Branham Quotes - A - IndexAsk abundantly that your joys might be full. Believe God for anything He promised. It's yours"
And they were all filled with That, and begin to speak with tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now, you see, we are not a divided people; we've got to be in unity, because each one of us holding a part of God. "
All that Jehovah was, He poured into Christ. And all that Christ was, He poured into the church, not into one individual, but into the entire Body. There where we come together in unity, we have power. "
And all the people with one accord was rallying around it: unity. There's power in unity. Then the news finally come to the little queen, all the way across the Sahara Desert, way down in the utmost parts of the known world of that day, down into Sheba. Why, every traveler would come by that's passed through Israel would say, "Oh, you should go up there and see those people. Why, they're just as bold as they can be. They know there's not a flaw about their religion." That's the way we want to believe it. There's nothing wrong with the Holy Spirit. It's a perfect Gift of God to the Church. And they would keep speaking about the great things that Solomon would do."
A Christian don't try to be what he used to be; he's not looking where he's been; he's looking where he's going"
All the nations feared Israel. Instead of trying to make war with them, they brought in peace offerings. They were not afraid, so much, of their men; they were afraid of that God that they were all in unity with. 64-0306 A Greater Than Solomon Is Here"
And I pray God it'll sink deep into the hearts of every person, and may the Holy Spirit water it, and may it bring forth great revivals, and in unity of brotherhood among ministers, and the love of Christ shed abroad in our hearts. And may we see before the end of time a great outpouring and a revival. Grant it, Lord. Have mercy upon us. Be Thou merciful to us and forgive us of our sins and trespasses. And let Thy mercies rest with us. We pray in Jesus' Name."
A Christian don't try to be what he used to be; he's not looking where he's been; he's looking where he's going"
Act normal, natural; people will think more of you. Don't try to act like somebody else; you're not. Just be yourself"
And when a man takes to himself a wife, and if she's correctly his wife, a God-given wife, she'll be just to him as part of him"
And if you're a son of God, be strong; be a real man. If you're not that way, stay at the altar till you become that. And shun the very appearance of evil"
All Christianity is wrapped up in one big love affair. Don't you believe that? See? … Love is the most perfect thing there is in the Bible. "God is Love. And they that love, are of God"
A real, genuine child of God don't care what the world says, everything else is secondary"
And as you love one another, you love the Lord. If you don't love one another, you can't love the Lord. He said so. That's right. And God can't move into you"
And if you witness to anything, you’re just as guilty as being a partaker of it"
A man under pressure is what he is when he's under pressure. His real to--true characteristics will show when he's under pressure. Get him all riled, stirred up, then you'll see the real man come out. If he's got temper, it'll show itself. If he's meek and gentle, it'll show itself. Put him under pressure once. And God puts all His children under tests to see whether there's any flaws in them"
And if you witness to anything, you’re just as guilty as being a partaker of it"
And that's the way we serve God, as we serve each other. That's the only way we can serve God"
And we, as Christians, should always watch what we do and what say, that we're perfectly honest to every man. And you, if you can't be honest with your fellow man, you certainly won't be honest with God. So how we serve God, is, we serve each other. As honest as I'd be with you, that's as honest as I'll be with God. And that's the same way with you to me. We must be honest with each other in all of our dealings"
All these gifts are wonderful, but I want Father. I love these gifts, the hearing and the manifestations, the praising God, and shouting, and healing, and speaking with tongues, and the interpretation of tongues, and all the different gifts. I love to set and watch them. I have not them, but I love to watch them in operation in the Church. But after all that, I want Jesus. I want it. His gifts are fine, but I want the Giver in here"
And in here, I’ve made many mistakes, done many things that was wrong. And [‘ll desire, that you will not take my mistakes to be stumbling-stones, but stepping stones to bring you closer to the Lord Jesus"
And to me, that, the Bible is either the Word of God or is not the Word of God. I believe that anything is either right or it’s wrong. You can’t be halfway between"
And always remember this, friends, the way up is down"
A man getting married should first approach it prayerfully. You should not pick a woman by being beautiful on the outside, but beautiful on the inside, one that'll be a mother to your children"
Quick death is a quick glory"
A man's character is shown in his works. Or a man shows his character by his works. We know that. Just like a contractor, a contractor shows what he is by his work"
A man's word is his characteristic. A man that his word is no good, then you'll never have confidence in that man, because his word's no good. So therefore God, our Father, His character and His works prove what He is"
And then our character is watched by the Holy Spirit"
And your character is proven by the life that's in you"
And some of you women find some little boy with his hair slicked down, his mammy's lard can half dumped on it, and curly; it'll all fall out. I know that by experience. But what happens? What is it? You fall for that. You ought to pray first, 'cause a woman is part of you"
And if you've embraced a woman to your bosom, and taken her for your wife, and she makes an imprint on you... (We'll say it like this so you'll understand) and any other woman against that bosom won't fit that print. And God will hold you responsible for it. You just remember that"
A chain is its strongest at its weakest link"
A chain is the strongest at its weakest link. That's right? It's no stronger than its weakest link. No matter how strong these are built up, this is built up, if its got a weak link, there's where she breaks. And it's no stronger than that weakest link"
All your faith in the world, won't do you a bit of good, 'less you step right out there, and toe-to-toe with it, and take it. That's all. You've got to go forward. You just got to step right out and do it anyhow. When you ask for anything, go get it. God said it's yours, so don't take nothing less. Get what you asked for. You do that and find out how it comes out. Yeah. Don't--don't back up and say, "Well, I'll take second.
As long as there is a question in your mind, don't do it." That's the best way to stay away from wrong. If there's one question in your mind, stay away from it. But then when it is perfectly clear to you, then go ahead. Then you can do it with faith"
And if you believe it, act like it"
A call of God burns so in your heart you can't rest day and night for it. You just can't get away from it; it's just constantly grinding at you"
Always before judgment He sends mercy. And if you spurn mercy, nothing's left but judgment. For you have judged it the way you have regarded the message. You refuse the message, nothing left but judgment. But God always shows beforehand what He's going to do"
A real saint of God wants to toe the mark"
And what's the use of putting up an electric wire if you refuse the dynamo? See, they can't get no current in it; it's just a dead wire"
A person who loves to walk in darkness and do evil things, is--loves evil works, cannot love the Holy Spirit"
Any portion of the night would refuse to see the Light, goes back into darkness"
Anything glitters... Everything glitters is not gold. After all, gold doesn't glitter; it glows. And a Hollywood shines with glitter, while the Gospel glows with humility"
A real true servant, if he'll stumble, he'll get up again. If he wobbles, God pulls him right back in the path, as long as he's in the path of duty. But if he's off of the path of duty, God's not obligated to him. But as long as he's in the path of duty, God's obligated to him, knowing that he's just a man or a woman. He's obligated to that person as long as they're in the path of duty"
After you've went through these tests and trials, they're glorious to you"
As long as we're in this body, we are still... No matter how much the people try to tell, "I've got sanctified; I can kiss this woman or do that," he's lying; he cannot. Now, that's all"
And yet, He's turned down and will return back"
A man is not in his right condition until he's borned again. He's a beast at heart, until he has been borned of the Spirit of God, and the spirit of nature is taken out of him, and the Spirit of God takes It's place to rule. That leads him and guides him into all truth and light. That's right. And if a man does not do that, knowing without that he's hell bound, there's something wrong with his mind"
Any church that's not fertile, that is from the fertility of the coming of the Holy Spirit into the human heart, no matter how good a church it is, how well the members dress, how educated the pastor is, how finer songs you got, what a fine building you got; if Christ isn't there, the Spirit of God isn't there, you got nothing but the same unfertile bunch of eggs. That's exactly. And you'll never get anywhere with them"
What you do to others, you have done to Christ." So no matter what he thinks about you, it's what you think about him (See?), that brings the blessing"
Anything that doesn't serve God's purpose has no resurrection. But you can't keep anything in the ground that serves God's purpose. It comes forth again to testify of a resurrection. We know that all these things are right. They're testimonies to us to encourage us. Each day, everywhere you look, you see God"
A man has to be a prisoner to Christ against anything... Therefore, you cannot be connected with anything but Christ. Even your father, your mother, your brother, your sister, your husband, your wife, anybody--you're only connected with Christ and Him only. Then God can use you. Until then, you can't"
And while it's daylight, I think this, I keep this in my mind, and it's good for you dear Christians to remember that this is the only time of all ceaseless ages beyond the time to come, that you'll ever have the privilege of working for Jesus Christ. This is the only day. And we don't know whether we're going to be here tomorrow or not. See? So I believe it behooves us to move with all that's in us and do everything that we can"
Angelic beings associate together. Oh, I hope you get that, that just dropped right down, free. Look. And if you've got the Holy Spirit in you, then you're a candidate for association with the unseen world and the Supernatural"
A real child of God doesn't mind the whipping rod, the chastisement, doesn't mind the disappointments; he wades right on just the same. God said so. It's in his heart and nothing can move it, he's just there to stay"
As your faith is, so be it unto you. That's not Christian Science. I'm not meaning mind over matter. But you see, the thing of it is, it's the atmosphere that you live in"
And you all talking about juvenile delinquency and things. I think it's parent delinquency. Some of you let your girls go out and run around all night with a cigarette smoking, cocktail drinking party. Come in the next morning with her clothes half off her, old make-up all over her face"
Revival doesn't mean to go out and get new members, a revival means to revive that what you've already got"
A genuine faith of God will believe in God, and God is the Word; it'll never add nothing to It"
A man who has once come in contact with God, which is the Word, and the Word has been made plain and manifested to him, there's no shameness about that"You're not embarrassed"
As a denominational Christian with only a profession of faith, you'll never see the mystery. You--you stay in your church, but be borned again of the Spirit of God, so the valves in your innermost being, in your mind, and soul can open up to the full statue of what God wants you to be, as a Christian in that denomination, and you'll do good. Your pastor will appreciate you if he's a spiritual man"
A real doctor, if you go to him, and tell him you're having persistent headaches, He will say, "Come in, strip down. Get on the table." He will examine you and do everything. He will not give you nothing, till he find out what he's giving it for. He diagnoses a case, a real doctor, till he finds where the trouble is, and then he starts from there, He knows what he's working on then. If he just brushes you off, that's not much of a doctor"
As much as your faith will be released, that's how much power you can have, because in you dwells the power to make heavens and earth. God dwells in you, and you are sons and daughters of God. Amen. There you are. But it's your faith"
A believer is the faith of God that moves in you"
Any papa that loves his kids, will certainly correct them, or he's not the right kind of a papa"
Any Bible believer, a real Bible believer, punctuates every one of these promises of God with a "Amen." That's right"
Answer Him then if He's speaking. If there's a little doubt somewhere, you're not sure now, don't take no chance"
A good born-again faith in God, a real genuine Holy Ghost faith, nothing's going to turn it down. It can't do it. It's persistent. It's going to the goal that God has promised to it. There's nothing going to turn it down; it's going anyhow"
A genuine borned again Christian know where he come from. His origin wasn't with John Wesley, Luther, or somebody else. It begin on the day of Pentecost when God Himself came among His people"
A real Christian fights for his position. He has to stand alone, him and God, and he fights every inch of ground, so you don't have to baby them around"
A gift is not something, a knife, that you take and go do things with"
A gift is getting yourself out of the way, so God can come in, see what He shows, what He does. A gift is not, "I got power to do this; I got power." Your power of a gift is get yourself out of the way. And the gift that God has give you, operates through that then (See?) after you're out of the way. See?"
A gift is just get yourself out of the way, and let the Holy Spirit use you. See? That's a gift"
You can't impersonate love. You've got to have it. It's got to be a product that God has given you. It's not what you imagine. It's something God had done"
And then when the son came, he was asked to double back and to destroy the only hope that he had for his testimony to be fulfilled. And when God seen that he was loyal to that faith that he had in God, God looked out of the heavens and He said, "I've sworn by Myself that I'll bless you and multiply you, and your seed shall possess the gate of his enemy." What a promise?"
A gift is just get yourself out of the way, and let the Holy Spirit use you. See? That's a gift"