Someday it will be too late. This is why the Bible continually warns and challenges: "Now is the accepted time" [2 Corinthians 6:2 NKJV].

Satan rejoices when we are inconsistent, because he knows that an inconsistent Christian is an ineffective Christian—or worse.

We must not build up ourselves at the expense of others.

The soul actually demands as much attention as the body . . . the soul was made for God, and without God it is restless and in secret torment.

The way in which we react to hurts and disappointments influences the shaping of our personalities.

Conscience is a vigilant eye before which each imagination, thought, and act is held up for either censure or approval . . .There is no greater proof of the existence of a moral law and Lawgiver in the universe than this little light of the soul. It is God's voice to the inner man.

Let the study of the Bible become central in your life—not just so you will know it, but that you will obey it.

We must have a virile, dynamic, aggressive Christian who lives Christ seven days a week, who is ready to die, if necessary, for his faith.

When you truly love someone, you want to please and honor them by the way you act. How you treat someone shows whether or not you really care about them.

Many believe that pagan worship is a thing of the past, but it is ever present—we have just given it a new name: pop culture.

Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution. . . . Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life" (Revelation 2:10).

Sin—plain, old-fashioned sin, the self-same sin which caused Adam's downfall—is what we are all suffering from today, and it will do us far more harm than good to try to dress it up with a fancy, more attractive label.