"When was the last time you extended an invitation to Jesus, who knows all about your troubles, pains, and difficulties—the things that other people can't know and can't fix? The risen Christ comes and stands at the door and knocks." —Alistair Begg
"Scripture affirms God's sovereignty over all—that this God sees the invisible, that He is the one who penetrates what to us is inaccessible, and He is the one who is operative, superintending every detail." —Alistair Begg
It's easy to glorify God on joyous days, in victories, or when everything seems to fall into place. Is God still praiseworthy, though, in the midst of the messy, traumatic events of life? Explore the answer with us on Truth For Life with Alistair Begg:
"When we look at ourselves, we have good reason for discouragement and trepidation. It is by looking to Jesus that we are enabled to run the race set before us." —Alistair Begg
The possession of eternal life comes not to us through the 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘸, but through the 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭. —Tertullian (Born 160AD), Marc. iii. Cap. 16 | Cited by John Davenant, Geneva Series Commentaries: Colossians, Pg. 86
Hope arises not from the preaching of the legal covenant, 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦; but from the proclamation of the evangelical covenant, 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥. —John Davenant, Geneva Commentaries: Colossians, Pg. 86
“The first question we ask when reading Scripture should not be, What can the Bible do for me? The better question is, What does the Bible teach me about God?” - Derek Thomas Consistent, father-led family worship is one of the best, steadiest, and most easily measurable ways to bring up children in the Lord’s discipline and instruction. —Donald Whitney, Family Worship, Pg. 7
Family worship is a living banner that 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘳 than any sign over our mantelpiece or any engraving on the wall which loudly proclaims, “As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD”. —J. Helopoulos, A Neglected Grace: Family Worship in the Christian Home, 40
“Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different ...” - C.S. Lewis
"How earnestly have we desired to see the man who talked with the woman at the well!" - Charles Spurgeon
“The righteousness that is a gift from God is a real righteousness, worked out in a real world, by a real person, the Lord Jesus Christ. It is nothing less than perfect conformity to the law of God over a period of 33 years by the Son of God.” - Jerry Bridges
“True wisdom is found in trusting God when you can’t figure things out.” – Joni Eareckson Tada
A continual sense of God's presence is the best preservative. - William Wilberforce
Nothing is more difficult to counterfeit than virtue. -John Calvin -
There is no doubt that it is by praying that we learn to pray, and that the more we pray, the better our prayers will be. -C.H. Spurgeon -
"[…]I am sure you will prefer to see Christ as he is, rather than behold him as he was." -
Charles Spurgeon
Faith involves your life, not just your lips. It's a walk not only a talk.
Though thy comforts be gone, yet thy union and communion with Christ remain, Jer. 31:18, 19, 20. Though thy comforts be gone, yet thou art a son, though a comfortless son. —Thomas Brooks
Our confessions are not meant to make God know our sins, but to make us know them. — Charles Spurgeon
“The truth is the sanctifier, and if we do not read or hear the truth, we shall not grow in sanctification.” C. H. Spurgeon
"Ah! how often have we wished to see the babe that slept in Bethlehem!" - Charles Spurgeon
Let us strive, every year we live, to become more deeply acquainted with Scripture. -J.C. Ryle -
That there is a devil is a thing doubted by none but such as are under the influence of the devil. —Cotton Mather
Honored Sir, let us offer salvation freely to all by the blood of Jesus; and whatever light God has communicated to us, let us freely communicate to others. • GW to John Wesley
“We shall remember that the real preparation of a sermon is not the few hours which we are specifically devoted to it, but the whole stream of the preacher’s Christian experience thus far, of which the sermon is a distilled drop.” -John R. W. Stott
Let's pray for a great awakening, both here and worldwide. "There is nothing I am more concerned about right now than that God should revive His church in America. It seems to me that everyone who loves his country ought to be anxious that the church of God should be revived."D.L. Moody
How frequently have we wished that we might see the blessed Physician walking amongst the sick and dying, giving life with his touch, and healing with his breath!" - Charles Spurgeon
Let him who seeks grace implore neither the saints, nor even the blessed mother of Christ; but ask it from the Father in the name of Christ His Son. —John Davenant, Geneva Series Commentaries: Colossians, Pg. 36
Ah! how do relapses [into previously forsaken sins] lay men open to the greatest afflictions and worst temptations! How do they make the wound to bleed afresh! How do they darken and cloud former assurances and evidences for heaven! —Thomas Brooks
For if we are without the life of saints, the name of saints will profit us nothing. —John Davenant (1572-1641), Geneva Series Commentaries: Colossians, Pg. 23
Most Christians have more Bibles than they know what to do with, but have little understanding of what is in them. Sinclair B. Ferguson
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