Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
"I urge new converts to take plenty of time in Bible study and prayer before getting on a public platform to testify."
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"I urge new converts to take plenty of time in Bible study and prayer before getting on a public platform to testify."
Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
"The unbelieving world should see our testimony lived out daily because it just may point them to the Savior."
Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
"We should not let a day go by without thanking God for His mercy and grace to us in Jesus Christ."
Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
"Thanksgiving is recognition of a debt that cannot be paid. We express thanks, whether or not we are able otherwise to reimburse the giver."
Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
"The greatest testimony to this dark world today would be a band of crucified and risen men and women, dead to sin and alive unto God, bearing in their bodies โthe marks of the Lord Jesusโ [Galatians 6:17 NKJV]."
Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
"The devil will try to discourage you, to divert you; he will seek to dilute your testimony; he will attempt anything to destroy your relationship to Christ and your influence upon others."
Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
"Our creativity, our inner sense of right and wrong, our ability to love and to reasonโall bear witness to the fact that God created us in His image. The Bible says God โhas not left himself without testimonyโ [Acts 14:17 NIV]."
Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
"No Christian has the right to go around wringing his hands, wondering what we are to do in the face of the present world situation. The Scripture says that in the midst of persecution, confusion, wars, and rumors of wars, we are to comfort one another with the knowledge that Jesus Christ is coming back in triumph, glory, and majesty."
Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
"Subtle persecution may happen to you in your office, school, or social gathering. You may not be โwith it,โ or be โone of the crowd.โ No suffering that the Christian endures for Christ is ever in vain."
Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
"If you take a stand [for God] and mean it, you may suffer persecution. Some of your friends will drift away. They donโt want to be with people like you. You speak to their conscience. They feel uncomfortable in your presence because you live for God."
Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
"We can take persecution because we know the purpose behind it. The purpose is to glorify God."
Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
"While Christians in America have worshipped without the fear or threat of physical abuse for their beliefs, thousands of their brothers in Christ throughout the world have been tortured and martyred for confessing the name of Christ."
Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
"In a country where Christians were looked upon with suspicion and disfavor, a government leader said to me with a twinkle in his eye, โChristians seem to thrive under persecution. Perhaps we should prosper them, and then they would disappear."
Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
"Throughout the world today there are people who are enduring cruelties and persecution because of their Christian faith. We must pray for them, and for ourselves, so that in our own dying hour God will give us grace to endure until the end, anticipating the certainty of His glory to come."
Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
"Persecution may wear an insulting face. Insults may come as a result of a Christianโs lifestyle, which should be different from that of the secular world."
Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
"The Bible clearly says that faithfulness and persecution often go hand in hand."
Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
"A spirit of thankfulness is one of the most distinctive marks of a Christian whose heart is attuned to the Lord. Thank God in the midst of trials and every persecution."
Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
"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 Christโs sake."
Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
"When thanksgiving is filled with true meaning and is not just the formality of a polite โthank you,โ it is the recognition of dependence."
Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
"We should not covet or expect the praise of ungodly men . . . the very fact that they are inclined to persecute us is proof that we are โnot of the world."
Billy Graham, Billy Graham in Quotes
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