Who is Billy Graham
William Graham Jr, born on the 7th November 1918, was widely known as Billy Graham, the Christian evangelist from the United States of America. As well as being a prominent television and media evangelist, he was also an ordained Southern Baptist Minister, recognised around the world by the late 1940s.
Graham was known for broadcasting his message to the world over six decades, holding large rallies that were broadcast on radio and television. He was an advisor to Presidents of the United States over almost 50 years, from Harry Truman through to Barack Obama, counting many of the mas close friends. It was this public show of approval that helped him become such a trusted and established figure.
This was combined with his belief in racial integration at his events, anti-war stance and encouragement to join both the Protestant and Roman Catholic denominations. It is clear why so many felt connected to his sermons and his message. It is estimated he reached more people than any other person in the history of Christianity, with an estimated 2.5 billion seeing a television broadcast in 1996.
Billy Graham died on the 21st February 2018 and his message continues to date, as shown by the demand and interest in his quotes that you can find below.
Billy Graham Quotes
1. “It is the Holy Spirit’s job to convict, God’s job to judge and my job to love.”
2. “The will of God will not take us where the grace of God cannot sustain us.”
3. “I’ve read the last page of the Bible, it’s all going to turn out all right.”
4. “God never takes away something from your life without replacing it with something better.”
5. “When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.”
6. “Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, ‘Woe to those who call evil good,’ but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery. We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare. We have killed our unborn and called it choice. We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable. We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem. We have abused power and called it politics. We have coveted our neighbor’s possessions and called it ambition. We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression. We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment. Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and set us free. Amen!”
7. “Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.”
8. “My home is in Heaven. I’m just traveling through this world.”
9. “Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion; it is like a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ.”
10. “God has given us two hands–one to receive with and the other to give with. We are not cisterns made for hoarding; we are channels made for sharing.”
11. “We are the Bibles the world is reading; We are the creeds the world is needing; We are the sermons the world is heeding.”
12. “A real Christian is the one who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip.”
13. “Women need a reason for having sex, men just need a place”
14. “When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.”
15. “I don’t want to see religious bigotry in any form. It would disturb me if there was a wedding between the religious fundamentalists and the political right. The hard right has no interest in religion except to manipulate it.”
16. “The happiness which brings enduring worth to life is not the superficial happiness that is dependent on circumstances. It is the happiness and contentment that fills the soul even in the midst of the most distressing circumstances and the most bitter environment. It is the kind of happiness that grins when things go wrong and smiles through the tears. The happiness for which our souls ache is one undisturbed by success or failure, one which will deeply root inside us and give us inward relaxation, peace, and contentment, no matter what the surface problems may be. That kind of happiness stands in need of no outward stimulas.”
17. “Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
18. “End of Construction. Thank you ‘for your patience. ” Inscription on Ruth Bell Graham’s grave — inspired hy a road sign she saw.”
19. “Joy cannot be pursued. It comes from within. It is a state of being. It does not depend on circumstances, but triumphs over circumstances. It produces a gentleness of spirit and a magnetic personality.”
20. “Many invest wisely in business matters, but fail to invest time and interest in their most valued possessions: their spouses and children.”
21. “Remember: He WANTS your fellowship, and He has done everything possible to make it a reality. He has forgiven your sins, at the cost of His own dear Son. He has given you His Word, and the priceless privilege of prayer and worship.”
22. “Christ not only died for all: He died for each.”
23. “Sincerity is the biggest part of selling anything — including the Christian plan of salvation.”
24. “Only God can give us a selfless love for others, as the Holy Spirit changes us from within. This is one reason we must receive Christ, for apart from His Spirit we can never be freed from the chains of selfishness, jealousy, and indifference. Will others see Christ’s love in your life today?”
25. “I feel sorry for the man who has never known the bracing thrill of taking a stand and sticking to it fearlessly. Moral courage has rewards that timidity can never imagine. Like a shot of adrenaline, it floods the spirit with vitality”
26. “Self-centered indulgence, pride and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems of the American lifestyle.”
27. “Heaven is full of answers for which nobody ever bothered to ask.”
28. “God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, ‘I love you.”
29. “The legacy we leave is not just in our possessions, but in the quality of our lives. The greatest waste in all of our earth, which cannot be recycled or reclaimed, is our waste of the time that God has given us each day.”
30. “Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.”
31. “Worship leader George Beverly Shea kidded Billy Graham that the latter would be unemployed in Heaven — while Shea would still have a job leading worship.”
32. “your faith and hope are in god.”
33. “If God were to remove all evil from our world (but somehow leave human beings on the planet), it would mean that the essence of ‘humanness’ would be destroyed. We would become robots.
34. “You cannot come to Christ unless the Spirit of God brings you. But what if you ignore His warnings? Then you are in the gravest danger, for some day God will no longer be speaking to you. Then it will be too late. Come to Christ while there is still time. Christ, God’s greater Ark, stands ready to welcome you to safety today.”
35. “World events are moving very rapidly now. I pick up the Bible in one hand, and I pick up the newspaper in the other. And I read almost the same words in the newspaper as I read in the Bible. It’s being fulfilled every day round about us.”
36. “Our relationship must be right with God before it can be right with man.”
37. “Reading God’s Word and meditating on its truth will have a purifying effect upon your mind and heart, and will be demonstrated in your life. Let nothing take the place of this daily privilege.”
38. “Heaven gives us hope—hope for today and hope for the future. No matter what we’re facing, we know it is only temporary, and ahead of us is Heaven.”
39. “Some people have a warped idea of living the Christian life. Seeing talented, successful Christians, they attempt to imitate them. For them, the grass on the other side of the fence is always greener. But when they discover that their own gifts are different or their contributions are more modest (or even invisible), they collapse in discouragement and overlook genuine opportunities that are open to them. They have forgotten that they are here to serve Christ, not themselves.”
40. “He lives in the hearts of those who trust in Him. Our confidence in life after death comes from these very truths.”
41. “We need to encourage new believers to feed on God’s Word—it is nourishment for the soul.”
42. “The Lord is not only tender and merciful and full of compassion, but He is also the God of justice, holiness and wrath…Compassion is not complete in itself, but must be accompanied by inflexible justice and wrath against sin and a desire for holiness. What stirs God most is not physical suffering but sin. All too often we are more afraid of physical pain than of moral wrong. The cross is the standing evidence of the fact that holiness is a principle for which God would die. God cannot clear the guilty until atonement is made. Mercy is what we need and that is what we receive at the foot of the cross.”
43. “Prayer is for every moment of our lives, not just for times of suffering or joy. Prayer is really a place, a place where you meet God in genuine conversation.”
44. “With a twinkle in his eyes, my friend says that his favorite prayer is, “Lord, give me patience—and give it to me right now!”
45. “The second coming of Christ will be so revolutionary that it will change every aspect of life on this planet. Christ will reign in righteousness. Disease will be arrested. Death will be modified. War will be abolished. Nature will be changed. Man will live as it was originally intended he should live.”
46. “I have read the last page of the Bible. It is all going to turn out all right.”
47. “Strengthen your commitment to Christ—now. Don’t wait until the storms of temptation, or sickness, or old age threaten to blow you off-course; now is the time to strengthen your faith.”
48. “I have never known anyone to accept Christ’s redemption and later regret it.”
49. “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord”
50. “Believe that Christ died for you. He suffered for you. He won the battle over sin for you. He rose from the grave and was victorious over death so that you can live forever.”
51. “Golden years’ must have been coined by the young. It is doubtful that anyone over seventy would have described this phase of life with such a symbolic word.”
52. “The ground is level at the foot of the cross.”
53. “Evil is real—but so is God’s power and love.”
54. “Every area of our lives is to be under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. And that means the searchlight of God’s Word must penetrate every corner of our lives.”
55. “Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can. Our Father and our God, You have made each of us unique and special. Show me how You want me to use the special talents You have given me to glorify You, Lord. Help me to hear and march to the heavenly drumbeat of Your Holy Spirit through Christ Jesus my Lord. Amen.”
56. “Are you perhaps one of those who worries about having committed the unpardonable sin? If so, you should face squarely what the Bible says on this subject, not what you may have heard from others. The unpardonable sin is rejecting the truth about Christ. It is rejecting, completely and finally, the witness of the Holy Spirit, which declares that Jesus Christ is the Son of God who alone can save us from our sins. Have you rejected Christ in your own life, and said in your heart that what the Bible teaches about Him is a lie? Then I tell you as solemnly and as sincerely as I know how that you are in a very dangerous position. I urge you without delay to accept the truth about Christ, and to come to humble confession and repentance and faith. It would be tragic for you to persist in your unbelief, and eventually go into eternity without hope and without God.”
57. “Old John Witherspoon, the only cleric to sign the Declaration of Independence, had this to say on the subject: “It is only the fear of God that can deliver us from the fear of man.”
58. “The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of praise is the sound of consecrated feet seeking out the lost and helpless.”
59. “The resurrection blasts apart the finality of death, providing an alternative to the stifling settling dust of death and opens the way to new life.”
60. “The most important events in human history were the death and the resurrection of Jesus Christ.”
