Chaplains from the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (BG-RRT) have deployed to Bristol after fatal stabbings took the lives of two teenage boys, aged 15 and 16. The devastating event took place around 23:20 on Saturday evening (27 January). A vigil was held the following evening where the boys were stabbed, with members of the …
Are you desperately trying to find peace? Have you had dark thoughts? It is possible to find tranquility during the coronavirus outbreak. The kind of true peace that lasts, not a temporary high from alcohol, drugs or sex. How do you find this peace people speak of? It may be something you’ve never tried before. …
In January, Pastor Brent Hobbs and church leaders gathered in the picturesque Outer Banks of North Carolina to seek God about their focus for 2023. After much prayer, His answer was clear: evangelism training. About a week later in his office at New Song Fellowship in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Hobbs heard a knock on the …
The Bible uses the analogy of spring rain to explain the ministry of the Holy Spirit (Hosea 6:3). Jesus described the Holy Spirit as the Living Water (John 7:37-39), without whom you and I would enter into spiritual drought and famine. We would simply dry up on the inside. As Jesus prepared to leave His …
What if you could easily transfer worry out of your heart? Billy Graham said you can with prayer. “Through Jesus Christ, we can have the most fundamental relationship in life restored. Let Him bear your burdens, help you solve your problems, help direct and lead you in your life.” God loves you with an …
Q: It’s discouraging to pray for things that never come. I don’t mean “things” as much as praying for peace to come to this world, diseases to be exterminated, poverty to be overcome, relationships to be restored, and people to be saved. Why pray if the right answers don’t come? A: From the writings of …
Q: Is prayer a gift from God or a duty to God, and does God only hear the prayers of believers? A: From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham Prayer is a gift from God’s hand and He’s given us the privilege of prayer because He loves us and wants our fellowship. Jesus said, …
When Franklin Graham shared the Gospel five years ago in Hanoi, Vietnam, it was a historic event—the first-ever evangelistic outreach of its size in the nation. The evangelist is returning to the Southeast Asian country this weekend to share God’s love in Ho Chi Minh City to the south. Churches throughout the region are praying …
This prayer from Billy Graham, written for The Saturday Evening Post in 2008, is just as relevant more than a decade later. Our Father and our God, as we stand at the beginning of this new year we confess our need of Your presence and Your guidance as we face the future. We each have our hopes and …
Photo: Refugees from Ukraine arrive to the railway station in Przemysl, Poland, on Sunday. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) Over the weekend, Franklin Graham asked others to join him in a special day of prayer for Ukrainians. “They’re suffering tremendously. They’re afraid. They’re running,” he said in a Fox News interview Sunday morning. On Facebook, Franklin Graham wrote: …
“And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.” – Ephesians 6:18 (NIV) Join Nigel Fawcett-Jones, Billy Graham Rapid Response Team Coordinator in the UK, in praying for the various BGEA ministries. We …
With the recent takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban, many believe heightened persecution of Afghan Christians is imminent. Edward Graham, a 16-year Army veteran and grandson of Billy Graham, said in a recent interview: “I watched the Taliban up close, [and] they are the very definition of evil. The Afghan people are trying to flee that. They’re …