Billy Graham, Billy Graham In Quotes Quotes

Be attractive and winsome, but do not compromise your convictions for the sake of popularity.

When Jesus was tempted, He didn’t debate the devil. He quoted Scripture: “It is written . . . It is written . . . It is written” (Matthew 4:4–10 NKJV). And each time the devil was defeated.

We can’t flee from temptation in our own strength—but God will give us the strength we need, if we’ll only seek it. A friend of mine says, “When the devil knocks, I just send Jesus to the door!

Everyone has temptations but some folks entertain them . . .Get your eyes off the temptation and onto Christ!

Every stage of life has its own temptations and dangers, and Satan will do all he can to exploit them . . .the time to prepare is now, not when it arrives.

Be very sure that you do not deliberately place yourself in a position to be tempted.

Be sure that Satan will tempt you at your weak point, not the strong.

Many Christians give in to various temptations through peer pressure and find themselves surrendering to worldly passions, justifying pleasures the world offers.

Temptation is not a sin. It is the yielding that is sin. All temptation is from the devil.

Only a strong faith—a faith based on God’s Word—will protect us from temptation and doubt.

Temptation: Recognize it for what it is, and then reject it—immediately and without compromise.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and so is our character.

A godlikeness of character is the Christian’s proper heritage in this earthly walk.

Trials and difficulties may assail the life of a believer, but they also have the ability to remold his character and banish from his life those impurities which might impair growth and service.

Consistency, constancy, and undeviating diligence to maintain Christian character are a must if the older generation is to command respect, or even a hearing, from the young.

A few years ago, honesty was the hallmark of a man of good character. But it’s been set aside for an “It’s all right if you don’t get caught” philosophy.

It is unfair to attribute virtues beyond a person’s true character.

Don’t conform to those who have been overwhelmed by the tide of immorality sweeping our country!

From compromise to deceit is a small step.

It is a tragedy that many of God’s people have conformed themselves to the world and its thinking, rather than being transformed by the renewing of their minds.

God’s purpose for us is that we ought to beconformed to the image of His Son. The world may exert its pressure to deform us, but we are told to “be transformed” [Romans 12:2 NIV].

Pure hearts will be Christlike. It is God’s desire that we be conformed to the image of His Son.

The underlying principle of all Satan’s tactics is deception. He is a crafty and clever camouflager.

Satan’s method has often been to imitate God.Satan is still using this form of deception, and often his representatives are being disguised as ministers of righteousness.

For Satan’s deceptions to be successful, they must be so cunningly devised that his real purpose is concealed by wiles.

We see ourselves as self-sufficient, self-important, and self-sustaining. God sees us as dependent, self-centered, and self-deceived.

Our culture will stand in roaring ovations for the illusionists, escape artists, and magicians. Deception is everything opposite the truth.

If we are at peace with this world, it may be because we have sold out to it and compromised with it.

Daniel and his companions were tempted to forsake their godly heritage but they refused. They even faced a fiery furnace rather than compromise.

We are to renounce the evil influence of the world, the flesh, and the devil. There can be no parleying, bargaining, compromise, or hesitation. Christ demands total loyalty.

Too many Christian TV and radio programs have been geared to please, entertain, and gain the favor of the world. The temptation is to compromise, to make the gospel more appealing and attractive.

Christ needs people today who are made of martyr stuff! Dare to take a strong, uncompromised stand for Him.

The devil has successfully fooled many churches, convincing them to follow the world. Biblical standards have been compromised by convenient social theories.

Compromising and conforming to the world’sstandard is against God’s Word.

I have read the last page of the Bible. It isall going to turn out all right.

Bible teaching about the Second Coming of Christ was thought of as “doomsday” preaching. But not anymore. It is the only ray of hope that shines as an ever brightening beam in a darkening world.

The Bible tells us that the state of the world will grow darker as we near the end of the age.

[It] is well and good when our convictions are based upon the “Thou shalts” and the “Thou shalt nots” of Scripture rather than our own ideas.

The world is heading for another major crisis that is being called, even by the secular world, “Armageddon.

We are told in Scripture that there will be signs pointing toward the return of the Lord.I believe that we see those signs in the world today. I believe that the coming of the Lord is near.

When the “evil day” comes, we do not have to be dependent upon the circumstances around us, but rather on the resources of God!

I have become more deeply aware of the enormous problems that face our world today, and the dangerous trends which seem to beleading our world to the brink of Armageddon.

A new world is coming . . . The paradise that man lost will be regained . . . One day we will live in a brand-new world.

The study [of Revelation] instructs us not only about the storms to come, but how to endure and come through them with great victory.

We see the storm clouds gathering and events taking place that herald the second coming of Jesus Christ.

Revelation is a pastor’s letter to his floundering flock, an urgent telegram bearing a brilliant battle plan for a people at war.

I believe that this world, as we know it, will come to an end . . . This is not fanciful imagination but the clear and repeated testimony of the Bible.

The book of Revelation may be difficult and demanding to read, yet it is the only biblical book whose author promises a blessing to those who read it.

God often gives us an inner conviction or prompting to confirm which way He wants us to go. This prompting comes from the Holy Spirit.

Anyone who has genuinely seen God is deeply convicted of his or her own sin.