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Bridge the Gap
Bridge the Gap By Billy Graham • November 19, 2016 Keep a close watch on all you do and think. Stay true to what is right . . . —1 Timothy 4:16 (TLB) In searching for ways to bridge the generation gap, there is no doubt that we, as parents, will have to practice what we preach, by striving more and more to bring our conduct into line with our code of beliefs. No mother can demand that her daughter…
Verse of the Day – Psalms 3:3 KJV
³ But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
Pure Hearts
Pure HeartsBy Billy Graham • November 18, 2016 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus. —Philippians 2:5 It is impossible to live pure lives until we have pure hearts. Many people today are trying to put the cart before the horse. They are teaching purity of motives, desires, and actions to old, deceitful hearts! No wonder we have ended up such moral failures, in spite of our vaunted knowledge and psychological approaches. Pure motives, desires,…
Verse of the Day – Psalms 63:3-4 KJV
“Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.”Psalms 63:3-4 KJV http://bible.com/1/psa.63.3-4.kjv
Integrity
Integrity By Billy Graham • November 17, 2016 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do . . . —Philippians 4:9 Integrity is the glue that holds our way of life together. What our young people want to see in their elders is integrity, honesty, truthfulness, and faith. What they hate most of all is hypocrisy and phoniness. That is why it is important for us to go to church, to read…
Verse of the Day – Psalms 9:1 KJV
1 I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvelous works. 2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
Real Security
Real Security By Billy Graham • November 16, 2016 The foundation of God standeth sure . . . —2 Timothy 2:19 On campus the quickest way to security is through the crowd. Precisely where students talk about being independent and on their own, you will find them practicing the most rigid conformity in dress, in speech, in moral attitudes, and in thinking. Sometimes they follow fashion at the expense of integrity. They dread to be alone. They do not want…
Verse of the Day – Ephesians 3: 20-21 KJV
20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, 21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
Divine Artistry
Divine Artistry By Billy Graham • November 15, 2016 Yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities. —2 Corinthians 12:5 Dr. Edward Judson, in speaking of the life of his father, Adoniram Judson, at the dedication of the Judson Memorial Church in New York City, said, “Suffering and success go together. If you are succeeding without suffering, it is because others before you have suffered; if you are suffering without succeeding, it is that others after you…
Verse of the Day – Jude 1: 20-21 KJV
20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
Unbreakable
Unbreakable By Billy Graham • November 14, 2016 . . . but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. —Joshua 24:15 The basic unit of any society is the home. When the home begins to break, the society is on the way to disintegration. Thousands of homes are almost on the rocks. Many couples are fearful lest their home, too, will be broken some day. There is one great insurance policy that you can take out,…
Verse of the Day – Jeremiah 29:11 KJV
¹¹ For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you an expected end.