Tag Archives: Billy Graham

God Never Makes Mistakes Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. —2 Corinthians 12:9 God is especially close to us when we are lying on a sickbed. God will make the bed soft and will freshen it with His presence and with His tender care. He makes the …

Eternity What we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will give us later. —Romans 8:18 (TLB) Nowhere does the Bible teach that Christians are to be exempt from the tribulations and natural disasters that come upon the world. It does teach that the Christian can face tribulation, crisis, calamity, and personal suffering with a supernatural power that …

The Unchanging God From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. —Psalm 90:2 Have you ever thought about the collapse of time? From the days of the Lord Jesus Christ until about 1830, man could not travel any faster than a horse. In 1960, a man went into space and traveled at a speed of 18,000 miles an hour. Look how …

Get in the Word Despise God’s Word and find yourself in trouble. Obey it and succeed. —Proverbs 13:13 (TLB) As Christians, we have the Spirit of God in us. But ours is the responsibility to keep sin out of our lives so that the Spirit can produce His fruit in us. Become grounded in the Bible. As Christians, we have …

We started out bad, being born with evil natures. . . . But God is so rich in mercy . . . he gave us back our lives again when he raised Christ from the dead . . . —Ephesians 2:3,4 (TLB) I am reminded of a period when all the agonies that afflict modern minds were felt by another …

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, …

Billy Graham Devotional 18 July 2023 – Satisfaction of Soul Topic: Satisfaction of Soul Thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the Lord thy God hath given unto thee . . . — Deuteronomy 26:11 Often the Church has banged away negatively at evils without reminding us that God is tremendously interested in our finding a satisfying way of life here and now. We Christians …

Billy Graham Devotional 14 July 2023 – An Upside Down World Topic: An Upside Down World 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 …

Billy Graham Devotional 10 July 2023 – Time for Us Topic: Time for Us 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 possibly …