God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, 'I love you.'
Billy GrahamRead
The born-again Christian sees life not as a blurred , confused, meaningless mass, but as something planned and purposeful.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that a born-again Christian views life as intentional and meaningful rather than chaotic.
Billy Graham emphasizes that for a born-again Christian, existence is perceived through a lens of purpose and divine planning. This perspective contrasts with a worldview that sees life as aimless or disorganized, highlighting the significance of faith in crafting a coherent understanding of oneβs experiences and inherent value.
In practice
In a sermon about finding meaning in life's struggles.
God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, 'I love you.'
The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance.
Don't ever hesitate to take to [God] whatever is on your heart. He already knows it anyway, but He doesn't want you to bear its pain or celebrate its joy alone.
God will not force himself upon us against our will. If we want his love, we need to believe in him. We need to make a definite, positive act of commitment and surrender to the love of God. No one can do it for us.
Success in God's eyes is faithfulness to His calling.
Heaven doesn't make this life less important; it makes it more important.
[T]he delegation of the government, in [a republic], to a small number of citizens elected by the rest . . . [is] to refine and enlarge the public views by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens, whose wisdom may best discern the true interest of their country and whose patriotism and love of justice will be least likely to sacrifice it to temporary or partial considerations.
Make me an instrument of thy peace.
Itβs a strange myth that atheists have nothing to live for. Itβs the opposite. We have nothing to die for. We have everything to live for.
Secret guilt is by silence revealed.
An extravagance is something that your spirit thinks is a necessity.
Now I no longer live in our clear, rational world; I live in the ancient nightmare world, the world of square roots of minus one.
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