Posts by HPBC (Page 257)

Posts by HPBC (Page 257)

Wait a minute! Did I just miss a blessing?

Wait a minute!  Did I just miss a blessing? Well did everyone see the snow today?  I did, I was out in it, driving to Wally-World to pick up a few groceries.  As I was approaching the intersection of the southbound I-75 off ramp and 321 I noticed a dark haired, bearded man walking over the bridge.  A Hitchhiker, I assumed as he had a backpack on.  But what really caught my eye was that in the midst of the…

He Is Coming Back

He Is Coming Back By Billy Graham   •   January 6, 2017 Keep a sharp lookout! For you do not know when I will come. . . Watch for my return! —Mark 13:35, 36 (TLB) The great Dwight L. Moody used to say, “I never preached a sermon without thinking that possibly the Lord may come before I preach another.” Dr. G. Campbell Morgan, the distinguished British clergy-man, said, “I never begin my work in the morning without thinking that perhaps…

Verse of the Day – Ephesians 5:1-2

¹ Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;  ²  And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour. 

The Home

The Home By Billy Graham   •   January 5, 2017 Love never faileth . . . —1 Corinthians 13:8 The first essential for a happy Christian home is that love must be practiced. Homes that are built on animal attraction and lust are destined to crumble and fall. Love is the cohesive force that holds the family together. True love contains an element of spiritual mystery. It embodies loyalty, reverence, and understanding. Love imposes a tremendous responsibility on all members of…

Verse of the Day – 1 John 4:11-12 KJV

¹¹ Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.  ¹² No man hath seen God at any time.  If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

Assurance of His Love

Assurance of His Love By Billy Graham   •   January 4, 2017 The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? —Psalm 27:1 Today many people are living in the bondage of fear. In a recent study a psychiatrist said that the greatest problem facing his patients was fear. Fear of going insane, committing suicide, being alone, or fear of heart disease, cancer, disaster, or death. We are becoming a nation of fearful people. Down through the centuries…

Verse of the Day – 1 Peter 5:10 KJV

But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

A Simple Message

A Simple Message By Billy Graham   •   January 3, 2017 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. —John 15:9 The great Swiss theologian, Dr. Karl Barth, was probably in his generation the greatest theologian in the world, and a great philosopher as well. I did not always agree with him, but he was my friend and I respected him. While he was in this country, a student at one of the…

The Secret of Real Living

The Secret of Real Living By Billy Graham   •   January 2, 2017 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee; my soul thirsteth for thee . . . —Psalm 63:1 Some Christians have learned little of a daily devotional life. Some time ago a policeman asked me what the secret of victorious living was. I told him that there is no magic formula that can be pronounced. If any word could describe it, I would say surrender.…

Verse of the Day – John 14:27 KJV

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you:  not as the world giveth, give I unto you.  Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Filled With Christ

Filled With Christ By Billy Graham   •   January 1, 2017 . . . 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 may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” No thoughtful person can approach New Year’s Day without some introspection. We…