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Billy Graham on Personal Assurance - Baptist (John 16:33)

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"Whatever trouble YOU face—Jesus has overcome. YOUR difficulties, YOUR opposition, YOUR struggles—He has conquered. Take heart, YOU personally: the world that oppresses YOU is a defeated world. In Christ, YOU are on the winning side. Hold on to HIM." — Billy Graham. Baptist: personal victory.

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John 16:33

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