Made For His Pleasure Quotes

“Prayer is an acknowledgment that our need of God's help is not partial but total.”
― Alistair Begg, Made For His Pleasure: Ten Benchmarks of a Vital Faith

“Hold material goods and wealth on a flat palm and not in a clenched fist.”
― Alistair Begg, Made For His Pleasure: Ten Benchmarks of a Vital Faith

“Many times, the immediate sense of failure and disappointment is so overwhelming that we are unable to grasp the benefit package. We need to remember this when talking with our friends who are in the eye of the storm. At that moment, our presence is more important than our pronouncements, and our silences more eloquent than our speech.”
― Alistair Begg, Made For His Pleasure: Ten Benchmarks of a Vital Faith

“We tend to run away from the things that make us. We should neither court suffering nor complain about it. Instead, we should see it as one of the means God choose to employ to make us increasingly useful to the Master.”
― Alistair Begg, Made For His Pleasure: Ten Benchmarks of a Vital Faith

“God is pleased when all our days and duties are marked by gratitude ... the believer will stand out as a light in a dark place by displaying a thankful heart.”
― Alistair Begg, Made For His Pleasure: Ten Benchmarks of a Vital Faith

“This knowledge [of God] is personal. How is it fostered? By listening to what He says ... by engaging Him in conversation (the emphasis of prayer), by spending time in His company (the need for devotional life), and by being with others who know Him too ...”
― Alistair Begg, Made For His Pleasure by Alistair Begg