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The Evangelistic Harvest Is Always Urgent. The Destiny Of Men And Of Nations Is Always Being Decided. Every Generation Is Strategic. We Are Not Responsible For The Past Generation, And We Cannot Bear The Full Responsibility For The Next One; But We Do Have Our Generation. God Will Hold Us Responsible As To How Well We Fulfill Our Responsibilities To This Age And Take Advantage Of Our Opportunities.

-Billy Graham

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The Evangelistic Harvest Is

Billy Graham

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The Evangelistic Harvest Is Always Urgent. The Destiny Of Men And Of Nations Is Always Being Decided. Every Generation Is Strategic. We Are Not Responsible For The Past Generation, And We Cannot Bear The Full Responsibility For The Next One; But We Do Have Our Generation. God Will Hold Us Responsible As To How Well We Fulfill Our Responsibilities To This Age And Take Advantage Of Our Opportunities.

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Accomplish Nothing

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No Matter How Hard We Try Words Simply Cannot Express The Horror, The Shock, And The Revulsion We All Feel Over What Took Place In This Nation On Tuesday Morning. September 11 Will Go Down In Our History As A Day To Remember.

Day To Remember

Faith Is The Avenue To Salvation. Not Intellectual Understanding. Not Money. Not Your Works. Just Simple Faith. How Much Faith? The Faith Of A Mustard Seed, So Small You Can Hardly See It. But If You Will Put That Little Faith In The Person Of Jesus, Your Life Will Be Changed. He Will Come With Supernatural Power Into Your Heart. It Can Happen To You.

If I Had To Do It All Over Again, I Would Speak Less And Study More.

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.

All The Masterpieces Of Art Contain Both Light And Shadow. A Happy Life Is Not One Filled With Only Sunshine, But One Which Uses Both Light And Shadow To Produce Beauty.

I Believe The Home And Marriage Is The Foundation Of Our Society And Must Be Protected.

There Is Nothing New About Humanism. It Is The Yielding To Satan's First Temptation Of Adam And Eve: "ye Shall Be As Gods." (gen. 3:5)

Ask God To Show You His Plans, Not Bless Your Dreams

There Is More Evidence That Jesus Rose From The Dead Than There Is That Julius Caesar Ever Lived Or That Alexander The Great Died At The Age Of Thirty-three.

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