Quotes related to 1 Peter 5:8
In Christ alone there is deliverance from man's tortured thoughts and freedom from the sordid habits which are destroying so many people. Why does the Bible so clearly denounce drunkenness? Because it is an enemy of human life. Anything that is against a person's welfare, God is against.
— Billy Graham
Do not seek solace in alcohol. Alcohol obscures good judgment and leaves you unable to think clearly or understand what God is trying to say to you.
— Billy Graham
What began as an apparently harmless pastime has ended up as a frightening, overpowering addiction or obsession.
— Billy Graham
Some [young people] are taking pills called "heaven or hell" drugs, because you're liable to experience either one.
— Billy Graham
Drinking and other forms of body-wrecking pleasures are signs of weakness rather than manliness. It takes a better man to live a clean life—free from the stimulants, depressants, and drugs—than to be artificially [stimulated].
— Billy Graham
The Bible warns us about "the little foxes, that spoil the vines" [Song of Solomon 2:15 KJV]. This is a picture of the way "little" sins can destroy our fruitfulness for the Lord.
— Billy Graham
If Satan can't keep you away from Christ, he will at least try to make you doubt your salvation.
— Billy Graham
Satan'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
My wife has said that a bitter, sour Christian is one of Satan's greatest trophies—and she's right.
— Billy Graham
Our Father and our God, I continually place my faith in You and Your omnipotence. Please help me always to be on my guard against Satan and his demons who want to overcome me. Send Your mighty angels to stand between the demons and me, for I know I am no match for them alone. Rescue me, Father, through the power of the blood of Jesus and in the power of Your Holy Spirit. In Christ Jesus, I pray. Amen.
— Billy Graham
Old age is Satan's last chance to blow us off course.
— Billy Graham
Prayer is the most powerful weapon we have in our spiritual arsenal to stand against the world's greatest enemy, the one who presents himself as an angel of light [2 Corinthians 11:14].
— Billy Graham