Posts by HPBC (Page 279)

Posts by HPBC (Page 279)

The Struggles of Life

The Struggles of Life By Billy Graham   •   September 2, 2016  Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree … —1 Peter 2:24 All life is a struggle—that is the nature of things. Even within our physical bodies, doctors tell us, a conflict for supremacy is going on. The bacteria in our bloodstream are waging a constant war against alien germs. The red corpuscles fight the white corpuscles constantly in an effort to maintain…

The First Missionary

The First MissionaryBy Billy Graham • September 1, 2016 Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. —Matthew 4:19 Jesus Himself was the first missionary! He did not sit by passively and let those who happened to be interested in His teaching come to Him. He went out where the sick, the sorrowing, and the sad were, and expounded His message of joy, healing, and salvation. Even at a tender age, He went to the Temple and “taught”…

Hope Beyond Death

Hope Beyond Death By Billy Graham   •   August 31, 2016  The righteous hath hope in his death. —Proverbs 14:32 We don’t like to talk about death; it’s the forbidden subject of our generation. Yet it’s real for all of us. Sometimes on television I see motion pictures featuring actors who are no longer living. They seem very much alive in the picture, but they are dead. Some of them were my personal friends. Death is real, and when we die,…

Make Room in your Heart

Make Room in Your HeartBy Billy Graham • August 30, 2016 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven . . .  —Matthew 5:43–45 When H. G.…

Just as I am

Just As I AmBy Billy Graham • August 29, 2016 You are living a brand new kind of life . . . more and more like Christ who created this new life within you. —Colossians 3:10 (TLB) A long-haired blonde from a southern university seemed to be enjoying a satisfactory student career when her grades began to slip. “Life had become one long case of the blahs,” she confessed later. “I wasn’t walking around with a steady load of blues,…

Letters from Roscoe

Today we board the ship for our cruise to Alaska and then by train on to Denali.   I will do my best to continue publishing the Daily Bible Verses and Devotionals whenever internet access is available.