Billy Graham Devotional

Let us love one another; for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. . . . And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also. —1 John 4:7,21 If you would know the measure of your love for God, just observe your love for …

There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. —Proverbs 18:24 How many lonely people there are today! God did not create man to live in miserable inner loneliness. In that first Eden, God Himself came down to keep the man He had made from being lonely. One of the most heartening things Jesus said to His disciples was, …

You don’t understand now why I am doing it; some day you will. —John 13:7 (TLB) May I remind you that physical illness is not the worst thing that can happen to you? Some of the most twisted, miserable people I have ever met had no physical handicap. Some of the world’s greatest and most useful people have been handicapped. …

Billy Graham Devotional 7 August 2023 – The Mind of Christ Topic: The Mind of Christ For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. — 2 Timothy 1:7 Many diseases of both body and mind are self-inflicted. For example, ulcers are often caused by worry and anxiety. Heart attacks are caused many …

Billy Graham Devotional 3 August 2023 – Sufficient to Save Topic: Sufficient to Save There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. — Proverbs 14:12 A line of human thought that seems right to many people is the idea of self-redemption. Man thinks he must work at righteousness to save himself. After all, it was …

Billy Graham Devotional 1 August 2023 – Internal Strife Topic: Internal Strife Pride goes before destruction and haughtiness before a fall. — Proverbs 16:18 (TLB) David, king of ancient Israel, found himself in the midst of a confused national situation. His kingdom was torn by internal strife. Slave hated master; master hated slave. People blamed the government, and government blamed the people. David …

Billy Graham Devotional 31 July 2023 – Molding You Topic: Molding You When we suffer and die for Christ it only means that we will begin living with him in heaven. — 2 Timothy 2:11 (TLB) I have a friend who during the Depression lost his job, a fortune, a wife, and a home. But he tenaciously held to his faith—the only thing he …

Billy Graham Devotional 27 July 2023 – Give and Take Topic: Give and Take Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. — Ephesians 6:24 Certain relationships in life require from the parties involved only moderate degrees of devotion. A certain degree of reserve and distance seems to be suitable in such relations as these. But there are other relationships in …

Billy Graham Devotional 24 July 2023 – What God Expects Topic: What God Expects He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much . . . — Luke 16:10 What God expects, and all God expects, is that we dedicate completely all of our talents and gifts to Him. That is the meaning of the parable of the talents in Matthew, …

Billy Graham Devotional 21 July 2023 – Talk vs Action Topic: Talk vs. Action Except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. — Matthew 5:20 In a decadent society the will to believe, to resist, to contend, to fight, to struggle, is gone. In place of this will to resist, …