Faith actually means surrender and commitment to the claims of Christ. It means an acknowledgment of sin and a turning to Christ.
– Billy Graham
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- Surrender your expectations. Surrender your doubts. Surrender your fears. Surrender your strengths. Surrender your anger. Surrender your control. – Yasmine Galenorn
- I win by means of nothing but logic and I surrender to nothing but logic. I do not surrender my reason or deal with men who surrender theirs. – Ayn Rand
- Faith literally means -œto give up, surrender, or commit.- Faith is complete confidence. – Billy Graham
- Sin is serious-”so serious it sent Jesus Christ to the cross. Flee from [sin] and stay close to Christ. – Billy Graham
- The only sin God cannot forgive is the sin of rejecting Christ. Turn to Him in repentance and faith-”and He will forgive. – Billy Graham
- – Murder is a sin. It’s a sin in Judaism, it’s a sin in Christianity, it’s a sin in Islam and every other-¦- I’ll decide what’s a sin. – Robert Ferrigno
- Females are very simple, with them, yes means yes, & no means yes, & no means no, & no means maybe, but maybe means yes, & maybe means no! – Eyden I
- . . . for liberty is an acknowledgment of faith in God and His works. – Frdric Bastiat
- The feeling of ‘turning into your dad’ is nothing compared to the realisation that your son is turning into you. – Andy Graham
- Ask [God] to help you reflect Christ as you grow older, instead of turning sour or grumpy. – Billy Graham
- May our gratitude find expression in our prayers and our service for others, and in our commitment to live wholly for Christ. – Billy Graham
- Just because a person claims to be a Christian does not necessarily mean that he is one. – Billy Graham
- God does not want an apartment in our house. He claims our entire home from attic to cellar. – Billy Graham
- We want to be relevant . . . However, the more relevant we become to a sin-dominated world, the more irrelevant we actually are to God. – Billy Graham
- Those who have actually experienced daily fellowship with Christ know that it surpasses all worldly activities. – Billy Graham
- The distinctive feature of Christianity is blood atonement. Without it we cannot be saved. Blood is actually a symbol of the death of Christ. – Billy Graham
- The sin of self is a deadly sin. – Billy Graham
- Before Satan there was no sin, and before sin there was no pain. – Billy Graham
- Sin also affects the conscience, until one becomes slow to detect the approach of sin. – Billy Graham
- Temptation is not a sin. It is the yielding that is sin. All temptation is from the devil. – Billy Graham
- God can break the chain of every sin that binds you if you are willing to give it up. He comes into your heart and gives you power to overcome sin. – Billy Graham
- Every manifestation of evil is the result of basic sin-”sin that has remained unchanged since the moment it first entered the human race. – Billy Graham
- True freedom consists not in the freedom to sin, but the freedom not to sin. – Billy Graham
- We can be convicted of sin-”we can pray and confess our sin-”we can repent-”but the real test is our willingness to obey. – Billy Graham
- Christ can take the most sin-laden, selfish, evil person and bring forgiveness and new life. – Billy Graham
- By [Christ’s] resurrection life, He gives us the power over the tendency to sin as we allow Him to control our lives. – Billy Graham
- Sin was conquered on the cross. [Christ’s] death is the foundation of our hope, the promise of our triumph! – Billy Graham
- On the cross Christ took upon Himself every sin we’ve ever committed-”including anger. – Billy Graham
- God’s will is for us to commit our lives to Christ and follow Him. God’s will also is that we avoid sin. – Billy Graham
- God’s holiness demands that sin be punished-”but God’s love has provided the way of redemption through Christ. – Billy Graham
- Why did Jesus Christ leave heaven’s gloryand enter this sin-infested world? For one reason: to make our eternal salvation possible. – Billy Graham
- Sin has tarnished every area of life, and [Christ] wants to erase its stain everywhere. – Billy Graham
- The unpardonable sin involves the total and irrevocable rejection of Jesus Christ. – Billy Graham
- cannot come to Christ unless the Holy Spirit convicts us of our sin. – Billy Graham
- Be assured that there is no sin you have ever committed that the blood of Jesus Christ cannot cleanse. – Billy Graham
- The Gospel of Jesus Christ is not anti-intellectual. It demands the use of [the] mind, but the mind is affected by sin. – Billy Graham
- The essence of sin is self-will-”placing ourselves at the center of our lives instead of Christ. – Billy Graham
- Sin is the great clogger, and the blood of Christ is the great cleanser. – Billy Graham
- Conversion is the lifelong process of turning away from our plans and turning toward God’s maddening, disruptive, creativity. – M Craig Barnes
- I think that old magic draws much of its strength from that acknowledgment: that we are a part of that world. – Robin Hobb