Billy Graham Devotional

Topics: Sin All Have Sinned By Billy Graham October 22 So it is that we are saved by faith in Christ and not by the good things we do. —Romans 3:28 (TLB) Many people still cling to the notion that man is naturally good. We did not get this from the Greeks. Aristotle said, “There is no good in mankind.” …

Topics: God A Need for God By Billy Graham October 21 Christ in your hearts is your only hope of glory. —Colossians 1:27 (TLB) The age-old issue, “Can man save himself, or does he need God?” is still raging across the world as furiously as ever. As long as the world goes on, people will build towers of Babel, fashion …

Topics: Temptation Victory Over Temptation By Billy Graham October 20 . . . tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope; and hope maketh not ashamed . . . —Romans 5:3–5 God never promised to remove temptation from us, for even Christ was subject to it. The Bible says that “He was tested in all things, like as we, …

Topics: Grief Joy in Sorrow By BGEA October 19 In the day when I cried, [you] answered me, and strengthened me … —Psalm 138:3 At some time in life all of us feel the loneliness of sorrow. Mary and Martha were saddened by the death of their brother, Lazarus, and Martha said to Jesus, “If you had been here, my …

Topics: Relationships Blessed Are Peacemakers By Billy Graham October 18 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety. —Psalm 4:8 In a materialistic world which has tried to sever diplomatic relations with God, we have nowhere to retreat except within ourselves. We are like turtles in a traffic jam—the …

Topics: Hope Searching for Peace? By Billy Graham October 17 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee … —Isaiah 26:3 Are you searching for peace? Are you longing for it? You thought you would find it if you made a lot of money, but you didn’t find it. You thought you would find it …

Topics: Depression Loneliness By Billy Graham October 16 My heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. —Psalm 84:2 Loneliness is one of the greatest problems people face today. It is a leading cause of suicide-that is now the third greatest killer of students in the United States. People feel various kinds of loneliness. One of the most …

Topics: Jesus Christ Experience Jesus By Billy Graham October 15 The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. —John 6:63 To one of the most religious men of His day, Jesus said, “Ye must be born again” (John 3:7). Nicodemus could not substitute his profound knowledge of religion for spiritual rebirth, and neither can …

Topics: Christian Living True Freedom By Billy Graham October 13 . . . believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable . . . —1 Peter 1:8 Christ is the answer to sadness and discouragement. This is a world of thwarted hopes, broken dreams, and frustrated desires. G.K. Chesterton says, “Everywhere there is speed, noise and confusion, but nowhere deep happiness and …

Topics: Christianity Christianity Is Serious By Billy Graham October 12 Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only . . . —James 1:22 Jesus indicated that there will be a permissive society just before He comes back. “As in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the coming of the Son of …