Billy Graham Devotional

Topics: Discipleship The Responsibility of Discipleship By Billy Graham September 3 Even while we were still there with you we gave you this rule: ‘He who does not work shall not eat.’ —2 Thessalonians 3:10 (TLB) One of the Christian’s responsibilities in following Christ is to have a new attitude toward work. So many young people want Christ without responsibility. …

Topics: Christian Living, Salvation The Struggles of Life By Billy Graham September 2 Man standing alone in field 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 conflict for supremacy is going …

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, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute …

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 a satisfactory student career when her grades began to slip. …

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 coming one way and the Christian is going the opposite …

Topics: Pride, Suffering The Secret of Surrender By Billy Graham August 27 Just as you used to be slaves to all kinds of sin, so now you must let yourselves be slaves to all that is right and holy. —Romans 6:19 (TLB) We have heard the modern expression, “Don’t fight it—it’s bigger than both of us.” Those who are meek …

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 the midst of it a quiet and holy people, who …

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 has taken what was intended to be a glorious and …

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 highly educated and well-fed people have greeds, hates, passions, and …

Topic: We Must Decrease [Billy Graham Devotional 23 August 2019] Click HERE for Previous Devotional 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 all right for certain emotional people, but …