'Christian Living' Tagged Posts (Page 2)
Lean on the Rock
Lean on the Rock By Billy Graham • January 15, 2017 When my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. —Psalm 61:2 When you become a Christian, it doesn’t mean that you will live on a perpetual “high.” The Psalmist David went down to the very depths, and so did the Apostle Paul. But in the midst of all circumstances God’s grace, peace, and joy are there. The tears will still come, the pressures…
His Presence
His Presence By Billy Graham • November 30, 2016 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings . . . —Philippians 3:10 W.C. Burns of India wrote, “Oh to have a martyr’s heart, if not a martyr’s crown.” Popularity and adulation are far more dangerous for the Christian than persecution. It is easy, when all goes smoothly, to lose our sense of balance and our perspective. The important thing is to…
Enjoy Life
Enjoy Life By Billy Graham • November 26, 2016 Now you are happy with the inexpressible joy that comes from heaven itself. —1 Peter 1:8 (TLB) Christians are to enjoy life and enjoy one another. When children see no joy in their home, no joy in your Christianity, they will not be attracted by it. When they see you excited about going to a ball game, or watching television, and then dragging around to do spiritual things, they will soon…
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,…
Good Things Are Costly
Good Things Are Costly By Billy Graham • November 12, 2016 In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. —John 16:33 You should not expect the easy way, for if you do you are certainly destined for disappointment. Any person who knows the Bible knows that the Christian life is likened to an athletic contest or to warfare, and neither one is easy. Jesus warned His followers to count carefully the…
True Freedom
True Freedom By Billy Graham • October 13, 2016 . . . believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable . . . —1 Peter 1:8 Christ is the answer to sadness and discouragement. This is a world of thwarted hopes, broken dreams, and frustrated desires. G.K. Chesterton says, “Everywhere there is speed, noise and confusion, but nowhere deep happiness and quiet hearts.” A Hollywood columnist wrote about a famous movie star, “The bright, carefree radiance has gone from her pretty face.”…
A Daily Process
A Daily Process By Billy Graham • October 2, 2016 He who hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. —Philippians 1:6 Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion. It is a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ. When you start out, you start out as a baby. You must be fed on the simple things of the Bible, and you learn to…
The Struggles of Life
The Struggles of Life By Billy Graham • September 2, 2016 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree … —1 Peter 2:24 All life is a struggle—that is the nature of things. Even within our physical bodies, doctors tell us, a conflict for supremacy is going on. The bacteria in our bloodstream are waging a constant war against alien germs. The red corpuscles fight the white corpuscles constantly in an effort to maintain…
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