Quotes from Ruth Graham

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Temptation and testing (or a trial) are two sides of the same coin. Satan uses an occasion or a person to tempt us to fall; God uses the same to try us and make us stronger.

God does not punish us for our sins but by them.

If our children have the background of a godly, happy home and this unshakable faith that the Bible is indeed the Word of God, they will have a foundation that the forces of hell cannot shake.

God has not always answered my prayers. If He had, I would have married the wrong man -- several times!

We cannot pray and remain the same.

Just pray for a tough hide and a tender heart.

Just pray for a tough hide and a tender heart.

Yet there are times in life when God gently draws us back to our places of pain and invites us to take another look. He does not call us back to aggravate our wounds or cause us emotional harm. When God calls, he calls with good purpose; and when he urges us back to a hard place, he does so in order to heal us. Only then can we truly move on.

God does not condemn us for our mistakes. He sees hope where others see failure. He sees a future where others see wreckage. His desire is to bring us out of our devastation, healed and strengthened, with a song in our hearts. That is his promise. Joy and gladness will be found in her.

Take all away. I am content to know Such love is mine-for life is all too brief To grieve for pleasures bringing only grief; Give me but You; it is enough just so.

Love without clinging, cry if you must, but privately cry, the heart will adjust.

My job is to take care of the possible and to trust God with the impossible.

A successful marriage is made up of two good forgivers.

Pity the married couple who expect too much from one another.

It takes more faith to be an atheist than to believe in God.