Billy Graham Devotional 7 March 2023 – The Divine Standard Topic: The Divine Standard For Salvation that comes from trusting Christ . . . is already within easy reach of each of us . . . — Romans 10:8 (TLB) Christ said there is a happiness in that acknowledgment of spiritual poverty which lets God come into our souls. Now, the …
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Billy Graham Devotional 28 February 2023 – He Gives Us Life Eternal Topic: He Gives Us Life Eternal These things have I written unto you that believe . . . that ye May know that ye have eternal life . . — 1 John 5:13 Recently I read that it will cost this country a hundred billion dollars to get one man safely …
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Topic: He Is Merciful Who is a God like unto thee . . . he delight in mercy — Micah 7:18 Many people want to hear what God say just out of curiousity They want to analyze and dissect it in their own test tubes. To these people, God may remain the great cosmic silence “out there somewhere.” He communicates to those …
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Billy Graham Devotional 20 February 2023 – Overcome Temptation Topic: Overcome Temptation Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. — Psalm 119:11 When temptations come, let me suggest that you ask God for strength-and also to show you the way He has prepared for your escape. One other word of counsel; be very sure …
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Topic: Chosen by God . . . you have been chosen by God who has given you this new kind of life . . . — Colossians 3:12 (TLB) Modern writers depict the pessimism of our time and many of them throw up their hands in despair and say, “There is no answer to man’s dilemma.” Hemingway once said, “I …
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Topic:Filled With Christ By Billy Graham January 1 . . . Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead. —Philippians 3:13 (TLB) As we flick the calendar to a new year, we come face to face with the fact that our days on earth are numbered. As the Psalmist wrote, “Teach us to number our days, that we …
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Topics: Sin Symptoms of Guilt By Billy Graham September 25 Cleanse me from this guilt. Let me be pure again. —Psalm 51:2 (TLB) Guilt is a prominent word among psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, and ministers too. The dictionary calls guilt “the act or state of having done a wrong or committed an offense.” The symptoms of guilt are many, but the root …
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Topic:Dream Great Dreams By Billy Graham September 10 Be thou faithful unto death . . . —Revelation 2:10 In our day much of the world believes little or nothing. People are broad but shallow. Agnosticism, anxiety, emptiness, meaninglessness, have gripped much of the world—and even the church. Our youth are desperately searching for a purpose and a meaning in their …
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Topics: Crucifixion The Greatest Work of Christ By Billy Graham September 4 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. —Ephesians 6:12 Jesus worked all His life. But the greatest work that Jesus did was not in the carpenter’s shop, …
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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. …
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