Daily Devotional (Page 36)
Daily Devotional – Our Greatest Need
Our Greatest Need By Billy Graham • June 23, 2016 God did not send his Son into the world to condemn it, but to save it. —John 3:17 (TLB) You can put a public school and university in the middle of every block of every city in America—but you will never keep America from rotting morally by mere intellectual education. Education cannot be properly called education which neglects the most important parts of man’s nature. Partial education throughout the world…
Daily Devotional – The Most Unique Person
The Most Unique Person By Billy Graham • June 22, 2016 Worthy is the Lamb . . . to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing. —Revelation 5:12 H.G. Wells wrote, “Christ is the most unique person of history. No man can write a history of the human race without giving first and foremost place to the penniless teacher of Nazareth.” Rabbi Stephen Wise said concerning Jesus, “You will find that He is…
Daily Devotional – Tears of Repentance
Tears of Repentance By Billy Graham • June 21, 2016 Now change your mind and attitude to God and turn to him so he can cleanse away your sins and send you wonderful times of refreshment from the presence of the Lord. —Acts 3:19 (TLB) There is a certain amount of sorrow involved in repentance that we don’t see much of today. That word means moaning and even groaning. I don’t mean that we have to have a great emotional…
Daily Devotional – Have You Come to “When” Yet?
Have You Come to “When” Yet? – From Utmost.org June 20, 2016 The Lord restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends. —Job 42:10 A pitiful, sickly, and self-centered kind of prayer and a determined effort and selfish desire to be right with God are never found in the New Testament. The fact that I am trying to be right with God is actually a sign that I am rebelling against the atonement by the Cross of Christ. I…
Daily Devotional – Distance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
Distance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder By Billy Graham • June 19, 2016 . . . set your sights on the rich treasures and joys of heaven . . . —Colossians 3:1 (TLB) Have you ever been separated from someone you love? A boyfriend or girlfriend whom you have not seen in three or four months? Wait until you see each other! My wife and I have said goodbyes to each other; but when we met again, it was a…
Daily Devotional – Keep Recognizing Jesus
Keep Recognizing Jesus – From Utmost.org June 18, 2016 …Peter…walked on the water to go to Jesus. But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid… —Matthew 14:29-30 The wind really was boisterous and the waves really were high, but Peter didn’t see them at first. He didn’t consider them at all; he simply recognized his Lord, stepped out in recognition of Him, and “walked on the water.” Then he began to take those things around him…
Daily Devotional – Fully Surrender
Fully Surrender By Billy Graham June 17, 2016 Those who still reject me are like the restless sea. . . . There is no peace, says my God, for them! —Isaiah 57:20,21 (TLB) Faith has legs . . . I heard about a man some years ago who was rolling a wheelbarrow back and forth on a tightrope across Niagara River. Thousands of people were shouting him on. He put a 200-pound sack of dirt in the wheelbarrow and…
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Look Deeply By Billy Graham June 16 , 2016 Open my eyes to see wonderful things in your Word. —Psalm 119:18 (TLB) Some, who doubt that the Bible is the true Word of God, doubt it because they are unwilling to ascribe to God anything they cannot themselves achieve. If you have any uncertainty about the inspiration of the Bible, go back and look at it again. Look at it in the light of a person who has been staring…
Practice Good Stewardship By Billy Graham • June 15, 2016 Redeeming the time . . . —Ephesians 5:16 We are stewards of our time. God has given each one of us a little “chunk of eternity” called time. These golden moments of opportunity are doled out to us for our benefit and for God’s glory. If we use them wisely, they are woven by God’s omnipotent hand into the fabric of eternity. Henry Thoreau cautioned, “You cannot kill time without…
Daily Devotional – Who Is He?
Who Is He? By Billy Graham June 14 • Topics: Jesus Christ . . . for they have rejected the word of the Lord . . . —Jeremiah 8:9 (TLB) The Apostle Paul once asked, “Who art thou, Lord?” That is a question each of us has to face. If Jesus claimed to be the Son of God, knowing He was not, then He was a deceiver, the greatest liar the world has ever known. If He thought He was…
Daily Devitional – Believe in the Holy Spirit
Believe in the Holy Spirit By Billy Graham June 13, 2016 . . . I [have] raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee . . . —Romans 9:17 Walter Knight tells the story about a little boy who had recently received Christ. “Daddy, how can I believe in the Holy Spirit when I have never seen Him?” asked Jim. “I’ll show you how,” said his father, who was an electrician. Later Jim went with his father…
Daily Devotional – The Wisdom of God
The Wisdom of God By Billy Graham June 12 Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. —Psalm 37:5 To know the will of God is the highest of all wisdom. Living in the center of God’s will rules out all falseness of religion and puts the stamp of true sincerity upon our service to God. You can be miserable with much, if you are out of His will; but you…