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 …
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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 …
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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 all right for certain emotional people, but you can’t beat …
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Topics: Worry Be Not Anxious By Billy Graham August 19 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. —Colossians 3:16 Christians are to rejoice. To do that, you need only to think of the great …
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Topics: Money Where Is Your Treasure? By Billy Graham August 18 Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven . . . —Matthew 6:20 Many young people are building their lives on the rock of materialism. I find across the country a deep economic discontent among people in every walk of life. People want more and more things. They forget that …
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Topics: Faith, Lifestyle Life-Changing Power By Billy Graham August 13 Christ died and rose again . . . so that he can be our Lord both while we live and when we die. —Romans 14:9 (TLB) With a frequency that is amazing, the Bible affirms the fact of the bodily resurrection of Christ. Perhaps the most direct of all its …
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Topics: Soul & Spirit Poverty of Soul By Billy Graham August 12 For my people [are] foolish, they have not known me . . . —Jeremiah 4:22 No man is more pathetic than he who is in great need and is not aware of it. Remember Samson? Standing there in the valley of Sorek, surrounded by the lords of the …
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Topics: Grace The Unmerited Favor of God By Billy Graham August 11 For by grace are ye saved . . . —Ephesians 2:8 “Grace,” according to the dictionary, is the unmerited favor of God toward mankind. The word “grace” is used over 170 times in the New Testament alone. Grace is not bought. It is a free gift of almighty …
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Topics: Eternal Life, Heaven A New World By Billy Graham August 10 Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. —1 Corinthians 2:9 At the close of the Bible we encounter these words, “And I saw a new heaven and a new …
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Topics: Bible Unity in Scripture By Billy Graham August 8 . . . holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. —2 Peter 1:21 Although one can derive inspiration from any portion of the Scripture, it is better to have an understanding of the general structure of the Bible to get the most out of …
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