Daily Devotional (Page 11)
Depend on Him
Depend on Him By Billy Graham • April 19, 2017 I advise you to obey only the Holy Spirit’s instructions. He will tell you where to go and what to do, and then you won’t always be doing the wrong things your evil nature wants you to. —Galatians 5:16 (TLB) To walk in the Spirit is a challenging and inspiring exercise, for it combines activity with relaxation. To walk means to place one foot in front of the other. If…
Christ Is Our Comforter
Christ Is Our Comforter By Billy Graham • April 18, 2017 . . . realize that your heavenly Father will . . . give the Holy Spirit to those who ask for him. —Luke 11:13 (TLB) Before He left His disciples, Christ promised that He would send a Comforter to help them in the trials, cares, and temptations of life. This word comforter means “one that helps alongside.” He is the Holy Spirit, the powerful Third Person of the Trinity.…
The Ability to Believe
The Ability to Believe By Billy Graham • April 17, 2017 . . . believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead . . . —Romans 10:9 It is impossible to believe anything into existence. The Gospel did not come into being because men believed it. The tomb was not emptied of Christ’s body that first Easter because some faithful persons believed it. The fact preceded the faith. We are psychologically incapable of believing without an…
Wisdom to Understand
Wisdom to Understand By Billy Graham • April 16, 2017 Behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest. —Genesis 28:15 When Jesus uttered His words of comfort in the first few verses of the fourteenth chapter of John’s Gospel, concluding with, “And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know” (John 14:4), Thomas said unto Him, “Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?” (John…
Evidence of Jesus
Evidence of Jesus By Billy Graham • April 15, 2017 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore . . . —Revelation 1:18 Certain laws of evidence hold in the establishment of any historic event. Documentation of the event in question must be made by reliable contemporary witnesses. There is more evidence that Jesus rose from the dead than there is that Julius Caesar ever lived, or that Alexander the Great died at…
The Return of the Lord
The Return of the Lord By Billy Graham • April 14, 2017 Our homeland is in heaven, where our Savior the Lord Jesus Christ is; and we are looking forward to his return . . . —Philippians 3:20 (TLB) The Scriptures indicate that we are living in man’s day. But there is coming a day that will be called the Day of the Lord. In the midst of hopelessness, there is hope! And that hope is centered in the God-man,…
Looking for a Cause?
Looking for a cause? By Billy Graham • April 13, 2017 Brethren . . . present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. —Romans 12:1 In a book called “The Age of Longing” we read that an American girl married a radical revolutionary in Paris. She had lost her faith at an American University—lost all the religious faith she had, and all the things her parents had told her. She was asked why…
Shine Your Light
Shine Your Light By Billy Graham • April 12,2017 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. —Matthew 5:16 One faithful witness is worth a thousand mute professors of religion. Tom Allan, Scotland’s famous young preacher, was brought to Christ while a black soldier was singing, “Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?” He said it was neither the song nor the voice, but the…
Transformed By Grace
Transformed By Grace By Billy Graham • April 11, 2017 He hath made him to be sin for us . . . that we might be made the righteousness of God . . . —2 Corinthians 5:21 Augustine was one of the greatest theologians of all time. He was a wild, intemperate, immoral youth. In spite of his mother’s pleadings and prayers, he grew worse instead of better. But one day he had a personal encounter with Jesus Christ that…
What is Most Important?
What Is Most Important? By Billy Graham • April 10, 2017 For if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ must still be dead. And if he is still dead, then all our preaching is useless and your trust in God is empty, worthless, hopeless. . . . The fact is that Christ did actually rise from the dead . . . —1 Corinthians 15:13,14,20 (TLB) I was invited to have coffee one morning with Konrad Adenauer before…
Do Not Trust Your Heart
Do Not Trust Your Heart By Billy Graham • April 9, 2017 And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him . . . —Luke 23:33 One of the ironies of human nature is that it often has a way of rejecting the best and accepting the worst. Why did the crowd ask for the release of Barabbas and the crucifixion of Jesus? The answer is in the biblical statement, “The heart is…
Unchanging Human Nature
Unchanging Human Nature By Billy Graham • April 8, 2017 Look! There is the Lamb of God who takes away the world’s sin. —John 1:29 (TLB) At the cross of Christ, sin reached its climax. Its most terrible display took place at Calvary. It was never blacker or more hideous. We see the human heart laid bare and its corruption fully exposed. Some people have said that man has improved since that day, that if Christ came back today, He…