Jo Graham Quotes

The central message of the Bible is Jesus Christ.

When Jesus needed friends, they left Him.

Not everyone Jesus tried to turn back from the brink of destruction responded—nor will they with us.

Though [Jesus’] words were profound, they were plain. His words were weighty, yet they shone with a luster and simplicity of statement that staggered His enemies.

The kind of society we live in can contribute to loneliness. Mobility and constant change tend to make some individuals feel rootless and disconnected.

With Christ as your Savior and constant Companion, you, although alone, need never be lonely.

I am never lonely when I am reading the Bible. Nothing dissolves loneliness like a session with God’s Word.

I am never lonely when I am sharing [Christ] with others. There is a great exhilaration in talking to others about [Him].

Loneliness is no respecter of persons. It invades the palace as well as the hut.

The sin of self is a deadly sin.

A suffering person does not need a lecture—he needs a listener.

[The Lord] does go with us through our sufferings, and He awaits us as we emerge on the other side of the tunnel of testing—into the light of His glorious presence to live with Him forever!

Jesus suffered more than any other person in human history.

The book of Job does not set out to answer the problem of suffering, but to proclaim a God so great that no answer is needed.

I believe one reason that God allows poverty and suffering is so that His followers may demonstrate Christ’s love, mercy, and comfort to [others].

Being a Christian does not exempt us from tough training, which may mean suffering. If the training were easy, we would not be prepared for the tough days ahead.

May we store up the truths of God’s Word in our hearts as much as possible, so that we are prepared for whatever suffering we are called upon to endure.

True faith and suffering frequently go hand-in-hand . . .Living for Christ, walking in His way, will not be an easy path.

The Bible and the history of the church both demonstrate that God’s way for the suffering of His people has not always been the way of escape, but the way of endurance.

In my years of global travels, I have seen a world in pain . . . Without God’s guidance, our response to suffering is a futile attempt to find solutions to conditions that cannot be solved.

The Bible teaches that we are to be patient in suffering. Tears become telescopes to heaven, bringing eternity a little closer.

Tens of thousands of God’s saints and sufferers through the ages have found their dark nights lightened and tortured souls strengthened because they found help from the Spirit in the Word of God.

Our sufferings may be hard to bear, but they teach us lessons which, in turn, equip and enable us to help others.

Can the sin of one or a few cause suffering for many? The answer, of course, is yes, for no sin is isolated in the life of the sinner. It spreads like poison gas into every available crevice.

God is not blind. He knows about you and your problems. He knows of those who are suffering . . . and His love for His children will never leave in times of trouble.

When suffering comes, learn to trust each day into God’s hands . . . let your lips be filled with prayer and praise.

We need to encourage new believers to feed on God’s Word—it is nourishment for the soul.

Make it your goal to build strong foundations for your life—foundations constructed from prayer and the truths of God’s Word.

Why are our inner lives so important? One reason is because our thoughts determine our actions.

Jesus Christ said the gate that leads to destruction is wide and the way is broad, but the gate which leads to life is straight and the way narrow.

You can’t change the past. But with God’s help you can change the future. No matter what your life has been like so far, God wants to put your feet on a new path . . . a better path . . . His path.

Some day our journey through this life will be over and we will embark on another journey—one that will last forever.

If we don’t know who we are, we’ll never know how we ought to live.

I am still learning, for the Christian life is one of constant growth.

Do others see something of Christ in your life? Do they see a “family resemblance” to Him by the way you live?

The Christian life isn’t a playground but a battlefield.

When I received Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, I found the secret of life!

Sometimes we face “gray areas, ” things that aren’t necessarily forbidden by the Bible but still may not belong in our lives.

Sin, like a deadly cancer, has invaded every area of our lives: our bodies, our minds, our emotions, our wills—everything.

Because of the brevity of life, the Bible warns that we should be prepared to meet God at all times.

Mark my word, the day is coming when it’s going to cost to live for Jesus Christ. We are, more and more, a minority, and that’s exactly what it was like in the first century.

I’ve known the thrill of winning a tough ball game and of winning a golf match on the last hole. But to me the biggest thrill is to win the big one—the spiritual battle of life.

The light of God’s presence in our lives is a purifying flame that will draw us near to Him.

The legacy we leave is not just in our possessions, but in the quality of our lives.

I could recall countless illustrations of men and women who have encountered Jesus Christ . . .Their whole lives have been transformed.

Our life is not of this world.

No matter how advanced its progress, any generation that neglects its spiritual and moral life is going to disintegrate.

Instead of giving God His rightful place at the center of our lives, we have substituted the “god” of Self. Only Christ can change our hearts—and through us begin to change our world.

Walk into any bookstore and you’ll find hundreds of books telling you how to live. Don’t be misled, and don’t be deceived. Instead, build your life on the truth God has given us in His Word.

Though cultures differ and times change, the Word of our God stands forever as an unchanging source of answers to all of life’s problems.