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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…
Verse of the Day – Proverbs 4:23 KJV
²³ Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Feeling the Hurts of Others
Feeling the Hurts of Others By Billy Graham • February 12, 2017 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light . . . —1 John 2:10 This age in which we live could hardly be described as conducive to a sensitiveness of the needs of others. We have developed a veneer of sophistication and hardness. Abraham Lincoln once said, characteristically, “I am sorry for the man who can’t feel the whip when it is laid on the other man’s…
Verse of the Day – Psalms 27:1
¹ The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?
His Timing Is Perfect
His Timing Is Perfect By Billy Graham • February 11, 2017 . . . that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. —Romans 12:2 God has a plan for the life of every Christian. Every circumstance, every turn of destiny, is for your good. It is working together for completeness. His plan for you is being perfected. All things working together for your good and for His glory. As a young Christian, Ruth,…