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Some People Accuse Us Of Too Much Emotionalism. I Say We Have Too Little. That Is Why We Are Losing Church People To Other Interests. We Need Not Only To Capture Their Minds; We've Got To Touch Their Hearts. We've Got To Make People Feel Their Faith.

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Some People Accuse Us

Billy Graham

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Some People Accuse Us Of Too Much Emotionalism. I Say We Have Too Little. That Is Why We Are Losing Church People To Other Interests. We Need Not Only To Capture Their Minds; We've Got To Touch Their Hearts. We've Got To Make People Feel Their Faith.

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Today, We Come Together To Confess Our Need Of God. Those Perpetrators Who Took Us On To Tear Us Apart, It Has Worked The Other Way. It Has Backfired; It Has Brought Us Together.

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Martin Luther King (jr.) During The Civil Rights Movement Used To Exclaim That He Looked Forward To Heaven Where He Would Be "free At Last." That Is The Inscription On His Tomb In Atlanta.

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No Matter Who You Are Or What Your Life Has Been Like So Far, The Rest Of Your Life's Journey Can Be Different. With God's Help You Can Begin Again.

I Started Out As The President Of A Small College In Minnesota In 1947. And I Had Five Years Of Experience At The College. Then We Went To Los Angeles. And The Press Got To What We Were Doing. And I Went To Boston, Which Is My Next Series Of Meetings. That Was In 1950.

God Undertook The Most Dramatic Rescue Operation In Cosmic History. He Determined To Save The Human Race From Self-destruction, And He Sent His Son Jesus Christ To Salvage And Redeem Them. The Work Of Man's Redemption Was Accomplished At The Cross.

When God Forgives Us And Purifies Us Of Our Sin, He Also Forgets It. Forgiveness Results In God Dropping The Charges Against Us.

The Seed Of Sin Is In Us When We Are Born.

Only God Who Made Us Can Touch Us And Change Us And Save Us From Ourselves.

Because God Is Love, He Could Not Completely Cast Man Aside.

Communism Has Decided Against God, Against Christ, Against The Bible, And Against All Religion.

Christ Alone Can Bring Lasting Peace - Peace With God - Peace Among Men And Nations - And Peace Within Our Hearts.

I Don't Have Many Sad Days.

The Problems Of Peace Are Greater Than The Problems Of War.

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A Lot Of Jews Are Great Friends Of Mine.

Be Sure That Your Motive In Praying Is To Glorify God.

Prayer Never Works For Me On The Golf Course. That May Have Something To Do With My Being A Terrible Putter.

My Prayer Today Is That We Will Feel The Loving Arms Of God Wrapped Around Us, And Will Know In Our Hearts That He Will Never Forsake Us As We Trust In Him.

The Bible's Emphasis Is On The Good Treatment Of Animals, And Not Just The Forbidding Of Cruel Treatment.

If God Can Be Fully Proved By The Human Mind, Then He Is No Greater Than The Mind That Proves Him.

The Most Eloquent Prayer Is The Prayer Through Hands That Heal And Bless.

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3 Is Prime, 5 Is Prime, 7 Is Prime, 9 Is An Unfortunate Mistake Of The Devil. But If It Repents, It Will Be Saved!

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There Are Many Things That I Don't Understand.

The Unblemished Ideal Exists Only In Happily-ever-after Fairy Tales. Ruth Likes To Say, "if Two People Agree On Everything, One Of Them Is Unnecessary." The Sooner We Accept That As A Fact Of Life, The Better We Will Be Able To Adjust To Each Other And Enjoy Togetherness. "happily Incompatible" Is A Good Adjustment.

Confidentiality Is The Essence Of Being Trusted.

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True Prayer Is A Way Of Life, Not Just For Use In Cases Of Emergency.

Most Of Us Do Not Understand Nuclear Fission, But We Accept It. I Don't Understand Television, But I Accept It. I Don't Understand Radio, But Every Week My Voice Goes Out Around The World, And I Accept It. Why Is It So Easy To Accept All These Man-made Miracles And So Difficult To Accept The Miracles Of The Bible?

Angels Are God's Messengers Whose Chief Business Is To Carry Out His Orders In The World. He Has Given Them An Ambassadorial Charge. He Has Designated And Empowered Them As Holy Deputies To Perform Works Of Righteousness. In This Way They Assist Him As Their Creator While He Sovereignly Controls The Universe. So He Has Given Them The Capacity To Bring Holy Enterprises To A Successful Conclusion.

I Received Christ Into My Heart And My Life Began To Change. But It Was A Gradual Change. And I Didn't See Any Flashing Bulbs. I Didn't Hear Any Thunder. There Was No Great Emotional Experience. It Was Just Saying: Yes, Lord Jesus, I Want You To Be The Lord Of My Life.

I Think That Hell Essentially Is Separation From God Forever. And That Is The Worst Hell That I Can Think Of. But I Think People Have A Hard Time Believing God Is Going To Allow People To Burn In Literal Fire Forever. I Think The Fire That Is Mentioned In The Bible Is A Burning Thirst For God That Can Never Be Quenched.

We Are The Bibles The World Is Reading; We Are The Creeds The World Is Needing; We Are The Sermons The World Is Heeding.

Someday A Loving Hand Will Be Laid Upon Our Shoulder And This Brief Message Will Be Given: "come Home.

A Christian Is Someone Who Has Turned To God From Idols.

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The Basic Unit Of Any Society Is The Home. When The Home Begins To Break, The Society Is On The Way To Disintegration.

Don't Let Past Mistakes Keep You From Seeking God

There Is No Joy In Life Like The Joy Of Sharing.

The Farther We Get From God, The More The World Spirals Out Of Control. My Heart Aches For America And Its Deceived People. The Wonderful News Is That Our Lord Is A God Of Mercy, And He Responds To Repentance. In Jonah's Day, Nineveh Was The Lone World Superpower-wealthy, Unconcerned, And Self-centered. When The Prophet Jonah Finally Traveled To Nineveh And Proclaimed God's Warning, People Heard And Repented. I Believe The Same Thing Can Happen Once Again, This Time In Our Nation. It's Something I Long For.

Jesus Had A Humble Heart. If He Abides In Us, Pride Will Never Dominate Our Lives.

If Ever There Was A Time This Country Needed The Intervention Of God, It Is Now. We Can And Should Pray For America As A Whole, But Remember That When God Sets Out To Change A Nation, He Begins By Changing People. It Starts With Individuals.

It Is Impossible To Believe Anything Into Existence. The Gospel Did Not Come Into Being Because Men Believed It...the Fact Always Precedes The Faith.

The Framers Of Our Constitution Meant We Were To Have Freedom Of Religion, Not Freedom From Religion.

Even When We Allow Our Imaginations To Run Wild On The Joys Of Heaven, We Find That Our Minds Are Incapable Of Conceiving What It Will Be Like.

The Bible Is Clear That The Holy Spirit Is God Himself.

Truly A Legend In Our Time, John Templeton Understands That The Real Measure Of A Person's Success In Life Is Not Financial Accomplishment But Moral Integrity And Inner Character.

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I Can Barely Walk, But It's A Privilege To Be Able To Move At All.

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When We Live Apart From God, Our Lives Get Out Of Tune - Out Of Harmony With Others And With God. But If We Live In Tune With The Master, We, Too, Will Find Ourselves Surrounded By His Beautiful Music. As This New Year Begins, Ask God To Help You Tune Your Life Every Day To His Word, So You Can Bring Harmony And Joy To Those Around You.

Suppose You Could Gain Everything In The Whole World, And Lost Your Soul. Was It Worth It?

We're All Sinners. Everybody You Meet All Over The World Is A Sinner.

It's No Secret That In New York During The Last 30 Years There Has Been A Tragic Exodus From The Churches Into Materialism, Secularism And Humanism.

No Matter How Dark And Hopeless A Situation Might Seem, Never Stop Praying.

Some Believe Strongly That Each Christian May Have His Own Guardian Angel Assigned To Watch Over Him Or Her.

Hot Heads And Cold Hearts Never Solved Anything.

Grumbling And Gratitude Are, For The Child Of God, In Conflict. Be Grateful And You Won't Grumble. Grumble And You Won't Be Grateful.

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I Can't Explain 9/11, Except The Evil Of Man.

The Bible Says We Must Choose Two Ways Of Life.

God Has A Plan For Your Retirement.

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.

Churchgoers Are Like Coals In A Fire. When They Cling Together, They Keep The Flame Aglow; When They Separate, They Die Out.

Christmas Is Not A Myth, Not A Tradition, Not A Dream. It Is A Glorious Reality.

My Job Is Simply To Proclaim The Gospel, And To Let The Spirit Of God Apply In The Individual Hearts. When I Give The Invitation For People To Receive Christ It Will Be So Quiet You Can Hear A Pin Drop. And You Will See People Coming Forward Deliberately, Quietly, Reverently, Thoughtfully, And Many Of Their Lives. . . . Will Have Been Transformed And Changed In That Moment.

It Is Not The Body's Posture, But The Heart's Attitude That Counts When We Pray.

The Number One Problem In Our World Is Alienation, Rich Versus Poor, Black Versus White, Labor Versus Management, Conservative Versus Liberal, East Versus West . . . But Christ Came To Bring About Reconciliation And Peace.

You're Rich If You've Had A Meal Today.

Do You Want To Trust Your Life In God's Pocket Or Keep It In Your Own?

Think Of Working Forever At Something You Love To Do, For One You Love With All Your Heart, And Never Getting Tired! We Will Never Know Weariness In Heaven.

We Need To Be Reminded That There Is Nothing Morbid About Honestly Confronting The Fact Of Life's End, And Preparing For It So That We May Go Gracefully And Peacefully.

I Will Buy You Back With My Blood Because I Love You. I Will Free You From The Chains Of Sin. I Will Settle The Conflict Within And Give Peace To Your Soul. But You Must Come To Me With A Repentant Heart. You Must Be Willing To Be Redeemed. You Must Exchange Your Sin-blackened Heart For A New Heart That Is Cleansed By My Blood.

Even Our Pets Can Become Idols.

Millions Of Angels Are At God's Command.

The Motive Of Grace Is The Infinite, Compassionate Love Of A Merciful God, But The Work Of Grace Was The Death Of Christ On The Cross.

Christ On The Cross

Compassionate Love

I Am Convinced That People Are Open To The Christian Message If It Is Seasoned With Authority And Proclaimed As God's Own Word.

Even If We May Not Always Understand Why God Allows Certain Things To Happen To Us, We Can Know He Is Able To Bring Good Out Of Evil, And Triumph Out Of Suffering.

... Our Little Things Are All Big To God's Love; Our Big Things Are All Small To His Power.

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