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Each life is made up of mistakes and learning, waiting and growing, practicing patience and being persistent.

Billy Graham

God does not call us to be successful, but to be obedient.
BILLY GRAHAM

Call God Obedience Success
My hope does not rest in the affairs of this world. It rests in Christ who is coming again.
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Come Hope Myself World
Faith grows when it is planted in the fertile soil of God’s Word.
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Faith God Growth Plant Word
I don’t want to see religious bigotry in any form. It would disturb me if there was a wedding between the religious fundamentalists and the political right. The hard right has no interest in religion except to manipulate it.
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Disturb Form Interest Manipulation Myself Religion Religious
The very practice of reading [the Bible] will have a purifying effect upon your mind and heart. Let nothing take the place of this daily exercise.
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Exercise Place Practice Purification Reading Yourself
Knowing we will be with Christ forever far outweighs our burdens today! Keep your eyes on eternity!
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Eyes Forever Ourselves
Life is just a schoolroom with a glorious opportunity to prepare us for eternity.
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Forever Glory Life Opportunity Preparation
It may be difficult to understand why a test comes our way, but we must never forget that the test is accomplishing refining and purification.
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Accomplishment Difficult Forget Purity Test Understand Way
Whatever affliction comes in our life, our Lord goes into the valley with us, leading us by the hand, even carrying us when it is necessary.
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Carry Hands Leadership Life Necessary
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.
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Evil Himself Power Suffering Understand
Mountaintops are for views and inspiration, but fruit is grown in the valleys.
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Fruit Grown Inspirational Valley View
Prayer is the rope that pulls God and man together. But, it doesn’t pull God down to us: It pulls us up to Him.
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God Himself Man Prayer Rope Togetherness
If you are ignorant of God’s Word, you will always be ignorant of God’s will.
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God Ignorance Willing Word Yourself
Becoming a Christian is the work of a moment; being a Christian is the work of a lifetime.
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Life Moments Religious Time Work
The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one’s life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.
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Children Faith Greatness Legacy Material Money Oneself
Joy cannot be pursued. It comes from within. It is a state of being. It does not depend on circumstances, but triumphs over circumstances. It produces a gentleness of spirit and a magnetic personality.
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Circumstance Joy Magnetic Personality Production Pursue Spirit State

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