HPBC Daily Blog (Page 248)
Love Covers
Love Covers By Billy Graham • May 18, 2017 . . . Let us stop just saying we love people; let us really love them, and show it by our actions. —1 John 3:18 (TLB) The Bible declares that we who follow Christ should be just as much in love with each other as God was in love with us when He sent His Son to die on the cross. The moment we come to Christ, Scripture says, God gives…
Verse of the Day – Proverbs 21:3 KJV
³ To do justice and judgement is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Faith Produces Works
Faith Produces Works By Billy Graham • May 17, 2017 . . . doing service as to the Lord . . . —Ephesians 6:7 A true sacrament is not a mere creed, or ordinance, or form, but it is a life of service to God and to man. The most eloquent prayer is the prayer through hands that heal and bless. The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of praise is the…
Verse of the Day – Psalms 119:10 KJV
With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
Mindful of the Leading of God
Mindful of the Leading of God By Billy Graham • May 16, 2017 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. —Galatians 3:24 When God gave the law, He knew that man was incapable of keeping it. Many persons are confused as to why God gave the law, if He knew man could not possibly keep it. The Bible teaches that the law was given as a mirror; I look…
Verse of the Day – 1 Corinthians 13:6-7 KJV
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things..
Love Despite Ourselves
Love Despite Ourselves By Billy Graham • May 15 • Topics: God’s Love . . . all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags . . . —Isaiah 64:6 The Bible teaches that all our righteousness-falling short of the divine standard as it does-is as filthy rags in the sight of God. There is absolutely no possibility of our manufacturing a righteousness, holiness, or goodness that will satisfy God. Even the best of us is impure to God. I remember one…
Verse of the Day -Psalms 118:24 KJV
This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Live Creatively for Christ
Live Creatively for Christ By Billy Graham • May 14, 2017 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love . . . —Romans 12:10 Living creatively for Christ in the home is the acid test for any Christian man or woman. It is far easier to live an excellent life among your friends, when you are putting your best foot forward and are conscious of public opinion, than it is to live for Christ in your home. Your own…
Verse of the Day – Proverbs 31:30 KJV
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
God Provides
God Provides By Billy Graham • May 13, 2017 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. —John 13:13 He (the Spirit) will never lead you contrary to the Word of God. I hear people saying, “The Lord led me to do this. . . . The Lord told me thus and so . . . ” I am always a little suspicious unless what the Lord has said is in keeping with His…
Verse of the Day – 2 Corinthians 12:9 KJV
And he said unto me. My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.