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If that last prayer of yours was your last chance to talk to God, would you be happy with what you said?
If that last prayer of yours was your last chance to talk to God, would you be happy with what you said? It was an interesting message that Eddie preached tonight. It folded right in with the lesson from Sunday School the other day. Bottom line of the message; Why DO we find it so hard to pray? I kind of see it more like, “Just how good is your relationship with God?” Let that question sink in for a…
The Ultimate Peace
The Ultimate Peace By Billy Graham • February 15, 2017 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you . . . —John 14:27 Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.” Where does peacemaking begin? How can we become peacemakers? Can peace be discovered within ourselves? Freud has told us that peace is but a mental attitude. Cast off our phobias, shed our neuroses, and “bingo!”-we’ll have the coveted peace…
Verse of the Day – Isaiah 12:2 KJV
² Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
Chosen by God
Chosen by God By Billy Graham • February 13, 2017 . . . 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 live in a vacuum that is as lonely as a radio tube when the batteries…
Verse of the Day – Proverbs 4:23 KJV
²³ Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Feeling the Hurts of Others
Feeling the Hurts of Others By Billy Graham • February 12, 2017 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light . . . —1 John 2:10 This age in which we live could hardly be described as conducive to a sensitiveness of the needs of others. We have developed a veneer of sophistication and hardness. Abraham Lincoln once said, characteristically, “I am sorry for the man who can’t feel the whip when it is laid on the other man’s…
Verse of the Day – Psalms 27:1
¹ The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?
His Timing Is Perfect
His Timing Is Perfect By Billy Graham • February 11, 2017 . . . that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. —Romans 12:2 God has a plan for the life of every Christian. Every circumstance, every turn of destiny, is for your good. It is working together for completeness. His plan for you is being perfected. All things working together for your good and for His glory. As a young Christian, Ruth,…
Verse of the Day – Romans 15:13 KJV
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
God Made You
God Made You By Billy Graham • February 10, 2017 Our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ. —1 John 1:3 God made you! You were fashioned in His own image! You were made in the image and likeness of the Creator. God had a purpose in making you. His primary purpose is that you would have fellowship with Him. If man does not have fellowship with God, he is lost, confused, and bewildered. Since he does…
Verse of the Day – Proverbs 17:17 KJV
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Life Changing Power
Life Changing Power By Billy Graham • February 9, 2017 I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. —Galatians 2:20 One day, by a simple act of faith, I decided to take Jesus Christ at His word. I could not come by way of the intellect alone; no one can. That does not mean that we reject reason. God has given us minds and the ability to reason wherever reason…