Quotes about Reliance
I am counting totally and completely on the Lord Jesus Christ, and not on Billy Graham. I am not going to heaven because I've read the Bible, nor because I've preached to a lot of people. I'm going to heaven because of what Christ did.
— Billy Graham
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 Graham
Faithfulness is produced by the Holy Spirit in a yielded Christian life.
— Billy Graham
I have been asked the question, "Who do you go to for counsel, for spiritual guidance?' My answer: My wife, Ruth. She is the only one I completely confide in.
— Billy Graham
Surrendering to Christ is like signing your name to a blank check and letting the Lord put in the amount.
— Billy Graham
Pray for wisdom to deal with whatever is worrying you. Pray that God will act to change the circumstances according to His will. He doesn't always do what we want Him to—but He knows what's best for us, and He can be trusted.
— Billy Graham
Why do we need to pray? Because the Christian life is a journey, and we need God's strength and guidance along the way.
— Billy Graham
Oh, that we would be people who would say, "Our God will deliver us, but if not, we still refuse to worship the things of this world.
— Billy Graham
Trust and trust alone should lead us to love
— St. Therese of Lisieux
O Lord our God, under the shadow of Thy wings let us hope; protect us, and carry us. Thou wilt carry us both when little, and even to hoar hairs wilt Thou carry us; for our firmness, when it is Thou, then is it firmness; but when our own, it is infirmity.
— St. Augustine
Why, being dead, do you rely on yourself? You were able to die of your own accord; you cannot come back to life of your own accord. We were able to sin by ourselves, and we are still able to, nor shall we ever not be able to. Let our hope be in nothing but in God. Let us send up our sighs to him; as for ourselves, let us strive with our wills to earn merit by our prayers.
— St. Augustine
This is a life of faith, for God will try the truth of our faith, so that the world may see that God has such servants as will depend upon His bare word.
— Richard Sibbes