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
When my time to die comes an angel will be there to comfort me. He will give me peace and joy even at that most critical hour, and usher me into the presence of God, and I will dwell with the Lord forever. Thank God for the ministry of His blessed angels.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote expresses faith in a comforting presence during death and the belief in an afterlife with God.
Billy Graham's quote reflects a deep faith in the divine presence of angels during one's final moments, bringing comfort and peace to the individual as they transition from life to the afterlife. It emphasizes the belief in a loving and supportive higher power that offers assurance and joy at even the most daunting and critical hour of life—the moment of death. The underlying message underscores gratitude for the spiritual guidance and protection believed to be provided by angels.
Themes
DeathAngelsComfortFaithAfterlifeGod
In practice
Example use cases
A comforting message at a memorial service.
More from Billy Graham
All quotes →The wonderful news is that our Lord is a God of mercy, and He responds to repentance.
Billy GrahamRead
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.
Billy GrahamRead
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.
Billy GrahamRead
Success in God's eyes is faithfulness to His calling.
Billy GrahamRead
Heaven doesn't make this life less important; it makes it more important.
Billy GrahamRead
Similar quotes
XXIX Traveler, there is no path. The path is made by walking. Traveller, the path is your tracks And nothing more. Traveller, there is no path The path is made by walking. By walking you make a path And turning, you look back At a way you will never tread again Traveller, there is no road Only wakes in the sea.
Antonio MachadoRead
It is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more restraint and order in my morals than in my opinions, and my lust less depraved than my reason.
Michel De MontaigneRead
One of the earliest resurrection scenes in the Bible is that of Thomas demanding evidence - he wanted to see, to touch, to prove. Those who question and probe and debate are heirs of the apostles just as much as the most fervent of believers.
Jon MeachamRead
Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow, Or by the lazy Scheld or wandering Po.
Oliver GoldsmithRead
Those individuals who give moral considerations a much greater weight than considerations of expediency represent a comparatively small minority, five percent of the people perhaps. But, In spite of their numerical inferiority, they play a major role in our society because theirs is the voice of the conscience of society.
Leo SzilardRead
The old religionist cried out for his god. The new religionist cries out for some god to be his.
Gilbert K. ChestertonRead