Alistair Begg Quotes

Father, help us to rest our heads on the soft pillow of Your providence.

We may be confident in this: that in the pain of our suffering is the presence of a faithful God.

I only need a mirror to see a sinner.

It is in getting to know my Bible that I get to know Jesus.

The glory does not lie in our inadequacy, but lies in the adequacy of Christ discovered in our weakness and in our insufficiency.

When we turn luxuries into necessities, we jeopardize our ability for contentedness.

Regular expository preaching of the Bible is the staple diet of a healthy church.

How do I know that I am in Christ? Because of my trusting, costly obedience to the Word.

If you want to be a wise person, you need a Bible.

The reason most preaching is ignored today is that it deserves to be.

I never met a hopeful Christian who didn't read their Bible.

The story line of the Bible is the story line of God taking the initiative in seeking out a people who are His very own.

Love reacts with goodness towards those who ill-treat it.

The Bible is one book, written by one Author, with one subject: Jesus Christ and the salvation God...provides through Him.

Singleness and marriage are both evidences of God’s grace that are to be experienced and sustained purely by the strength which God supplies.

The mercy of God is an all-embracing mercy and it breaks down the barriers that man erects.

When my children hear godliness out of my mouth and they see wickedness in my life, then I point them to heaven and I lead them to hell.

May the spirit of Christ so fill us afresh that we might in turn be a refreshment and an encouragement to one another.

Children should be able to see the Gospel modeled in the way their father loves their mother with a sacrificial love.

It's our Christian duty to offer spiritual worship to God that engages our minds, stirs our hearts & flows from our lips

How immense God is, that He is able to sweep into His purposes even foolish requests and bad motivations.

Gods law has been written on all of our consciences, but only in Christ is it written on our hearts.

It is a sin when I place myself deliberately in the place of temptation… either because I enjoy the prospect or because I’m not determined enough in my desire to overcome it.

We must think ourselves empty when coming to the text of scripture and read ourselves full.

God's concern is for His name, His glory, His people, His unfolding eternal purpose and for His Kingdom.

The kingdom of God is like a mustard seed. It happens quietly. It happens inevitably. Don’t underestimate God’s power.

The main things are the plain things, and the plain things are the main things.

The preacher's task is to declare what God has said, explain the meaning, and establish the implications so that no one will mistake its relevance.

There is no one insignificant in the purposes of God.

Our words and our works are evidence that our profession of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is true.

Would anyone choose Hell over Heaven? YES! Why? Pride. They don't want to go in the only way you can go in, on your knees. They don't want to admit they are a failure, that their life is a mess.

If [the devil has] brought you down, make sure that with Christ’s enabling you stand back up.

The grace of God reaches to the furthest extent to those who are prepared to acknowledge their need.

Endurance is a key indicator of spiritual fitness.

To expose our minds constantly to ungodly thinking is a great danger.

There are times in our Christian life when we cannot see beyond the next step and we have to trust God.

Even the most casual events are connected to God's purpose for His people from all eternity.

The callings of God never leave you where they find you.

The Bible comes both to warn and to encourage and always to turn us again to the Lord Jesus Christ.

We lose our way around the Bible when we take our eyes off the Cross.

It is imperative that those who name the name of Christ would be instructed in the truth of Scripture.

Only when we are captured by an overwhelming sense of awe and reverence in the presence of God, will we begin to worship God in spirit and in truth.

Father, look upon us in Your goodness and kindness, we pray as a church. Help us to love each other.

The foolishness of the cross is the wisdom of God and the wisdom of God is powerful in its impact.

We must be willing to say what the Bible says.

The same Holy Spirit who implants faith within a life implants the boldness to verbalize that faith.

If the law does not lead us to Christ and redemption, it will lead us to despair.

People may not be impressed by our theological grasp, but they may be impressed by our expressions of practical godliness.

Prayer is the means that God has ordained for the supply of grace that is necessary to be joyful in hope.

Our gracious God, we need the ministry of the Spirit of God within our lives so that Your Word may take root within us.