Alistair Begg Quotes

Holy Spirit, take the Word of truth as we find it in the Scriptures and bring it home to our lives.

We find Christ in all the Scriptures. In the Old Testament He is predicted, in the Gospels He is revealed, in Acts He is preached, in the epistles He is explained, and in Revelation He is expected.

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

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

If truth were told, most of us spend longer each day on personal cleanliness than on practical godliness.

Singleness is a gift; marriage is a gift. We should not misuse the gifts we've been given.

We're to love our children for who they are, not for what we want them to become.

The only true conqueror who shall be crowned in the end is he who continues until war's trumpet is blown no more.... Christian, wear your shield close to your armor and cry earnestly to God, that by His Spirit you may endure to the end.

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.

God's plan for moving people from the broad road to the narrow road involves you.

Despite the obvious emphasis of Scripture (in regard to suffering), we are bombarded by suggestions that the 'successful' Christian living takes place in the realm of constant victory, health, wholeness, and financial prosperity. In response to this we are not to pretend that suffering doesn’t exist or that it might be instantly cured. Such notions are the product of empty heads and closed Bibles.

There is an old joke that went around- it goes, in the beginning God made man in His own image, and since the fall, man has been seeking to return the compliment.

I once was absolutely useless, and God in His grace has made me useful.

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

Those who love the Gospel will love to be stirred by its truth all over again.

Prayer is an acknowledgment that our need of God's help is not partial but total.

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

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

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

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

If we do not roll up our sleeves to the task of the Gospel in our days, then we will amount to virtually nothing for God.

Father, write Your Word in our heart; make us men and women who understand Your truth.

We have taken the latter course as a culture. So there is mass confusion today--even in the evangelical church--over whether the Bible is true and over how far we should go in obeying it.

If we are to say no to covetousness, we must learn to say yes to contentment. This involves learning to be content with what we have (Hebrews 13:5). Much of our discontentment may be traced to expectations that are essentially selfish and more often than not completely unrealistic.

You will never have a better friend than a friend who points you to Christ.

There is no intellectual road to God...No, we need God to wake us up to our need of a Savior.

Ladies, [motherhood] is a full-time job. Do not kid yourself that you can be a dental receptionist and a mother; that you can be a typist and a mom; that you can be a Vice President and a mom. One of the two things will win. Now look at your Bible and ask what you have to do.

The fact that we have to discuss reality as though there were no reality is an indication of the confusion of our times.

It is impossible to serve God without serving one another.

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

Many of us are tempted to find the key in doing, but the answer is actually found in being. It is vital that we are routinely humbled by the reminder that Christian life is grounded, not in what we can do, but what has been done for us and what we need done to us.

Father, we long for the clarity of Your truth to dawn upon our minds and for the immensity of Your love to grip our hearts.

Faith is not a soft option offered to people who need a crutch to get through the rest of their lives. Faith is the supernatural activity of God whereby He opens blind eyes, unstops deaf ears, and a man or a woman says- “I see it now. I get it now. I am going to trust in God. I am going to trust in Jesus.

The Bible is one story that unfolds in one book, by one author, about one subject. A story that moves from promise to fulfillment.

You don’t know who you are until you know God and you don’t know how to live until you've settled the question of how to die.

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

As I am humbled by my difficulties, so I am strengthened by God's grace.

Undefined Christianity is not a problem in our generation. It is defined Christianity that brings the rub.

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

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.