When we grieve over someone who has died in Christ, we are sorrowing not for them, but for ourselves. Our grief isn't a sign of weak faith, but of great love. Billy Graham More Quotes by Billy Graham More Quotes From Billy Graham If you could work your way to heaven, you would said look what I did, I got myself here by my good works. The only way you are going to make it is to come to that Cross. Billy Graham choices heaven looks God made us for one reason: so He could have fellowship with us. It wasn't that He was lonely or needed us but He made us in His image so He could shower His love upon us. Billy Graham his-love fellowship lonely Some of the greatest values that have influenced me through the years are those that I learned as a boy growing up on the farm. I remember mostly the love in our family, but I also remember the discipline. Then there was the work; we all had to work. Billy Graham growing-up boys years Everybody is a sinner before God. And I think we magnify it today because we have television, and we have so many other technologies that make what happens in some other part of the world in our living room. Billy Graham technology television thinking Your salvation depends on what [Christ] has done for you, not on what you do for Him. It isn't your hold on God that saves you. It's His hold on you. Billy Graham salvation done christ Only when Christ comes again will the little white children of Alabama walk hand in hand with little black children. Billy Graham white children hands You choose sin. You practice sin. Billy Graham sin choices practice I can tell you that God is alive because I talked to him this morning. Billy Graham good-morning alive morning There are many things that I don't understand. Billy Graham Every successful work of God must have opposition. Billy Graham successful-work opposition successful Throughout my ministry, I have sought to build bridges between Jews and Christians. Billy Graham ministry bridges christian God did not create the strife between races, nor did He intend for it to be that way. Strife between races and ethnic groups comes from sin-and sin resides in the human heart. The Bible says, “What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?” (James 4:1). When one group or one race claims it is superior to another, pride has taken control-and pride is a sin.Instead, God wants us to learn to accept each other and love each other-and this becomes possible, as we turn our lives over to Christ and allow Him to change us from within. Billy Graham fighting taken heart The Bible says we must choose two ways of life. Billy Graham choices two way You're rich if you've had a meal today. Billy Graham rich meals today The crowds themselves are meaningless. The thing that counts is what happens to the hearts of the people. Billy Graham crowds heart people Sin then is not a toy with which to play but a terror to be shunned. Billy Graham toys sin play Wherever the Gospel is preached, no matter how crudely, there are bound to be results. Billy Graham bounds results matter No matter what trials we face, Christ never leaves us. He is with us every step of the way! Billy Graham trials matter way I have never targeted Muslims. I have never targeted Jews. I believe that we should declare the fact that God loves you, God's willing to forgive you, God can change you, and Christ and his kingdom is open to anybody who repents and by faith receives him as lord and savior. Billy Graham forgiving love-you believe No matter what you might be going through right now, God has blessed you far more than you probably imagine-not just with material goods, but with family, with freedom and with the ability to enjoy His gifts. Billy Graham thankfulness blessed might
