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Verse of the Day – Proverbs 3:11-12 KJV
¹¹ My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: ¹² For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
How Will You Live?
How Will You Live? By Billy Graham • February 18, 2017 And Jesus said, . . . and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. —Mark 14:62 The world in which we live is full of pessimism. No Christian has the scriptural right to go around wringing his hands wondering what we are to do in the face of the present world situation. The Scripture says…
Verse of the Day – Romans 8:26 KJV
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Our Eternal Home
Our Eternal Home By Billy Graham • February 17, 2017 I create new heavens . . . —Isaiah 65:17 What kind of place is heaven? First, heaven is home. The Bible takes the word “home” with all of its tender associations and with all of its sacred memories and tells us that heaven is home. Second, heaven is a home which is permanent. We have the promise of a home where Christ’s followers will remain forever. Third, the Bible teaches…
Verse of the Day – Proverbs 18:22 KJV
²² Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
Living Enthusiastically for God By Billy Graham • February 16, 2016 Good salt is worthless if it loses its saltiness; it can’t season anything. So don’t lose your flavor! —Mark 9:50 (TLB) Columbus was called mad because he decided to sail the uncharted ocean. . . . Martin Luther was called mad because he presumed to defy the entrenched religious hierarchy of his time. Patrick Henry was considered mad when he cried, “Give me liberty, or give me death!” George…
Verse of the Day – Proverbs 18:21 KJV
²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
The Ultimate Peace
The Ultimate Peace By Billy Graham • February 15, 2017 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you . . . —John 14:27 Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.” Where does peacemaking begin? How can we become peacemakers? Can peace be discovered within ourselves? Freud has told us that peace is but a mental attitude. Cast off our phobias, shed our neuroses, and “bingo!”-we’ll have the coveted peace…
Verse of the Day – Isaiah 12:2 KJV
² Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
Verse of the Day John 15:13 KJV
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
The Mystery of His Love
The Mystery of His Love By Billy Graham • February 14, 2017 I have loved thee with an everlasting love . . . —Jeremiah 31:3 No human experience can fully illustrate the imputed righteousness of God, as conceived by His infinite love. It is a mystery-incomprehensible and inexplicable. Like the mystery of the sun’s heat and light, we cannot measure it or explain it, and yet we could not live without it. Writing of the mystery of completed righteousness, Paul…
Chosen by God
Chosen by God By Billy Graham • February 13, 2017 . . . you have been chosen by God who has given you this new kind of life . . . —Colossians 3:12 (TLB) Modern writers depict the pessimism of our time and many of them throw up their hands in despair and say, “There is no answer to man’s dilemma.” Hemingway once said, “I live in a vacuum that is as lonely as a radio tube when the batteries…