Topics: Jesus Christ Jesus to the Rescue By Billy Graham July 17 God is our refuge and strength, a tested help in times of trouble. —Psalm 46:1 (TLB) Scripture tells us that God tempts no one. Temptation always comes from the devil. God will test us and allow us to endure the temptation, but the devil does the tempting. How …
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Topics: Culture Solving the Problem By Billy Graham July 16 Lord, grant us peace; for all we have and are has come from you. —Isaiah 26:12 (TLB) Only a few years ago children were delighted at the prospect of a trip to the wharves to see the great ships come in. Today they are blasé about helicopters and jet planes. …
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Topics: Hope Disappointment Becomes Joy By Billy Graham July 15 They shall see his face . . . —Revelation 22:4 (TLB) One of the great bonuses of being a Christian is the great hope that extends beyond the grave into the glory of God’s tomorrow. A little girl was running toward a cemetery as the darkness of evening began to …
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Topics: Christian Living An Upside Down World By Billy Graham July 14 Follow not that which is evil, but that which is good . . . —3 John 11 We must get this fact firmly fixed in our minds: we live in an upside-down world. People hate when they should love, quarrel when they should be friendly, fight when they …
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Topics: Sin, Social Justice The Power of Choice By Billy Graham July 13 The Lord hath anointed me . . . to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound. —Isaiah 61:1 Viktor Frankl in his book, “Man’s Search for Meaning,” describes the reactions of two brothers with the same heredity, the …
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Topics: Truth A Genuine Hero By Billy Graham July 12 Jesus saith . . . I am the way, the truth, and the life . . . —John 14:6 With much of society a disappointment, young people have begun to search for answers on their own. Everywhere I travel, I find young people who are asking: What is truth? Who …
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Topics: Hope Encouragement By Billy Graham July 11 Looking for that blessed hope . . . —Titus 2:13 One of the best ways to get rid of discouragement is to remember that Christ is coming again. The most thrilling, glorious truth in all the world is the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. When we look around and see pessimism on …
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Topics: God Time for Us By Billy Graham July 10 Do not worry about your life . . . —Matthew 6:25 (NIV) Some people ask, “Do you think God has time for me? You don’t know how mixed up my life is, how confused it is; the pressures, the tension at home, the business problems, so many things I couldn’t …
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Topics: Sin Thoughts and Actions By Billy Graham July 9 May my spoken words and unspoken thoughts be pleasing even to you, O Lord my Rock and my Redeemer. —Psalm 19:14 (TLB) Robert Browning said, “Thought is the soul of the act.” Emerson said, “Thought is the seat of action. The ancestor of every action is thought.” If God destroyed …
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Topics: Worship Our Many Blessings By Billy Graham July 7 Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase. —Psalm 85:12 The great economic and material prosperity we are enjoying in the United States today is a gift of God’s hand. The Bible tells us that the very goodness of God should lead …
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