BILLY GRAHAM DEVOTIONAL
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William (Billy) F. Graham, Jr.
Evangelist and Chairman of the Board
Evangelist Billy Graham took Christ literally when He said in Mark 16:15, “Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature.”
Mr. Graham preached the Gospel to more people in live audiences than anyone else in history—nearly 215 million people in more than 185 countries and territories—through various meetings, including Mission World and Global Mission. Hundreds of millions more have been reached through television, video, film, and webcasts.
Beginning with the 1949 Los Angeles Crusade, which vaulted Mr. Graham into the public eye, he led hundreds of thousands of individuals to make personal decisions to live for Christ, the main thrust of his decades-long ministry.
Born November 7, 1918, four days before the Armistice ended World War I, Mr. Graham was reared on a dairy farm in Charlotte, N.C. Growing up during the Depression, he learned the value of hard work on the family farm, but he also found time to spend many hours in the hayloft reading books on a wide variety of subjects.
Billy Graham Devotional Message
In the fall of 1934, at age 15, Mr. Graham made a personal commitment to Christ through the ministry of Mordecai Ham, a traveling evangelist, who visited Charlotte for a series of revival meetings.
Ordained in 1939 by Peniel Baptist Church in Palatka, Fla. (a church in the Southern Baptist Convention), Mr. Graham received a solid foundation in the Scriptures at Florida Bible Institute (now Trinity College of Florida). In 1943 he graduated from Wheaton College in Illinois and married fellow student Ruth McCue Bell, daughter of a missionary surgeon, who spent the first 17 years of her life in China.
After graduating from college, Mr. Graham pastored The Village Church of Western Springs (now Western Springs Baptist Church) in Western Springs, Ill., before joining Youth for Christ, an organization founded for ministry to youth and servicemen during World War II. He preached throughout the United States and in Europe in the immediate post war era, emerging as a rising young evangelist. Read More
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Billy Graham 17 December 2018 Daily Devotional – The Prince of Peace
Billy Graham 17 December 2018 Daily Devotional Topic: The Prince of Peace Scripture: Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all…
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Billy Graham 16 December 2018 Daily Devotional – Why the Righteous Suffer
Billy Graham 16 December 2018 Daily Devotional Topic: Why the Righteous Suffer Scripture: God will tenderly comfort you when you undergo…
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Billy Graham 15 December 2018 Daily Devotional – Not Too Young
Billy Graham 15 December 2018 Daily Devotional Topic: Not Too Young Scripture: Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou…
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Billy Graham 14 December 2018 Daily Devotional – He Hears You
Billy Graham 14 December 2018 Daily Devotional Topic: He Hears You Scripture: If we ask any thing according to his will,…
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Billy Graham 13 December 2018 Daily Devotional – What God Has Done
Billy Graham 13 December 2018 Daily Devotional Topic: What God Has Done Scripture: With everlasting kindness will I have mercy on…
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Billy Graham 12 December 2018 Daily Devotional – Loving One Another
Billy Graham 12 December 2018 Daily Devotional Topic: Loving One Another Scripture: And the Lord make you to increase and abound…
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Billy Graham 11 December 2018 Daily Devotional – What Is Idolatry?
Billy Graham 11 December 2018 Daily Devotional Topic: What Is Idolatry? Scripture: Whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I…
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Billy Graham 10 December 2018 Daily Devotional – Steadfast Love
Billy Graham 10 December 2018 Daily Devotional Topic: Steadfast Love Scripture: Your steadfast love, O Lord, is as great as all…
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Billy Graham 9 December 2018 Daily Devotional – Word Made Flesh
Billy Graham 9 December 2018 Daily Devotional Topic: Word Made Flesh Scripture: The Word was made flesh . . . full…
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Billy Graham 8 December 2018 Daily Devotional – The Throne of Grace
Billy Graham 8 December 2018 Daily Devotional Topic: The Throne of Grace Scripture: Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne…
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Billy Graham 7 December 2018 Daily Devotional – The Manifestation of Faith
Billy Graham 7 December 2018 Daily Devotional Topic: The Manifestation of Faith Scripture: . . . we can come to the…
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Billy Graham 6 December 2018 Daily Devotional – Relying on Grace
Billy Graham 6 December 2018 Daily Devotional Topic: Relying on Grace SCripture: Yet not I, but the grace of God which…
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Billy Graham 5 December 2018 Daily Devotional – A Thousand Anxieties
Billy Graham 5 December 2018 Daily Devotional Topic: A Thousand Anxieties Scripture: I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and…
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Billy Graham 4 December 2018 Daily Devotional – No Reason to Hurry
Billy Graham 4 December 2018 Daily Devotional Topic: No Reason to Hurry Scripture: When your patience is finally in full bloom,…
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Billy Graham 3 December 2018 Daily Devotional – What About Love?
Billy Graham 3 December 2018 Daily Devotional Topic: What About Love? Scripture: Let love be your greatest aim . . . –…
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Billy Graham 2 December 2018 Daily Devotional – All He Requires
Billy Graham 2 December 2018 Daily Devotional Topic: All He Requires Scripture: Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest…
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Billy Graham 30 November 2018 Daily Devotional – His Presence
Billy Graham 30 November 2018 Daily Devotional Topic: His Presence Scripture: That I may know him, and the power of his…
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Billy Graham 29 November 2018 Daily Devotional – Satan at Work
Billy Graham 29 November 2018 Daily Devotional Topic: Satan at Work Scripture: In whom we have redemption . . . the…
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Billy Graham 28 November 2018 Daily Devotional – The Sufficiency of God
Billy Graham 28 November 2018 Daily Devotional Topic: The Sufficiency of God Scripture: I am come that they might have life,…
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Billy Graham 27 November 2018 Daily Devotional – Realities of Life
Billy Graham 27 November 2018 Daily Devotional Topic: Realities of Life Scripture: Casting down imaginations . . . and bringing into…
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Billy Graham 25 November 2018 Daily Devotional – Whose Son Is He?
Billy Graham 25 November 2018 Daily Devotional Topic: Whose Son Is He? Scripture: To us there is but one God, the…
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Billy Graham 24 November 2018 Daily Devotional – Word and Deed
Billy Graham 24 November 2018 Daily Devotional Topic: Word and Deed Scripture: O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is…
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Billy Graham 23 November 2018 Daily Devotional – The Abundant Life
Billy Graham 23 November 2018 Daily Devotional Topic: The Abundant Life Scripture: He that eateth, eateth to the Lord; for he…
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Billy Graham 22 November 2018 Daily Devotional – Thanksgiving with Meaning
Billy Graham 22 November 2018 Daily Devotional Topic: Thanksgiving with Meaning Scripture: The Lord is close to those whose hearts are…
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