Kevin Olivarez, pastor at Blackfoot Christian Fellowship, said he — probably like millions of others — reflected on the life and ministry of Rev. Billy Graham after learning of his death on Wednesday.

Graham died in his sleep at his North Carolina home. He was 99.

Olivarez says he can imagine that the preacher heard the scriptural words “Well done, good and faithful servant” soon after his passing.

“He went to sleep on this side and he woke up in glory,” Olivarez said. “You might say I’m a little jealous.”

As a Christian pastor himself, Olivarez said he has always looked up to Graham’s integrity, his commitment to the Gospel and his faithfulness to the end.

“We can be a part of that, too, and follow along in his footsteps,” Olivarez said.

Dubbed “America’s Pastor,” the magnetic, movie-star-handsome preacher was a singular force in postwar American religious life, a confidant of presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history.

Graham had preached in person to more than 210 million people throughout the world by his final crusade that took place in 2005 in New York City.

Although the preacher accomplished a great deal in his life, Mike Popovich, senior pastor at First Baptist Church of Pocatello, said Graham was a “real” kind of person who felt no religious superiority.

“He recognized that he himself was saved by God’s Grace and Grace alone, and that’s what he preached,” Popovich said.

He says Graham taught in a simple but powerful way.

“(His has) been an incredibly purposeful life lived in service to God,” Popovich said.

Brian Griffin, pastor at Pocatello Baptist Church, agrees.

“The world lost a great leader today and the church lost one as well,” Griffin said on Wednesday. “Despite (anyone’s) feelings about his ministry and position, he opened the Gospel to many nations and many hearts.”

Many have offered similar tributes in recent days. In a statement submitted to the Journal, the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said:

“We express our deepest condolences at the passing of Reverend Billy Graham. His decades of ministry stand as a legacy of his love for the Redeemer of all mankind, and we admire his courageous voice of moral witness to the world. We pray God’s blessings will be upon his family and all who knew and loved him.”

President Donald Trump tweeted on Wednesday: “The GREAT Billy Graham is dead. There was nobody like him! He will be missed by Christians and all religions. A very special man.” Former President Barack Obama said Graham “gave hope and guidance to generations of Americans.”

Graham’s body will lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda next week, the first time a private citizen has been accorded such recognition since civil rights hero Rosa Parks in 2005.

The two-day viewing in Washington on Feb. 28 and March 1 will be part of nine days of mourning.

Graham will be laid to rest March 2 at the foot of a cross-shaped walkway at the worldwide headquarters of his evangelical empire in Charlotte, buried in a simple prison-made plywood coffin next to his wife, Ruth, who died in 2007.

His tombstone will read “Preacher of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.”