Billy Graham

Many churches have molded their programs around the community__ot the Word of God.

We will be judged according to the secret motives and the character of our work. If we have done our work for selfish motives or personal gain, even if the results looked noble to our friends and family, God knows our hearts.

In some churches today and on some religious television programs, we see the attempt to make Christianity popular and pleasant. We have taken the cross away and substituted cushions.

God__ standard is expressed in the Bible, and the ultimate example of that standard is Jesus Christ. When we live by the truth, we possess integrity.

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.

It is far better to know God__ truth than to be ignorant of it.

Do not be content to skim through a chapter [of the Bible] merely to satisfy your conscience. Hide the Word of God in your heart.

Before three thousand people were brought into the church on the day of Pentecost, the disciples had spent fifty days in prayer, fasting, and spiritual travail.

I am afraid the church is trying to speak out on too many issues that really do not concern the church. There are certain issues we know to be wrong__acial injustice, crime, gambling, dishonesty, pornography. On these matters we must thunder forth as the prophets of God.

When Jesus was tempted, He didn__ debate the devil. He quoted Scripture: __t is written . . . It is written . . . It is written_ (Matthew 4:4_10 NKJV). And each time the devil was defeated.

The Holy Spirit can take God__ word of truthand minister it to our deepest needs.

Being pure in conduct also includes honesty and integrity in dealing with our fellowmen. A Christian should be known in his neighborhood or place of business as an honest person.

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.

Moral living sometimes demands difficult choices. It requires selflessness.

The truth is that others judge us. More than that, they evaluate the truth of the Gospel by what they see of our lives and our integrity. [We] must make every effort to be above all suspicion in the matter of finances and statistics. We are not only accountable to God__ people, but also to our Master (see Acts 24:16).

What right does any church have even attempting to approve of lifestyles or certain acts for which God prescribed the death penalty in the Old Testament?

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

Don__ savor temptations; don__ dwell on them or toy with them or replay them over and over in your mind. The more you think about a particular temptation, the more enticing it becomes.