Quotes by Evangelists - Page 4

Jesus did not dispute [Satan] . . . our Lord quoted Scripture, and that’s one thing the devil can’t stand! The Scripture defeats him every time.

Billy Graham

No matter where we are, God is as close as a prayer. He is our support and our strength. He will help us make our way up again from whatever depths we have fallen.

Billy Graham

The Bible and the history of the church both demonstrate that God’s way for the suffering of His people has not always been the way of escape, but the way of endurance.

Billy Graham

Today there are more people who know the words to a television commercial than know the words in the Bible.

Billy Graham

What is the authority in your life? Is it your selfishness? Your lust? Your greed? Or have you turned it all over to God and said, “Lord, You are going to be my authority”? When you are under authority, you are then able to assume authority.

Billy Graham

Ours may be the heritage of the withheld promises. We have been blessed through the endurance and faithfulness of those who have suffered in the past; the people around us, or those who will succeed us, may be blessed through our trials and suffering and how we react to them.

Billy Graham

All of us are not subjected to the same weaknesses and temptations.To one, alcohol may be the temptation;to another, it may be impure thoughts and acts; to another, greed and covetousness; to another, criticism and an unloving attitude.

Billy Graham

[God] has in mind a picture of what He intends to create. He breaks, cracks, chisels, and polishes until one day there emerges His vision . . . God has not yet finished with us.

Billy Graham

God welcomes our prayers. He is much more concerned about our hearts than our eloquence.

Billy Graham

After the Lord has tried our faith, he, in the love of His heart, gives us an abundance. For the glory of His name and for trial of our faith, He allows us to be poor and then graciously supplies our needs.

George Müller

I believe that this world, as we know it, will come to an end . . . This is not fanciful imagination but the clear and repeated testimony of the Bible.

Billy Graham

A senator once confided to me that the greatest need in Washington was the elimination of the cocktail party. He said: “It consumes so much of our time that we don’t have time for matters of state.

Billy Graham

Many people say they do not fear death, but the process of dying. It’s not the destination, but the trip that they dread.

Billy Graham

Our life is not of this world.

Billy Graham

Salvation is always “good news.” It is news of God’s love and forgiveness—adoption into His family—fellowship with His people—freedom from the penalty of sin—liberation from the power of sin.

Billy Graham

Oh that we would hunger to be filled with the Word of God; for there is no greater armor, no greater strength, no greater assurance that He is with us, and in us, when we go forth in battle equipped and nourished by His instruction and determined to stand firm on His promises.

Billy Graham

Some people resist the idea of a choice of any sort. They don’t want to be called “narrow.” But Jesus taught that there are two roads, and you have to choose which road you will take.

Billy Graham

Our prayers must be in accordance with the will of God for the simple reason that God knows better what is good for us than we know ourselves.

Billy Graham

A true messenger lives a burdened life. If he is the Lord’s vessel, he carries in his heart a burden for souls none can share but those who know it firsthand.

Billy Graham

There is a right way and a wrong way to make contact with God.

Billy Graham

Pentecost was the day of power of the Holy Spirit. It was the day the Christian church was born.

Billy Graham

Anger and bitterness—whatever the cause—only end up hurting us. Turn that anger over to Christ.

Billy Graham

Christ’s second coming reminds us that ultimately our hope is not in this world and its attempts to solve its problems, but in Christ’s promise to establish His perfect rule over all the earth.

Billy Graham

Satan is the sower of compromise—leaving a bit of God’s truth into the dirty rags of sin. Satan is the commander in deceit, Satan is the ringleader in rebellion against the faithful.Satan is the sly serpent of temptation.Satan is the false hope of security.Satan is the great pretender.Satan is the great spoiler of everything good.And Satan wants to destroy you.

Billy Graham

Our world today desperately hungers for hope, and yet uncounted people have almost given up. There is despair and hopelessness on every hand. Let us be faithful in proclaiming the hope that is in Jesus!

Billy Graham

The moment we take our last breath on earth, we take our first in heaven.

Billy Graham

The Christian . . . way of daily living must be distinct from the world. While some will think you “peculiar,” do not let this disturb you, for just as many others will secretly admire you for your stand. It is possible you will be persecuted by jokes and be misunderstood . . .but if you accept this with patience and in the spirit of love, God can use this very thing to help you win some of your friends [to Christ].

Billy Graham

The heart symbolizes the center of our moral, spiritual, and intellectual life. It is the seat of our conscience and life.

Billy Graham

What you do with Christ here and now decides where you shall spend eternity.

Billy Graham

Pride keeps you from dealing with truth. It distorts your vision. You never change when you think everything is fine. Pride hardens your heart and dims the eyes of your understanding. It keeps you from the change of heart--repentance--that will set you free.

John Bevere

Whether prayer changes our situation or not, one thing is certain: Prayer will change us!

Billy Graham

The Scripture warns about evil communications that corrupt good manners. Off-color jokes and dirty stories have no place in the Christian life. Thousands of people are engaging in immorality by the way they talk. Keep your talk pure. Ask God to purify your tongue.

Billy Graham

Man can live about forty days without food about three days without water about eight minutes without air ... but only for one second without hope.

Hal Lindsey

No form of government has been able to establish righteousness, justice, and peace, the three elements without which we can never have continued national prosperity or international peace.

Billy Graham

Before the seventeenth century, a child passed directly into the adult world between the ages of five and seven . . . then came the industrial revolution . . .so the child-centered home was born.

Billy Graham

We don’t need self-confidence we need God-confidence

Joyce Meyer

We must warn the nations of the world that they must repent and turn to God while there is yet time. We must also proclaim that there is forgiveness and peace in knowing Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.

Billy Graham

The church should not be pampered but rather prepare for, and expect, persecution—for it is Christ’s body on earth.

Billy Graham

Much of the world in search of knowledge and fulfillment ignores God!

Billy Graham

No one is exempt from the touch of tragedy: neither the Christian nor the non-Christian; neither the rich nor the poor; neither the leader or the commoner. Crossing all racial, social, political, and economic barriers, suffering reaches out to unite mankind.

Billy Graham

What happens when lying and stealing and immorality and murder become the norm? The result can be summarized in one word: chaos.

Billy Graham

God is able to do what we can’t do.

Billy Graham

We can possess nothing—no property and no person . . . It is God who owns everything, and we are but stewards of His property during the brief time we are on earth.

Billy Graham

Only one answer will give a person the certain privilege, the joy, of entering heaven. “Because I have believed in Jesus Christ and accepted Him as my Savior.

Billy Graham

I have heard the hollow, shallow laughter of the world. I have heard the genuine laughter of the beaming young Christian. I know there is a difference.

Billy Graham

Christ can rid you of inner conflict. Man without God is always torn between two urges. His nature prompts him to do wrong, and his conscience urges him to do right.

Billy Graham

Honesty means exactly what it says. We are honest and trustworthy in all our dealings. People can trust our word, because we refuse to lie or shade the truth.

Billy Graham

What a beautiful name. I love to watch how it falls off the lips of those who love Him. I shudder as it falls off the lips of those who don't. Jesus.

Beth Moore

It is never a question of how much you and I have of the Spirit, but how much He has of us.

Billy Graham

We live in a hostile world that constantly seeks to pull us away from God.

Billy Graham

God has given me a lifeboat and said... 'Moody save all you can

Dwight L. Moody

Thinking of and serving with others can be an antidote to negative and unhealthy introspection.

Billy Graham

Hardship is not our choice; but if we face it bravely, it can toughen the fiber of our souls.

Billy Graham

Don’t be deceived by Satan and his lies. Instead, stay close to Christ—because the closer you are to Him, the farther away you are from the devil.

Billy Graham

We have changed our moral code to fit our behavior instead of changing our behavior to harmonize with God’s moral code.

Billy Graham

Worry is a down payment on a problem you may never have

Joyce Meyer

Learn to keep close to [Jesus], to listen to His voice, and follow Him.

Billy Graham

Our sufferings may be hard to bear, but they teach us lessons which, in turn, equip and enable us to help others.

Billy Graham

Christians ought to have a different approach to business. As believers, we should view work as both service and a form of worship.

Charles W. Colson

The men upon whose shoulders rested the initial responsibility of Christianizing the world came to Jesus with one supreme request. They did not say, “Lord, teach us to preach”; “Lord, teach us to do miracles”; or “Lord, teach us to be wise” . . . but they said, “Lord, teach us to pray.

Billy Graham

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