Billy Graham

The time to prepare for life__ disappointments and hurts is in advance.

When the church begins to entertain the flock and respond to the cult of self__t is diminished to a mere community center.

From a cleansed conscience emerges a changed life.

The one and only choice by which you can be converted is your choice to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ as your own personal Lord and Savior. The word __onversion_ means simply __urning.

If you belong to Jesus Christ, you are called to live a life of purity and holiness. God wants your mind to be shaped by Him so that your thoughts and goals reflect Christ.

Dishonesty is never justified. God will never approve, and even your own conscience will rise up to condemn you sooner or later.

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__ heart.

True conversion will involve the mind, the affection, and the will. There have been thousands of people who have been intellectually converted to Christ . . .but they have never been really converted to Him.

How do we prepare for that last day? Before we embark on our final trip, have we left an earthly home in a state of chaos or a condition of order?

If you have been harboring anger or bitterness or jealousy in your heart toward someone__ parent, an ex-spouse, a boss__and it over to Christ, and ask Him to help you let it go.

Life has its share of joys and laughter__ut we also know life__ road is often very rough. Temptations assail us; people disappoint us; illness and age weaken us; tragedies and sorrows ambush us; evil and injustice overpower us. Life is hard__ut God is good, and heaven is real!

This self-confident generation has produced more alcoholics, more drug addicts, more criminals, more wars, more broken homes, more assaults, more embezzlements, more murders, and more suicides . . .it is time all of us . . . begin to take stock of our failures, blunders, and costly mistakes. It is about time that we place less confidence in ourselves and more trust and faith in God.

A Christian funeral should be a coronation ceremony, a statement to the world about eternal life.

The Bible will always be the center of controversy.

I learned the importance of the Bible and came to believe with all my heart in its full inspiration. It became a sword in my hand to break open the hearts of men, to direct them to the Lord Jesus Christ.

God wants us to work (whether at home or on the job), but that doesn__ mean it__ wrong to retire. The Levites (who assisted in Israel__ worship) were required to retire at fifty.

It is a comfort to hear the words of God in times of stress.

Some people seem to put the devil on a par with God. Actually, Satan is a fallen angel.