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The Hope We Have In Christ Is An Absolute Certainty. We Can Be Sure That The Place Christ Is Preparing For Us Will Be Ready When We Arrive, Because With Him Nothing Is Left To Chance. Everything He Promised He Will Deliver.

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The Hope We Have

Billy Graham

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The Hope We Have In Christ Is An Absolute Certainty. We Can Be Sure That The Place Christ Is Preparing For Us Will Be Ready When We Arrive, Because With Him Nothing Is Left To Chance. Everything He Promised He Will Deliver.

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We Are More United Than Ever Before. I Think This Was Exemplified In A Very Moving Way When The Members Of Our Congress Stood Shoulder To Shoulder The Other Day And Sang God Bless America.

Kindness Is An Essential Part Of Gods Work And Ours Here On Earth.

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Perhaps The Greatest Psychological, Spiritual, And Medical Need That All People Have Is The Need For Hope.

I Also Would Have Steered Clear Of Politics. I’m Grateful For The Opportunities God Gave Me To Minister To People In High Places; People In Power Have Spiritual And Personal Needs Like Everyone Else, And Often They Have No One To Talk To. But Looking Back I Know I Sometimes Crossed The Line, And I Wouldn’t Do That Now.

The Happiness For Which Our Souls Ache Is One Undisturbed By Success Or Failure, One Which Will Root Deeply Inside Us And Give Inward Relaxation, Peace, And Contentment, No Matter What The Surface Problems May Be. That Kind Of Happiness Stands In Need On No Outward Stimulus.

The Spirit Goes Ahead Of Us When We Witness--- Preparing The Way, Giving Us The Words, And Granting Us Courage.

Only Those Who Want Everything Done For Them Are Bored.

I Only Know That When Jesus Is With A Person, That One Can Endure The Deepest Suffering And Somehow Emerge A Better And Stronger Christian Because Of It.

Christ Not Only Died For All: He Died For Each.

Hot Heads And Cold Hearts Never Solved Anything.

One Of The Primary Goals In Life ... Should Be To Prepare For Death. Everything Else Should Be Secondary.

Ruth And I Don't Have A Perfect Marriage, But We Have A Great One. How Can I Say Two Things That Seem So Contradictory? In A Perfect Marriage, Everything Is Always The Finest And Best Imaginable; Like A Greek Statue, The Proportions Are Exact And The Finish Is Unblemished. Who Knows Any Human Being Lke That? For A Marriage Couple To Expect Perfection In Each Other Is Unrealistic.

I Have Never Known Anyone To Accept Christ's Redemption And Later Regret It.

I Have The Problems Of, I Must Confess, Old Age.

The Influence Of A Mother Upon The Lives Of Her Children Cannot Be Measured. They Know And Absorb Her Example And Attitudes When It Comes To Questions Of Honesty, Temperance, Kindness And Industry.

All Mankind Is Crying Out For Guidance, For Comfort, For Peace.

I Still Enjoy Watching A Batter Successfully Cross Home Plate, But Nothing Thrills Me More Than Seeing The Holy Spirit At Work In Hearts As The Gospel Is Carried Into Stadiums, Across The Airwaves, And Around The World.

There Are Two Great Forces, God's Force Of Good And The Devil's Force Of Evil, And I Believe Satan Is Alive And He Is Working, And He Is Working Harder Than Ever, And We Have Many Mysteries That We Don't Understand.

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.

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