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
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.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote encourages open communication with God, suggesting that sharing our feelings—both pain and joy—is essential.
Billy Graham emphasizes the importance of expressing our innermost thoughts and feelings to God. The essence of the quote is that God is already aware of our feelings, but He desires for us to come to Him with our burdens and joys, fostering a personal relationship where we do not have to endure our experiences alone.
Themes
PrayerFaithCommunicationGodEmotionJoyPain
In practice
Example use cases
In a sermon about the power of prayer, this quote can be used to illustrate the importance of sharing one's heart with God.
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
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
God has given us two hands - one to receive with and the other to give with. We are cisterns made for hoarding; we are channels made for sharing. If we fail to fulfill this divine duty and privilege we have missed the meaning of Christianity.
Billy GrahamRead
Similar quotes
It is not because we are drawn to prayer that we first begin to pray; more often, we have to begin prayer, and then the taste and the desire for it come.
Basil HumeRead
And with the grace of Baptism and of Eucharistic Communion I can become an instrument of God's mercy, of that beautiful mercy of God.
Pope FrancisRead
A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most unfruitful soil which abounds in weeds. His Majesty roots up the weeds and will put in good plants instead. Let us reckon that this is already done when the soul decides to practice prayer and has begun to do so.
Teresa Of AvilaRead
The Rosary is a powerful weapon to put the demons to flight and to keep oneself from sin…If you desire peace in your hearts, in your homes, and in your country, assemble each evening to recite the Rosary. Let not even one day pass without saying it, no matter how burdened you may be with many cares and labors.
Pope Pius XiRead
If you want to talk to God, pray. If you want him to talk to you, read your scriptures.
Richard G. ScottRead
It is only when the whole heart is gripped with the passion of prayer that the life-giving fire descends, for none but the earnest man gets access to the ear of God.
Edward Mckendree BoundsRead