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

Alistair Begg

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Alistair Begg
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: May 22
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We are not brought by faith into a realm of passivity, but rather, we are brought into the realm of diligent activity.
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When grace begins to rule, then our preoccupation with ourselves begins to leave.
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Withhold no part of the precious truth, but speak what you know and declare what you have seen. Do not allow the toil or darkness or possible unbelief of your friends to dissuade you. Let us rise and march to the place of duty, and there declare what great things God has shown to our soul.
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How immense God is, that He is able to sweep into His purposes even foolish requests and bad motivations.
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It is not our believing of the Gospel that makes it true. It exists as independent, true Truth.
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Unless the Bible is first taught to our own hearts, then we have no basis from which to teach it to others at all.
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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.
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When all a man has is worldly wealth, he is poor indeed.
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The best of men are just men at best.
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The glory does not lie in our inadequacy, but lies in the adequacy of Christ discovered in our weakness and in our insufficiency.
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I only need a mirror to see a sinner.
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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.
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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.
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Human mercy is proof of having received divine mercy.
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A good church is a Bible-centered church. Nothing is as important as this--not a large congregation, a witty pastor, or tangible experiences of the Holy Spirit.
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If the law does not lead us to Christ and redemption, it will lead us to despair.
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The great need is for us to be taught theologically, not just stirred emotionally.
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When we turn luxuries into necessities, we jeopardize our ability for contentedness.
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Holy Spirit, take the Word of truth as we find it in the Scriptures and bring it home to our lives.
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