01c. 1968 ADMany people today have discarded the Bible’s clear teaching on sexual relations outside of marriage, simply because they are absorbed only in their own pleasures and desires.Billy Graham / quote ↗
02c. 1968 ADA good marriage is not “made in heaven,” but on earth. Love is a fragile commodity which needs to be cultivated and nourished constantly.Billy Graham / quote ↗
03c. 1968 ADMarriage is God’s invention, not ours! Society didn’t establish it; God did.Billy Graham / quote ↗
04c. 1968 ADSatan’s first appearance in the Bible included an attack on a marriage—trying to divide Adam and Eve. His tactics have not changed. He wants our marriages to flounder and fail, because he knows that few things will discourage us more.Billy Graham / quote ↗
05c. 1968 ADI know of few families today that aren’t touched to some extent by the heartache of divorce, including our own.Billy Graham / quote ↗
06c. 1968 ADA marriage based only on physical attraction or romantic emotions is almost certainly doomed to failure right from the start.Billy Graham / quote ↗
07c. 1968 AD[My wife] is a great student of the Bible. Her life is ruled by the Bible more than any person I’ve ever known. That’s her rule book, her compass.Billy Graham / quote ↗
08c. 1968 ADYoung people, look to your Bible when thinking about any matter, including getting married.Billy Graham / quote ↗
09c. 1968 ADI 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 / quote ↗
10c. 1968 ADWhen a husband and wife are concerned only about their own individual desires, the stage is set for conflict.Billy Graham / quote ↗
11c. 1968 ADMy wife often said that “a good marriage consists of two good forgivers.Billy Graham / quote ↗
12c. 1968 ADMarriage is a holy bond because it permits two people to help each other work out their spiritual destinies. God declared marriage to be good.Billy Graham / quote ↗
13c. 1968 ADMarriage is the most serious long-term contract a couple will make in their lifetime, but many enter into it with a lack of maturity and knowledge. The growing number of divorces shows how imperative it is that young people be adequately prepared for marriage.Billy Graham / quote ↗
14c. 1968 ADNothing brings more joy than a good marriage, and nothing brings more misery than a bad marriage.Billy Graham / quote ↗
15c. 1968 ADThousands of young couples go through with a loveless marriage because no one ever told them what genuine love is. If people today knew that kind of love, the divorce rate would be sharply reduced.Billy Graham / quote ↗
16c. 1968 ADThe perfect marriage is a uniting of three persons—a man and a woman and God. That is what makes marriage holy.Billy Graham / quote ↗
17c. 1968 ADThe secret of domestic happiness is to let God, the party of the third part in the marriage contract, have His rightful place in the home. Make peace with Him and then you can be a real peacemaker in the home.Billy Graham / quote ↗
18c. 1968 ADIf young people could only realize that a happy marriage depends not only on the present, but upon the past, they would be more reluctant to enter into loose, intimate relations with anyone and everyone.Billy Graham / quote ↗
19c. 1968 ADPleasure depends on circumstances, but Christian joy is completely independent of health, money, or surroundings.Billy Graham / quote ↗
20c. 1968 ADThere is nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess men.Billy Graham / quote ↗
21c. 1968 ADGod does not need our money. He owns everything, including “our” money. What He wants [us] to discover is where our central focus of worship lies. Is that focus on God or our money?Billy Graham / quote ↗
23c. 1968 ADWe are only stewards of the world’s resources. They are not ours; they are God’s. When we find our security in Him, we can then give generously from what He has entrusted to us. This is our Christian duty.Billy Graham / quote ↗
24c. 1968 ADWe can possess nothing—no property and no person . . . It is God who owns everything, and we are but stewards of His property during the brief time we are on earth.Billy Graham / quote ↗
