Billy Graham Devotional

Topics: Christian Living, Salvation The Struggles of Life By Billy Graham September 2 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree … —1 Peter 2:24 All life is a struggle—that is the nature of things. Even within our physical bodies, doctors tell us, a …

Topics: Jesus Christ, Missions & Service The First Missionary By Billy Graham September 1 Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. —Matthew 4:19 Jesus Himself was the first missionary! He did not sit by passively and let those who happened to be interested in His teaching come …

Topics: Death, Hope Hope Beyond Death By Billy Graham August 31 The righteous hath hope in his death. —Proverbs 14:32 We don’t like to talk about death; it’s the forbidden subject of our generation. Yet it’s real for all of us. Sometimes on television I see motion pictures featuring actors …

Topics: Jesus Christ Make Room in Your Heart By Billy Graham August 30 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, …

Topics: Faith, Lifestyle Just As I Am By Billy Graham August 29 You are living a brand new kind of life . . . more and more like Christ who created this new life within you. —Colossians 3:10 (TLB) A long-haired blonde from a southern university seemed to be enjoying …

Topics: Grace Grace and Peace By Billy Graham August 28 Unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. —Ephesians 4:7 The Christian life is never spoken of in the Bible as a bed of roses. It is uphill, because society is …

Topics: Christianity, Hope Unspeakable Joy By Billy Graham August 26 And the disciples were called Christians . . . —Acts 11:26 In the third century Cyprian, the Bishop of Carthage, wrote to his friend Donatus, “It is a bad world, Donatus, an incredibly bad world. But I have discovered in …

Topics: Marriage The Purity of Marriage By Billy Graham August 25 Bride and groom holding hands in front of sunset Whatsoever things are pure . . . think on these things. —Philippians 4:8 Nowhere does the Bible teach that sex in itself is a sin. Man in his sinful nature …

Topics: Sin Root of Sin By Billy Graham August 24 Overwhelming victory is ours through Christ who loved us enough to die for us. —Romans 8:37 (TLB) The basic problem facing our world is not just social inequity, or lack of education, or even physical hunger. We are finding that …

Topics: Pride We Must Decrease By Billy Graham August 23 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord. —Lamentations 3:40 Our modern philosophy of self-reliance and self-sufficiency has caused many to believe that we can make the grade without God. “Religion,” they argue, “may be …