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“Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing” [James 1:2-4]. … Continue reading →

One way of looking at the fruit of the Sprit is to view it in clusters.  Pastor Graham says the first cluster is love, joy and peace; three characteristics which speak of our “Godward relationship.”  Maybe if we took First … Continue reading →

“There should be no more distinctive mark of the Christian than love.”                                                                         Billy Graham from The Holy Spirit This is an unqualified call to show this fruit of love [behavior of love] every day of our lives but I … Continue reading →

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing” [John 15: 5]. There are several scriptures about how “fruit” grows … Continue reading →

Gifts of the Holy Spirit are unique.  Just because one person gets a gift [such as teaching], that does not mean that all other believers get that gift.  Billy Graham was known to have the gift of evangelizing, but the … Continue reading →

Full disclosure: many Christians have such reverence for Pastor Billy that they love him no matter what his denomination.  In my mind, that is a very good thing.   He was a spirit-filled Christian who evangelized, calling millions of lost people … Continue reading →

As discussed in the previous post, the Holy Spirit “sign” gift of tongues is discussed by Pastor Billy Graham in his book The Holy Spirit more than any other gift that God gives to man.  Why would that be? One … Continue reading →