Topic: A Simple Message [Billy Graham Devotional 3 January 2020]

Topic: A Simple Message [Billy Graham Devotional 3 January 2020]

As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. — John 15:9

The great Swiss theologian, Dr. Karl Barth, was probably in his generation the greatest theologian in the world, and a great philosopher as well. I did not always agree with him, but he was my friend and I respected him. While he was in this country, a student at one of the seminaries said, “Dr. Barth, what is the greatest truth that ever crossed your mind?”

TOPIC: FILLED WITH CHRIST [BILLY GRAHAM DEVOTIONAL 1 JANUARY 2020]

TOPIC: FILLED WITH CHRIST [BILLY GRAHAM DEVOTIONAL 1 JANUARY 2020]

. . . Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead. — Philippians 3:13 (TLB)

As we flick the calendar to a new year, we come face to face with the fact that our days on earth are numbered. As the Psalmist wrote, “Teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” No thoughtful person can approach New Year’s Day without some introspection. We are reminded of the brevity of time.

TOPIC: GOD LOVES YOU! [BILLY GRAHAM DEVOTIONAL 31 DECEMBER 2019]

TOPIC: GOD LOVES YOU! [BILLY GRAHAM DEVOTIONAL 31 DECEMBER 2019]

We know how much God loves us because we have felt his love . . . — 1 John 4:16 (TLB)

Never question God’s great love, for it is as unchangeable a part of God as is His holiness. Were it not for the love of God, none of us would ever have a chance in the future life. But God is love! And His love for us is everlasting.

Billy Graham Devotional 30 December 2019

These are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God . . . — John 20:31

God caused the Bible to be written for the express purpose of revealing to us God’s plan for His redemption. God caused the Book to be written that He might make His everlasting laws clear to His children, and that they might have His great wisdom to guide them, and His great love to comfort them as they make their way through life.

Topic: We Cannot Out-Give God [Billy Graham Devotional 29 December 2019]

Topic: We Cannot Out-Give God [Billy Graham Devotional 29 December 2019]

A tenth of the produce of the land . . . is the Lord’s. — Leviticus 27:30 (TLB)

We are to be stewards of our money. When it is invested and shared for the glory of God, it can be a boon and a blessing. I know a businessman in Detroit, Michigan, who made a promise to God that he would tithe his entire income to the work of the Lord. He said his business had tripled, and that God had more than fulfilled His end of the bargain.

Topic: Christmas Is Not a Myth [Billy Graham Devotional 24 December 2019]

Topic: Christmas Is Not a Myth [Billy Graham Devotional 24 December 2019]

When the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth . . . his Son . . . —Galatians 4:4

Christmas is not a myth, not a tradition, not a dream. It is a glorious reality. It is a time of joy. Bethlehem’s manger crib became the link that bound a lost world to a loving God.

Topic: What Is in a Gift? [Billy Graham Devotional 23 December 2019]

Topic: What Is in a Gift? [Billy Graham Devotional 23 December 2019]

For unto us a child is born . . . and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. — Isaiah 9:6

Topic: Not Too Young [Billy Graham Devotional 15 December 2019]

Topic: Not Too Young [Billy Graham Devotional 15 December 2019]

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers . . . — 1 Timothy 4:12

Lord Chesterton once said, “I believe in bedside repentance, but I do not want to depend upon it.” During a serious illness a person’s mind does not function normally. Getting right with God is something one should do in the bloom of health. However, as far as the Lord is concerned, “His ear is not heavy that He cannot hear, nor His arm shortened that He cannot save.” He loves us equally, in sickness or in health; while we are living, or while we are dying.

Topic:What God Has Done [Billy Graham 13 December 2019 Daily Devotional

Topic:What God Has Done [Billy Graham 13 December 2019 Daily Devotional 
With everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy redeemer.
—Isaiah 54:8
If God is all-powerful and all-loving, it would seem inconsistent with His nature to allow anyone to be lost. Here again we rationalize because we do not understand the nature of God. God cannot go against His own laws and against His own nature. God is holy. He cannot tolerate sin in His presence. He created us free to choose how we would live.

Topic: Steadfast Love [Billy Graham Devotional 10 December 2019]

Topic: Steadfast Love [Billy Graham Devotional 10 December 2019]

Your steadfast love, O Lord, is as great as all the heavens . . . — Psalm 36:5 (TLB)

Young people talk a lot about love. Most of their songs are about love. . . . “The supreme happiness of life,” Victor Hugo said long ago, “is the conviction that we are loved.” “Love is the first requirement for mental health,” declared Sigmund Freud.

Topic:Word made flesh [Billy Graham Devotional 9 December 2019]

Topic: Word made flesh [Billy Graham Devotional 9 December 2019]
The Word was made flesh . . . full of grace and truth.
—John 1:14
On the cover of your Bible and my Bible appear the words “Holy Bible.” Do you know why the Bible is called holy? Why should it be called holy when so much lust and hate and greed and war are found in it? It is because the Bible tells the truth.

Topic: What About Love? [Billy Graham Devotional 3 December 2019]

Topic: What About Love? [Billy Graham Devotional 3 December 2019]

Let love be your greatest aim . . . — 1 Corinthians 14:1 (TLB)

What about love? How can you be certain you’re in love? I suggest these simple measures that you can apply to yourself. Is your love patient? Is it considerate? Can it wait until marriage for physical fulfillment? Experience says that true love’s patience is inexhaustible. True love does not assert itself, claim rights, or demand privileges. It always thinks first of the other person. The biblical phrase is it “is not self-seeking.”

Topic: The Sufficiency of God [Billy Graham Devotional 28 November 2019]

Topic: The Sufficiency of God [Billy Graham Devotional 28 November 2019]

I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. — John 10:10

In God’s economy, you must go down into the valley of grief before you can scale the heights of spiritual glory. You must become tired and weary of living alone before you seek and find the fellowship of Christ.

Billy Graham Daily Devotional 25th November 2019- Whose Son Is He?

To us there is but one God, the Father . . . and one Lord Jesus Christ . . .—1 Corinthians 8:6

Ultimately, in one way or another, or at one time or another, we shall be faced with this question: What think ye of Christ? Whose Son is He? If Jesus Christ is not who He claimed to be, He is a deceiver, or an egomaniac. We must answer this question with both belief and action. We must not only believe something about Jesus, but we must do something about Him. We must accept Him, or reject Him.

Topic: Life Worth Living [Billy Graham Devotional 21 November 2019]

Topic: Life Worth Living [Billy Graham Devotional 21 November 2019]

. . . ye might have life through his name. — John 20:31

“Is life worth living?” To scores of people life has ceased to be worth living. To all of you I have good news. God did not create you to be a defeated, discouraged, frustrated, wandering soul, seeking in vain for peace of heart and peace of mind. He has bigger plans for you. He has a larger orb and a greater life for you.

Topic: Stumbling in Darkness [Billy Graham Devotional 20 November 2019]

Topic: Stumbling in Darkness [Billy Graham Devotional 20 November 2019]

The one who is the true Light arrived to shine on everyone coming into the world. — John 1:9 (TLB)

The world is stumbling in darkness from one crisis to another. The crises are getting worse and worse, and are coming closer and closer to home. Inflation, population explosion, hunger, dominate vast areas of the world. Jesus said, “I am the light of the world.

Billy Graham daily devotional 18th November 2019- Pure Hearts

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.

Topic: Integrity [Billy Graham Devotional 17 November 2019]

Topic: Integrity [Billy Graham Devotional 17 November 2019]

Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do . . . — Philippians 4:9

Topic: Divine Artistry [Billy Graham Devotional 15 November 2019]

Topic: Divine Artistry [Billy Graham Devotional 15 November 2019]

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 may succeed.”

Billy Graham Devotional 14 November 2019 – Unbreakable

. . . 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, in order to guarantee the unity and happiness of your home. It is simple: Make Christ the center of your home.