What Made Billy Graham Special

Graham alive in the presence of the Lord will talk about his life and legacy today stock for the line of fire with your host activist all the international speaker and theologian Dr. Michael Brown your voice of moral cultural and spiritual revolution Michael Brown was the director of the coalition of conscience and president of fire school of ministry getting to the line of fire valves like always 866-34-TRUTH that's 866-34-TRUTH your Jim is Dr. Michael Brown Graham has gone to be with his board his master his Redeemer at the age of 99 I was at a conference in DC sponsored by the Billy Graham evangelistic Association last year and Franklin Graham said that his dad would jokingly got the 90's it was good to get to 95 and he got the 95 each of to get to hundred. We got to 99 years old, and what legacy he left what avoid these as well obviously hasn't been active in ministry for some years.

But his example, his voice is something that many of us grew up with the many of us remember well so today on the broadcast because of the uniqueness of his life because of the importance of the role that he played one open up the phone lines 866348784 866-34-TRUTH and I want to ask for your comments. What made Billy Graham so special. What made Billy Graham unique. Why did he stand out the way he did and why is it that we really don't have anyone like him in the nation today, yet fine Christian leaders you have men of God. Women of God. Fine Christian leaders being used by the Lord.

People who are respected, but you don't have anyone that has the stature that Billy Graham had that had the level of national respect that he had of course there was people go to ridicule him because he was a follower of Jesus, but in your mind what is it that stood out about Billy Graham. What was it about Billy Graham that made you be proud to be associated with him as a Christian leader was it about his message or his conduct that you specially appreciated. Where is the void now in terms of not having someone like Billy Graham.

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I'll be checking for comments on the YouTube channel as well. Just looking at some here David. He followed the great commission to the letter Miss bluebird in a sentence. Billy was unique in his passion for our Lord to look at some YouTube comments and Facebook comments as well. Let me just give you a few reflections on my end. I was, not one that carefully followed his ministry over the years but certainly as a new believer. His name was well-known to me. Occasionally I would. I would watch him preach on TV or hear excerpts of his messages and then I see them sometimes on secular TV or something like that. You know you be appearing on some talkshow.

Whatever. What struck me was his unfailing graciousness and the fact that he always stayed on message. In other words, you knew this was evangelist Billy Graham that he might make a social statement he might make a political statement, but it was normally one that was gracious and affirming the good deeds in someone's life or their charitable contributions or something like that. But as a fairly new believer, will it see essay four for a few years as I think about it because I think Nancy and I watch this together. So maybe you know save five, six years. At this point, married but still pretty early on in the Lord.

Billy Graham was on the Johnny Carson show, so this is secular talkshow to the Johnny Carson long before the current talkshow guys he was. He was the giant of late-night talkshow so he has a he's on Billy Graham is on Johnny Carson again. He was unfailingly gracious.

There was always a smile. There was kindness, but he preached the gospel and somehow in the conversation. I remember I remember Johnny Carson saying and I'm embarrassed to say I can even repeat all the 10 Commandments.

Billy Graham said to him, yes, but you've broken them all. That would be typical. Billy Graham is going to speak the truth to but with a smile. With love, a few years back on the line of fire. I interviewed a gentleman who had been in international religion correspondent. He was fluent in Chinese and in Russian. He had interviewed some of the best known leaders in the world, including dictators including terrorist leaders, including various spiritual leaders.

So he really was a man that traveled in many circles that most of us will never get to travel and some people he interviewed Eyman were downright evil and wicked and when I asked him what was the most unique interview you ever had, which interview stands out the most. He said to meet my interview with Billy Graham my interview with Billy Graham. It is not remarkable I mean famous world leaders city.

He interviewed and as I said, from dictators to terrorist to spiritual leaders and the one that stood out the most to him was Billy Graham. And when I asked him why he said every interview he ever did. It was about that person. But when he sat with Billy Graham. The interest was on him that Billy Graham wanted to know about him when I was in China a few years ago with the invitation of Franklin Graham in the Billy Graham evangelistic Association.

I spent some time with the South African couple. The pastor is a Baptist pastor, mold. Maybe the 70s now and based in North Carolina and this was Billy Graham's home church. So this man was affectionately known as Billy Graham's pastor so I asked him and his wife when we were having a meal together in China. What is it about Billy Graham that stood out most to you and and they said when he was with you he was totally present. In other words, he was involved with you. He was focused on you and you were what matters we might see the public aspects of Billy Graham. We might see the message that he preached we might know him as a counselor to presidents and things like that. And of course you didn't know him for taking a particular political position, but you knew him preaching against sin and preach against immorality and preaching holiness and preaching repentance and preaching heaven and preaching hell.

Many things are not preached from our pulpits today, but in point of fact, in point of fact, when it comes to Billy Graham. It was who he was behind the scenes that seem to be of greater savings. I never met up there. He spent time with him, but that seems to be what made the greatest impression on people. Again, if you'd like to call in and say here's why think he was special. Here's why think God really used to. Here's the role he played out of see anyone playing that role right now in America, by all means give us a call and I will get to number of calls, 86634. Mike says it seemed. I believe that the fact that world leaders accepted him and sought his counsel went to credibility to him for the population at large and open even more doors to people of popular culture.

Another comment I believe in every generation is a particular anointed man that used by God's will, to preach repentance to the nations. The Graham certainly one of the state significant men of his generation. Another comment he wasn't afraid of so yeah be all things to all people.

There was that sensitivity and love. And of course you will be hated for doing that as well. One thing I've seen no as as I have looked at some of his video some messages and again watched him on TV. Over the years and then filled it visited the Billy Graham library which is right near the Charlotte airport I would. I was more move than I expected to be when I went there and I was.

I did a tour with everyone, but I had one of their leaders privately talk me through different parts of it. He was excited to do it because my own heritage and revival and and just seeing us some of the features that they had their Billy Graham with world leaders and Billy Graham on the media and just the unfailing wisdom and love and ability to preach Jesus just got my attention that again he was on point. You knew what he was going to talk about who he was. He was evangelist Billy Graham. There was no mistaking that he was a political leader or cultural commentator notes.

Some are called to be political leaders, and some are called to be cultural commentators, and some are called to be pastors and some are called to be teachers. He was evangelist Billy Graham. He didn't try to teach the whole body. You know this is what the whole church needs to do except get people excited about the great commission. The evening was called America's pastor he didn't have a weekly broadcast where he claimed to be America's pastor like a here come to my TV church know he was evangelist Billy Graham. And if you went to one of his meetings. You knew you were going to hear evangelistic message, 866-34-TRUTH of its go to the phone symbol stored in Indiana, John, welcome to the line of fire thanked Dr. Brown appreciate all sure thing. You and I had a little bit about Twitter interaction before and I appreciate you backing me up on just in scriptural arguments that make with people that were getting scriptural wrong doing different things that would be taken out of context. Just wanted to say that personally I wanted to speak about the legacy of Billy Graham. I saw a tweet from the breakpoint of the former podcast radio show that Chuck Colson used to house and it said that the man that led Chuck Colson to Christ receipt Christ himself at a Billy Graham Crusade in New York City in 19 that man would would answer the call of Billy Graham's altar call and then eight years later would lead Chuck Colson to the Lord. I and I find it interesting how that one interaction perfectly describes the influence of Billy Graham. I had a friend of mine that said I wouldn't it be interesting if they I guess the Billy Graham evangelistic Association guesstimated that he preached the gospel over 215 million people across the globe.

Everyone that was eternally impacted in heaven if they met him today when he entered the case that I'm here because you were faithful to the gospel and I for the sake of the sink is that you think of the.

The ripple effect is your mentioning that this one got saved in a meeting and then let a family member's Lord of the whole family got saved and then this one and this one so the numbers multiply.

But you know that's encouragement. Each of us when you leave one soul to the Lord.

Yes, your leading one soul to the Lord, but you may be leading many to the Lord because that one delete another one to the Lord may lead another one to the Lord in the next Billy Graham] 66 number gives the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown, the line of fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH here again is Dr. Michael Brown. Indeed, the voice of Billy Graham.

Can you imagine his years wanted to be with the Lord as he got old and and we can now be in the presence of the Lord being reunited with his wife and we love so dearly. What a splendid splendid moment. It must be 866-34-TRUTH when asked the question on Twitter. What made him so special.

When word came back was integrity integrity. Listen, there was not a major scandal or a serious scandal ever associated with him in ministry. Other false charges that were brought here and there are member here and they come and go but note is never a scandal because he didn't live a scandalous life and he work with man on his team for some of over 4050 years they were together and that's what struck me.

Another thing that struck me when I visit Billy Graham library of spoken many times that their chapel services and have worked with a number of the leaders of the Billy Graham Association vengeance Association and have been blessed. Time and time again with their integrity and their standards and and their perspective on what matters most. And I believe that's one reason God so favored the ministry and when you see how God raised him up and come to this little bit later. God raised him up. There's no question that God supernaturally raised him up and put him before the world and that should encourage you, whoever you are, that's it. You can be a Billy Graham wrong of you Billy Graham but whoever you are God's given you a message. She has the ability to get the message out. If he wants to put you in front of other people. He has the ability to do that 86634 of its go to Ron in wake County welcomes the line of fire. Dr. Brown what were really been out Rev. Graham is genuine and and he you know we live only actually out in his heart that the gospel if the answer and it will follow not allow problem.

And in our and our narrative not broken it down to local and if the city clerk can be equals genuine accident again did say that again please. Simplicity plug equals genuine and know that God got you that neither need a perfect link atoll out about how good Brown because he can no simplicity with you want someone that basically obedient and will have the default recall all simple thing – what God looks that in death. What Rev. 11 Billy Graham did and he did it can only eat yet. And when you take something that what people called no one you know really share the gospel in his general in its simplest and perfect than a baby cannot and do that but year after year after year after year and never lose it. It all the more you don't want to wait after liking the benefit if I felt like when he died he felt frankly about that thing that you are going yeah yeah let me just say this when when you go to visit the Billy Graham library before you leave. There is like a short message altar call give you an opportunity responders. They want to make sure that everybody hears the gospel remain the same and and that's that's part of an evangelist calling that there always excited about the simple gospel message that they don't really need to get caught up in the know every kind of teacher life you called to be a teacher call to dig your excited about what you discover you can't wait to share with someone else evangelist is excited to preach that same message to Lawson, week and week out and then you're doing out of a clean life and redoing it in the way with without reproach. That's massive hate Ron I really appreciate the call.

The comments of some great insights there. Thank you's are 866-34-TRUTH. Let's go to Randy in Greensboro, North Carolina. Welcome to the water, fire and hardware. Hey. I don't care how it impacted my life indirectly. Dr. Graham came to Greensboro in 1953 and it was just a fairgrounds where the Coliseum is now in EL Acree stayed in my father-in-law and his mother. He had to be about 12 or 13 years old. He got Bay and in his life changed dramatically in and he ended up going to a critical memo monologue at a family of three daughters and I married one of them and not Bill impacted our business hours data care that again that's that's the ripple effect and that again, but for all of us that hey Randy, thanks I really appreciate that. That's for all of us, though.

In other words, when when you lead someone to Jesus you don't know how many of the lies can be affected.

You don't know how history is going to be affected that that someone that could have been born into a whole godless home ends up getting born into a godly home and rather than ended up being some criminal or some horrific leaders of abusive person they end up being a missionary or a doctor or pastor or homeschooling mom or whatever so you never know the impact each individual life precious in God's sight, but you never know how other lives could be impacted as well and Franklin Graham was asked a few months back. He was asked the question why is it that you talk about political and cultural situations, and your father didn't know Billy Graham.

And so the talk about the wickedness of the world and the state of the world and that the ungodliness of the world and the need to repent of sin.

But you didn't think of him as making statements that were as politically charges Frank Graham that are also two different people. I don't see Frank Graham is primarily an evangelist. The way I see his father Billy Graham is primarily an evangelist. I see Frank Graham also having kind of a prophetic wake-up call to the church as well as his tremendous burden Samaritans purse to to help the needy in the a and in the outcast, but Frank Graham made the comment look when my dad was going to school.

They read the Bible in schools and other words it was a very different world in which he grew up. But even so, there was still hostility to the gospel and there was hostility to Christian work and there was the idea that people just try to get rich off the gospel somebody Graham really broke a lot of the stereotypes if you go to the Billy Graham evangelistic Association you visit there you see the library. Everything is done with excellence. They do things well. They are generous, gracious people they've never been associated with a carnal prosperity message, far from it. They've never been associated with a message of of Jesus is the means to financial riches God for bid and they've never preached Billy Graham's never preach the self-help gospel.

It's rather you are helpless without Jesus and in desperate need of the cross and without the mercy of God, you are lost, 866342 of its go to Jerry in Texas.

Welcome to the line of fire. Michael, my father came back from her work through is an alcoholic. Very by the board and I remember when we were young we work together, but not much later, and given my monitor whatever number year they just got back together, or you way and they were laid in bed together watching the Billy Graham Crusade in my mother at the best way. That night when all you don't believe in that it expected you to Martin Billy Graham Crusade that night.

Yeah, and she's watching it.

He's going to be called on to to to make his decision to respond to the message it may it be so and hear if someone is dying. It's their last night and they don't.

You don't know if they're saved or not, and you could put on one thing for them to watch. Then the other with a bitter Billy Graham message Billy Graham Crusade, thank you for sharing that Jerry up limiting the testimony, the Chief of Staff and the Billy Graham evangelistic Association Frank Graham's right-hand man is a good friend of mine. He is a Jewish believer in Jesus. He worked formally in the Reagan administration. He helped develop the Ronald McDonald charity. He himself raised in a religious Jewish home would go to synagogue with his father on Saturday on Shabbat, but when you come home. Even if you're not supposed to watch TV on Sabbath. His father would put on Billy Graham watch Orthodox Jewish home. His father would put on Billy Graham anyway this gentleman Ken got thoroughly lost was not living as a religious Jew was ultimately drug addict, a heroin addict and he got wonderfully saved, wonderfully born again, he decides just to call his parents because he's been out of touch for years and he calls his dad's is that I have to tell you receive Christ. It is no Jewish way to say it or anything, and his father starts crying and so his mother gets on the phone. This is what you tell what you tell your father is crying sick and slinking all man that's upset Moscow be upset and Eddie site. I told him I receive Christ is all is not crying for the reason you think we been praying for your salvation. For years, so somehow the message Billy Graham and gotten into the hearts of his mom and dad.

They got saved and he was in such a sinful life.

They were alienated for some time are out of touch and they were praying for him and then when he got saved and tells them there crying for joy. Then he ends up becoming the Chief of Staff of the Billy Graham evangelistic solution. I like associates. I like that for a neat story of the grace of God right. I got a neat story to tell you I've never heard the path Graham story will tell you about that when we come back will take more of your calls. What is it that made the Graham so unique were honoring his memory but also encouraging each one of us to follow in his footsteps. To the extent he followed Jesus. Let's follow in his footsteps.

We will be right we will file the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown get into the minor fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH here again is Dr. Michael Brown where the world they will have a hard time getting it the Billy Graham one man show video problem, but you know what his reaction was I got with me not likely to fail God. God is willing to give up. I did mean something else. It means that by faith. You must receive Christ as your loving call bye-bye an act of your will. The voice of Billy Graham now in the presence of the Lord, the age of 9999 years old. Amazing George Beverly Shea used to sing at the Billy Graham meetings was passed 100 when he passed away and still singing of amazing legacy left behind were talking about his life to encourage us today to run our race with excellence and perseverance and to share our faith with others. Listen to the modify this is Michael Brown 8663 for 87884 in your mind, in your view, what made the Graham unique. Why did he stand out so he was on the most respected men in America list of pull extent annually. I think 61 times as of end of last year 61 times.

Many times the most respected men in America, and even now, when he's been out of the spotlight for years. He was number four in the in in in terms of people polled in America most respected men. He was number four among all men worldwide. That was most respect what is it about his legacy. What is about his memory. What is about his message that is made is a respected that little excerpt. We played Reese preaching repentance.

I have friends or evangelists who preach a clear message of repentance. Anyone that I work with in ministry. The students that come through our ministry school are set on the field they learn to preach a clear message of repentance.

But boy throughout the body throughout the whole body. It is remarkable how the message of repentance has been watered down. You say hello. You been warning about that while in writing since 1989 as at is not some new thing I'm saying. But now, so many people think that repentance dismiss change mine change mine but yourself change mine about God. What if your believer followed you Saturday repent we just change your mind about yourself and confess yourself is the righteousness of God.

That's not biblical repentance. Biblical repentance is a change of heart and mind and direction. It is as Billy Graham set a recognition of one sin and guilt in her announcing of that up and putting faith in Jesus. That's repentance. And that message she unerringly preached the wedge I just saw a comment on YouTube talking about about the Billy Graham library making money in North Carolina. This free that's free. They don't charge you go through their for free to clarify that 866-34-TRUTH let's go to Pastor David in California. Welcome to the line of fire around hello yeah yeah I'm agreed generate and I'm when I was up five years old back in Vietnam. I left it in on a and laugh of a path and went to a stadium where the little gray ham 1950 and back then I was not you know I don't know much, but then I heard Chris then call Oak Ridge guy about the Greyhound method and later on I I I am, analyze it, and I found it. It won a thin think that I thought I can fill to hear him speak something but the PN 88 there because they are the John 316 so late on IM you know when a grown-up, I analyze and at all what a mistake that Chris then Chris died of the Greyhound you regarding getting young prefix then you know the heat evangelistic and exact look yeah and Vietnam. We are like 97 by fan non-Christian and it is the method it is. Note, the gospel is the no want of God not drive people home. The cry go ducks then I listened that this would be to censor it and thank you for sharing that. You know's agenda with the boat people crisis from Vietnam late 70s early 80s everyone or almost every church took Vietnamese families individuals into her home and so we had the privilege of having a number of refugees coming to our homeland and the upheaval and turmoil your country went through so intent so that there's always been a soft spot in my heart so when I heard you mentioned Vietnam as your background existed does something inside of me. But yes, sir is a simple gospel preacher. He had spiritual depth. He was sophisticated he could meet with presidents and world leaders if if I remember when I visited Billy Graham library seeing him on secular TV and he was on with that with Woody Allen. Your famous comedian and obviously meant to know God and understood he did know God and believe in God at all and Woody Allen was talk about your sex before marriage and basically said you look you want to buy a car you would like to test drive the car first.

Of course, he could have said what if that's your daughter that someone wants to test drive. How would you feel about that but verbally great answering him insignia look if you want to play baseball without the rules, you can have a game and know God gave us the rules for a reason, always simple, clear to the point that people knew that he loved and cared about you. I'm just thank you sir I am just looking at some comments on YouTube and yet Jim Baker blew it scandals financial scandal sexual scandal infamous entrance what happens. It was a TV preacher rewrites a book. I was wrong, goes to prison gets out. It's a harsh sentence for and who rechecked reaches out to him. Billy Graham didn't hear a lot about Billy Graham reaches out to Jim Baker made it massively impacted his life that when Jim Baker brought so much reproach to the gospel and and did so much to damage the reputation of Jesus here is broken and contrite man in prison.

Billy Graham reaches out to him and and although Billy Graham is not known for political stance.

He opposed racism and he opposed segregation with Martin Luther King on occasion was was arrested. Billy Graham paid his bail and Billy Graham is going to come to your city. If you wouldn't have a segregated meeting. He wouldn't come.

So we stood for righteousness will clearly preaching the message of Jesus I want to tell you in a moment how he became famous. If you don't know the story it's it's one of my favorites but I want to get some more calls, 866-34-TRUTH in Charlotte North Carolina. The hometown, the Billy Graham immediate welcome to the line of fire. Go ahead. Our paper how my home and I remember when he purchased my parents were not well. It had accountability.

We can think early on we went out to make money To Katrina, yeah absolutely yes of his lifestyle was consistent. The organization has received lots of money. It's an organization that gives lots of money.

They do things with excellence, that's for sure. But absolutely, he set a great example and in fact it if you visit the Billy Graham evangelistic Association in Charlotte was going to visit the library you see what they do they do with excellence. But what's interesting is that their ethic was shoot for the middle. In other words, if you cannot buy a car if you're going to have an office building now to see what's the high would slow shoot for the middle and that's just the way we do things to do things with excellence, but to avoid reproach. Thanks for calling 86634 to the regrettable more call right now will go to Marilyn Andrew, welcome to the line of fire. I will mount: no, I'm a little bit.

Well, detailing the adult was just the two of us have a conversation.

I just make sure you're talking directly into your phone that I'm not on speakerphone or anything like that so I can hear you because you're slightly muffled but go at just the two of us talking talking nervous on but okay but I'm going from one about one but without comp. No, I want Burda on one with one on on and you 191 on Bernardi thawing on that one might have been built that yeah and I'm just I'm just jumping in and just have a problem with the connection center you speak and write the phone every so often the phone connection just doesn't work over the radio, but the key thing that I heard you say that I want to repeat was that he had this massive influence, but he never compromise this message was this one saying if you want to be promoted and be a famous person and all you gotta do is be a motivational coach.

Okay, if that's your calling. Fine. But don't call that the gospel if you're just going to be a pep talk enthusiast and that your calling him up front.

Just don't confuse that with the gospel.

If you called me gospel preacher preach the gospel don't give you some watered-down diluted message.

Don't don't give me something that's just full of you know personal encouragement without the cross. Without repentance without holiness without the blood of Jesus is to save anybody all that's going to do is is given aspirin to someone dying of cancer know we need to preach the gospel. Billy Graham never watered down the message now.

Thank you for calling Sir every so often. Every so often you will hear an excerpt or CNX server. Billy Graham is talking and it sounds as if he saying there are many different ways to heaven or that all religions lead to heaven.

That is absolutely not what he believed and if there's ever a question about it.

They would address it. Now that's at the website for years on the website.

He clearly preached salvation only found in Jesus. If there ever closer excerpt you here with this a different impression sentences. He got older, got softer to my deep, deep knowledge and understanding and knowing people very close to him this message remain a Scotus taken out of context this message remain unchanged we come back to the rail. It's the line of fire with your host activist, author, international speaker and theologian Dr. Michael Brown voice of more cultural and spiritual revolution get into the line of fire now by calling 86643 here again is Dr. Michael Brown thanks friends for joining us today, modifiable, I got a find this quote when when writer Reinhold Niebuhr, the theologian was taking issue with some of Billy Graham's preaching when you have these extended meetings that went on week long multiple weeks long in Madison Square Garden New York City and Niebuhr was the theologian criticize the message and Billy Graham had this this great why I meant to look for during the break and just didn't do it, but is does this thing about you. How brilliant Niebuhr.

What just hit me just audit. Heaven spoke well of every like yeah this critique is probably just too deep for me or something respond with humility and it didn't make Niebuhr look bad at it and it didn't distract from the message and then of course there is supernatural favor in his life right before I tie the puff Graham story. I'm really excited April 3. The new baby is coming. Yes, our newest book, playing with holy fire playing with holy fire, a wake up call.

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So despite repeated request by grant Niebuhr refused to meet with him, so Graham simply complimented neighbor and explained away their differences. Quote I have read nearly everything Mr. Niebuhr has written, and I feel inadequate before his brilliant mind and learning. He told reporters occasionally get a glimmer of what he is talking about. If I tried to preach as he writes people would be so bewildered that would want they would walk out, is not classic but thanks for grabbing from it is that classically grammar not number one. Try to meet with him number two honoring him deprecated himself, but that also make it clear hey I'm just called to preach simple message and if I preach this stuff people wouldn't get it.

Come on, that's part of what made him who he was and that's part of the strength of an evangelist.

Know your place there you call it right so Billy Graham was not a nationally known figure.

He was preaching in California LA area under a tent may be several thousand people a night that was it and the media guru of the day. The man with the most influence was Randolph Hearst and Randolph Hearst was influential in newspapers media around the country. He heard about with Billy Graham was doing and he liked it and he liked him and his message and heap. He sent out a eight telegraph telegram message to words to all of his news outlets around America puff Graham cough Graham that was it. Puff Graham. In other words, build him up, speak well about him tell good stories about him over night. Billy Graham became a nationally known figure from a little-known evangelist preaching and attend to a few thousand meetings to being a household name.

It virtually shifted overnight and in a matter of days went from relative obscurity to relatively well know it happened that quickly and obviously got a dim testing, and preparing Billy Graham for the years through the years, obviously got it in preparing him for that moment, so that when the promotion came, he was ready. He already had the ethical foundations and his ministry looked at the much hated it was called the Mike pence rules the Billy Graham rule you know that you're not gonna be as a man alone with someone of the opposite sex service of your marriage.

That person is on a family member. It's like L. Yeah, my hotel room will talk from it.I've had times in a hotel someone wants to talk me someone of the opposite sex returns right there in front of everybody in the lobby while it's private well this is gonna have to do not go on it not going to private room that's I can happen you know is at and you know just various ethical standards for for life and in setting salary structures and things of that and they live by these and and many others have as well and in two minutes is just common sense rules laws, but the thing that most of us don't realize is when you get to the level of prominence. Billy Graham got to when you are meeting with presidents and in the world leaders went when you can snap your fingers and billionaires will will donate money to your cause if you had a need they do it in a heartbeat to not walk in pride to not get in the flash to not take advantage of your connections that that is something that is hard to do. And then there is the devil attacking you don't think he's asking you to compromise sexually from what I understand before Billy Graham went to a hotel room.

Someone on staff in the hotel would have to go in the room and inspected first to make sure there's no woman in their waiting for him because people try to set them up. You just walk in there there's a woman or some naked woman some steps one picture there it is right so those are the precautions they took. But what you don't realize is the level of spiritual attack, though the level of spiritual resistance you get the level of traps that are set for you so you have that ministry for that many years and that level prominence and from what I know from everyone close to him to still be very humble and wondering why God chose him. You know somebody just from his bondage of rural North Carolina why God chose him to be a world evangelist. He never felt worthy of it. He never sought to highly of himself. So these. These are things that to me are real real foundations and hear something else fascinating. I don't read a lot of leadership books. There are some people it's with a read of our day, and that leadership books they've never done a lot for me. Some of of rent other kinds of things at release speed to be a minister to me but I read one book on the leadership secrets of Billy Graham, written by one of his longtime colleagues and what what I didn't know about Dr. Graham was that by nature. He was very pessimistic by nature he was a pessimist to the point that growing up. His family gave him a nickname from some well-known book or story were either the pessimist guy forget who was but that was him and and and someone said that when his wife was going to be flying from one city to another by herself that she went through 20 potential scenarios of what could go wrong with that was his nature to look at what was wrong was problem. The public through his ministry. He was known as one who gave great hope that he constantly imparted hope obviously he was encouraged in his heart by God because of his relationship with God was able to impart that hotel resort will leave you with this last thing some years back.

He was on with Greta Van Susteren in an interview and was asked if he could do anything differently what he would do differently with his life and ministry and boarded it challenge me as well, and he said he would speak less and spend more time in prayer more time in God it in the Lord in prayer and study a set of course the big meetings he would continue to do dosing of the big crusades in the specimens you continue those with many other speaking engagements. He took the city what you have taken them, he wouldn't have been so busy he would've got alone with God more and spent more time in prayer and more time and study for that challenge me and that spoke to me as well. Sometimes we are running so San and God wants us to run deep word of encouragement for each of you.

Walk in integrity before God and do the work of an evangelist note made up your calling but were all called to do the work of evangelist to to be shares of our faith. Jesus and follow me. Fisher cemented selling hospice profit.

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