Quotes by Evangelists - Page 3

The subject of heaven is much easier to accept than the subject of hell. And yet the Bible teaches both.

Billy Graham

By faith I accepted Him for what He claimed to be, the Son of the Living God. That simple decision changed my life—and I have seen it change the lives of countless others across the world.

Billy Graham

If God gives you responsibility for aging parents, seek what is best for them, not what is most convenient for you. And keep contact with them!

Billy Graham

America’s Declaration of Independence speaks of “the pursuit of happiness,” but nowhere in the Bible are we told to pursue this. Happiness is elusive, and we don’t find it by seeking it.

Billy Graham

By [Christ’s] resurrection life, He gives us the power over the tendency to sin as we allow Him to control our lives.

Billy Graham

It is impossible to be both selfish and happy

Joyce Meyer

Our youth are desperately searching for purpose and meaning in their lives. They are searching for fulfillment . . . I believe that a return to biblical conversion, faith, and conviction would have a great impact in our day.

Billy Graham

[The Bible] has survived attack of every kind. Neither barbaric vandalism nor civilized scholarship has touched it. Neither the burning of fire nor the laughter of skepticism has accomplished its annihilation. Through the many dark ages of man, its glorious promises have survived unchanged.

Billy Graham

Whether or not we sense and feel the presence of the Holy Spirit or one of the holy angels, by faith we are certain God will never leave us or forsake us.

Billy Graham

We don’t need to be crippled any longer by the disease of sin—because God has provided the cure.

Billy Graham

Regardless of our cleverness, our achievements, and our gadgets, we are spiritual paupers without God.

Billy Graham

The Bible teaches that man’s chief problem is spiritual.

Billy Graham

We can’t go on much longer morally. We can’t go on much longer scientifically. The technology that was supposed to save us is ready to destroy us. New weapons are being made all the time, including chemical and biological weapons. Today the only bright spot on the horizon of this world is the promise of the coming again of Christ.

Billy Graham

The opportunity of a lifetime needs to be seized during the lifetime of the opportunity.

Leonard Ravenhill

There are Christians who have never really learned the biblical truth of separation: separation from unclean thoughts and unclean habits.

Billy Graham

Marriage is not a reform school . . .Instead of you reforming [your spouse], [he or she] will instead influence you.

Billy Graham

While those around you are filling their minds with the bad news about man in their daily papers, steep yourself in the good news about God in His precious Word!

Billy Graham

God has spoken to us through a Book: the Bible.

Billy Graham

The promoters of change offer a grand vision of world unity. While the globalists and international affairs specialists continue their chant for “peace, peace,” we are reminded that the Bible says that there can be no lasting peace until Christ returns. So the world remains restless and uncertain.

Billy Graham

Once you have been to the cross, you will never be the same.

Billy Graham

God is the Ruler of His mighty creation. There is no reason to despair, because He holds in His hands the whole world, while His Spirit is able to fill the void in man’s heart.

Billy Graham

Sadly, many people don't make it through the storms of life. Or they give up or they start doing and saying foolish things and abort the journey altogether.It is easy to begin, but God is looking for people who will finish.The apostle Paul declared the stand that he would take in order to complete his journey:, But none of these things move me; neither do I esteem my life dear to myself, if only I may finish my course with joy. Acts 20:24

Joyce Meyer

God does not discipline us to subdue us but to condition us for a life of usefulness and blessedness. In His wisdom, He knows that an uncontrolled life is an unhappy life, so He puts reins on our wayward souls that they may be directed into the paths of righteousness.

Billy Graham

The Bible teaches that faith will manifest itself in three ways. It will manifest itself in doctrine—in what you believe. It will manifest itself in worship—your communion with God . . .It will manifest itself in morality—in the way you live and behave.

Billy Graham

I look upon it as a lost day when I have not had a good time over the Word of God.

Billy Graham

I believe this is one of the tests of the Spirit-filled life. Is Christ becoming more and more evident in my life? Are people seeing more of Him, and less of me?

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.

Billy Graham

One of Satan’s most effective ways of blocking God’s work is to convince us God can’t use us to make an impact for Christ. But it isn’t true. All around you are people no one else will ever be able to reach with the Gospel.

Billy Graham

The Garden of Eden was somewhere in present-day Iraq. The turmoil and war [we are witnessing] in that part of the world . . .is occurring in the land where God established the first perfect civilization.

Billy Graham

Listen, I'm against sin. I'll kick it as long as I've got a foot, I'll fight it as long as I've got a fist, I've butt it as long as I've got a head, and I'll bite it as long as I've got a tooth. And when I'm old, fistless, footless, and toothless, I'll gum it till I go home to glory and it goes home to perdition.

Billy Sunday

No matter how hard we try, words simply cannot express the horror, the shock, and the revulsion we all feel over what took place in this nation on 9/11. My prayer today is that we will feel the loving arms of God wrapped around us, and will know in our hearts that He will never forsake us as we trust in Him.

Billy Graham

God has prescribed the remedy for the spiritual sickness of the human race. The solution is personal faith and commitment to Jesus Christ . . .if we deliberately refuse it, we must suffer the horrible consequences.

Billy Graham

Before one can know what is right and wrong,he must first align himself with God. Only then is one in a position to do right.

Billy Graham

Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.

Billy Graham

It has always been a mark of decaying civilizations to become obsessed with sex. When people lose their way, their purpose, their will, and their goals, as well as their faith . . . they go “a whoring.” It is a form of diversion that requires no thought, no character, and no restraint.

Billy Graham

Any history of the political events of our time which does not also include a discussion of the Bible, the impact of Christianity, and the role of faith in changing the hearts and minds of people all over the world is an incomplete and invalid study. For what is taking place in the world today is not just a protest, but a revolution in the sphere of the human heart.

Billy Graham

I would not change places with the wealthiest and most influential person in the world. I would rather be a child of the King, a joint-heir with Christ, a member of the Royal Family of heaven!

Billy Graham

God measures people by the small dimensions of humility and not by the bigness of their achievements or the size of their capabilities.

Billy Graham

If you want to give the devil a nervous breakdown, just get up every day and see how much good you can do.

Joyce Meyer

The resurrection blasts apart the finality of death, providing an alternative to the stifling settling dust of death and opens the way to new life.

Billy Graham

My job is to preach the Gospel, which has the power to change men’s lives from the inside out.

Billy Graham

At the return of Christ the resurrection of believers will take place. It will take the unbelieving world by surprise.

Billy Graham

Ask God to reveal hypocrisy in your life—an inconsistency between what you profess and what you practice. Then ask God to bring you so close to Christ that you won’t have any desire to live an inconsistent, deceitful life.

Billy Graham

People from all walks of life are searching for answers to life’s problems. I believe the Bible has the answer to man’s deepest needs.

Billy Graham

Optimism is not fantasy. It hopes for the best reality without departing from it.

James Randall Robison

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.

Billy Graham

Our chaotic, confused world has no greater need than to hear the message of good news—the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Billy Graham

It is a tragic fact that the vast majority of Christians today are living a sub-normal Christian life.

Billy Graham

Sometimes I feel so helpless and inadequate, and wonder if I have done enough to make the Gospel clear. But I also know that only the Holy Spirit can open others’ eyes to the truth.

Billy Graham

America has probably been the most successful experiment in history. The American Dream was a glorious attempt. It was built on a religious foundation. Its earliest concepts came from Holy Scripture.

Billy Graham

Heaven is a wonderful place and the benefits for the believer are out of this world!

Billy Graham

As men and women seek to find independence from God, they have lost a sense of purpose in life. The worth of human personality is often equated with what we do for a living. However, a person’s occupation, community standing, or bank account is not what is important in God’s eyes.

Billy Graham

I have not known of too many people who found Christ on their deathbeds. When we come to Christ in our youth, a life is saved. When we come in old age, a soul is salvaged and life eternal is assured; but the opportunity to live a life for Christ has been lost.

Billy Graham

Self-centered indulgence, pride and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems of the American lifestyle.

Billy Graham

Bearing our cross does not mean wearing gunny sacks and long faces. Some people . . . wear the look of a martyr every time they hear criticism. Sometimes we deserve the criticism we receive; however, we are blessed only when men speak evil against us falsely for Christ’s sake.

Billy Graham

If I stick to the Bible and preach the principles and the teachings of the Bible, and quote the Bible, it has an impact of its own.

Billy Graham

Many people plan financially for retirement—but not spiritually and emotionally.

Billy Graham

It could be said that going to church will not make one a Christian. But . . . refusing to fellowship with believers will not make you one either.

Billy Graham

Today Lord I am going to do my best with Your help and for Your glory. I realize that there are many different people in the world with a variety of opinions and expectations. I will concentrate on being a God-pleaser and not a self-pleaser or man-pleaser. The rest I leave in Your hands lord. Grant me favor with You and with men and continue transforming me into the image of Your dear Son. Thank You Lord.

Joyce Meyer

No matter what you do, 10% of the population will not like you.

Joyce Meyer

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