Hanging On When You Feel Like Giving Up
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- Опубликовано: 3 июл 2024
- As with all Christians, pastors and elders will experience suffering. Indeed, shepherds of God’s flock face particular challenges and griefs. In this session, Alistair Begg exhorts church leaders to shoulder their responsibilities with hope of eternal rewards. It will not be in this world that pastors find glory for their humility, service, and resistance of Satan-but while they labor here on earth, God strengthens and establishes men’s hearts for their part in His kingdom work.
Speaker: Alistair Begg
Scripture: 1 Peter 5:1-11
Preached: May 2, 2022
This message may have saved my life...thank you Pastor Begg. I had asked the Lord Jesus, just this day, for a word to help me continue... and behold I came across this message. I thank God for this timely message.
God Bless You
Keep holding on Mariane. ❤ Trust HIM in the dark 🙏🙏❤
He did save my life and idk how to ever understand how. God uses everything down to the blade of grass there are no mistakes in God's systematic way of operation
I could listen to this guy talking all day. I love his accent and the way he speaks. I like to fall asleep listening to him. What better way to finish off your day than God's word.
The only better way is to begin your day with God's word :)
@@samuelwalton5467 One doesn't negate the other! 😳😄😄
There *is no* better way to *end your day* than with the Word of God.
Begin *and* end your day with the Word of God. Ending is as important as beginning 😁
It's both/and, not either/or.
Most of the times we are our own biggest problem, we proclaim that we serve God with all of out heart and love our neighbour as our self but yet if things do not go our way we question God and judge our fellow man. At times when I look within to myself I realise with the help of God that I am my own biggest problem. The love of God makes me overcome my own self, thank you JESUS.🙌🙌
If only people would realize that flesh is their biggest enemy and not a spiritual being known as the devil they would be able to overcome life obstacles
Amen!
Ppp
@@SELAHPAUSE the greatest deception Satan would use in all history is to get people to believe he doesn't exist, or at worst he merely is an influence. He will allow you to believe that he is co-equal with god as long as you are short on GOD'S supreme authority and power.
Good afternoon Catharina. I hope this message finds you well. I wanted to say that I completely agree with you. As humans we can all become tired of life and even our calling by God, in many aspects. But we are definitely the problem ourselves, most of the time. We forget that we depend and rest in the Lord when we are exhausted mentally or emotionally, etc. God bless you.
DO NOT STOP TELLING YOUR STORIES. I know that man at the end mentioned that he would prefer less stories and more scripture, but your dialogue and stories and hymns and Simon and Garfunkel songs that you intertwine in each message has been a blessing to me as I listen.
Agree! Perfect as is.
Agreed praise our Lord Jesus 🙏
@vegasrichsave
Amen 🙏🏻
This Pastor is a real Bible teacher I pray for him & his ability to continue with his powerful teachings!
Thank you! So very much pastor Begg🙏🏼❤️
Forgiveness is a choice, not a feeling!
Oh God, please strengthen Pastor Begg as he runs his race. Thank you for our brother. We love him and ask that you give him peace on Sunday nights. Please rebuke the enemy on his behalf and heal his fear and anxiety. Lead him beside still waters and prepare a table before him in the presence of his enemies. Please keep him from evil and temptation. May his cup run over as he dwells in your presence all the days of his life. May all your Shepherds find rest and your sheep be content as they lie down in green pastures. Please put your hedge of protection around us and cause us to go where we do not wish to go in obedience to your voice. We love You, Lord.
My dear Alistair Begg. Do you realise how many men are out there (like myself) that would give up anything to be able to preach the way you do! You have a job dear brother. The job you have is to help those of us keep on keeping on! How pathetic I feel when I can’t seem to string two sentences together before going off track and end up waffling on about something completely different. I so appreciate you and your gentle but firm way of teaching. Please be lifted up by the knowledge of knowing that you help men like myself some like myself in the evening of their lives and looking back with regret at what could have been. I so look forward to your sermons please take heart. You bless so many people in so many ways. May God bless you and your ministry.
Chris Barrett, Western Australia.
Well said Chris!🙏🏾
I concur with your statement!
JESUS bless you man in perservering for the crown of life and goal of eternal glory!
Moana Tamati
Gooseberry Hill
Perth Western Australia.
Maori Aussie!👍🏾
Amen
Amen
I am praying for you my brother. Keep going.
Just your being there, loving those sheep, you have served well. I've had a couple of great pastors in my life, not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but I've had a couple that had no idea how to live, love or lead... including my own husband, a pastor, who abused me and our children.
There remaineth three things...faith hope and love, and the greatest of these is love.
Only One was perfect. They crucified Him. Take heart. In the end, there will be a crown of righteousness, not because WE were or are, but because He IS. God bless. Don't quit unless He tells you to. Stand strong. Endure hardship. Love Christ and follow the best you know how. He knows your heart. It's not so much WHAT we say, but what HE says. Preach the Word. Be instant in and out of season. Jesus loves you, cares for you, guides you, forgives you, and will bless beyond your ability.
I remember telling my pastor, I loved what you said in your message about.... He looked confused and said, I never said that. It was what the Holy Spirit interjected in my heart while pastor was speaking. Trust God. He called you. He will use you in ways you never dreamed
Your teaching is a "ray of hope" in a world of disillusionment. God's Word is always true.
This was the video that was on my t.v. at the hospital the morning after my stroke. If ever I needed to see this message again, it was that morning. Thank God He speaks to me through faithful people like Alistair. 💕🙏♥️
What a blessing it also was a huge help to me.
Thank you for being so honest and so humble. This world is unsettling. Those without a relationship with Christ are sitting ducks.
Heartfelt honesty and not entertainment, this is rare today. 🌹
How are you
How are you doing... nice meeting you here... where are you from??
@@williamscott7640 Hello hope you are doing well. I and my husband are doing ok. Thank you.
@@kimberlymartin2314 where are you from??
Lamb of God...we need Your help. Thank You for Your help.
I'm retired now. I used to listen to Alistair on Moody radio during my hour long drive to and from work. He was so very comforting and made my days so much better. God has richly blessed him
I had the same experience, now retired, but glad to get the sermons on RUclips daily
The most that comes out of listening to this storyteller is getting entertained with a laugh here and there , but no soul being converted out of death into Life in Christ. The whole structure of today,s christianity must be terminated. There were no sermons at all like this man does in first century church. No one comes to repentence listening to dead soul!
@@garygiff2024 This was a
talk/spreach to ministers, not to convert but to encourage and edify. It hit the mark. It did what it was supposed to do. The Word of God will not come back without effect. These ministers didn't need a homily, they needed exactly what was given.
I'm sure many went home uplifted, emboldened, soothed and more importantly, reminded they are not alone.
@@truthseeker7612
Yes , and they all go back home more dead than when they signed in continuing status quo. Status quo is the broad way through the gates of hell. The devil keeps these ( ministers ) to himself as long as they refuse to set all this aside and secretly seek out the face of God in Heaven!
The title caught me attention.
I serve in Women’s ministry but when my son was killed unexpectedly although I continue to serve I can’t pretend that the happiness I once experienced in life has returned! I want to be an encourager I know God is still good! But I don’t know how useful I am. Thank you for all you do!
I am so sorry for your loss. Both of you. God bless and keep you.
Your faithful service in your trials encourages others, even if you don't see it. No matter how you feel, God is still faithful and won't leave you in this dark time. May His tender love encourage you!
God gives us the sabbath, rest to the weary, and comfort to those who mourn. Expectations (real or imagined, from ourselves or others) of being able to bounce back to a former level of service or feeling is not God-given. I would argue that it's inherently worldly.
When profound events take place in our lives, we are profoundly changed by them. Much as we might like to, we simply can't go back to the state we were in before the event occurred. What we can do is to receive God's peace, his comfort, his provision and bring our tears and needs to him and let him tend to us as a shepherd does to his most fragile lambs. We can run and hide and God will still find us and speak tenderly to us just like he did for Elijah in the desert. We then allow him to minister to the broken and hurting places knowing that our times are in his hands and not the schedule of mankind.
Then we allow him to lead us back to where he wants us to be. Your grief is something that he can use to help you to better minister to women, for who knows grief so great as the mother who loses a child? Your ashes will be made beauty again, it just takes time.
It does that,the death of a love one can be so devasting to our minds.
❤️❤️🥺🤗✝️
Covid took my mother and ruined my finances. If I become homeless I won't be hanging on anymore. I need a miracle dear Lord.
I’m a former Pastor. This is brother is a fresh breath of air! Gods word being taught, not soap boxed!
Your so right this Man is a Breath of Fresh Air..God Bless from Scotland
“Former”….?
Listening to this again,
and once again, a message well needed.Amen.
I've had this video in my playlist for almost a year. It just popped up in my yt feed today. God providence is perfect. He's always right on time. Praise be to God 🙌❤️🙏
Thankyou God for blessing Alistair Begg in such a special way,
always bring the TRUTH, THE WORD, THE SCRIPTURES, GOD PLUS NO ONE, in such a way that I want to listen to him, TO YOU, ALL DAY LONG,
pastor Begg is blessing forward all the time, it is never about self awareness, it is about Christ awareness.
God, bless this preacher, this teacher, we, and the world need preachers like him, because Lord, we need YOU AND WE JUST HAVE TO BE REMINDED HOW MUCH..24/7 ALL THE TIME.
I am very encouraged by the fear and anxiety that even the Disciples felt and what they did to be encouraged. We are human, and we will feel these things, but it is who we turn to that is the most important part. We must turn to God and pray to him.
Great message. The fight is real.....
Is this Austin Clements ?
May the LORD keep using you. God Bless you and your Family.
This comment is late I'm just seeing this sermon 6/6/23 & pray that the Holy Spirit has you in better position. I feel the same today. Perhaps pray for me lost my son my wife & my job. No booze no drugs but living in my car about to give up but still crying out to God for help for strength
You can hear a pin drop in the room when the power of God comes through this man in the most gentle way. That’s the Father in a nutshell. All power of the universe given though a sunflower. How can we comprehend him? Father all glory to you, forgive us of our unbelief and doubt.
I love you, Pastor Beggs, so very much. Your honesty and warmth is such a blessing to me. ❤
“ I am my own biggest problem” I firmly believe that if we are truthful with ourselves that is indeed the problem with a huge percentage of believers. It is certainly true in my own life! Thank you Pastor Begg, I appreciate you more than you know.
You Hit It On The Head ! The Bible Teaches Us That Our Biggest Problem Is Our Sin Nature
I enjoy hearing Mr. Alistair Begg; he's so intelligent and a wonderful pastor and teacher. May God continue to bless his ministry, life, family, and leading the Sheep to the Shepherd. Amen
Thanks for the excellent sermon!❤
Thanks for the well delivered encouragement.
Real authenticity, thank you Alistair Begg.... you live in our hearts, right next to Jesus and scripture
This was a fantastic lesson that applies to every christian. It is a stark reminder that we should pray for our pastors/shepherds/individuals in the church leadership, leaders of small groups etc. Their struggles are real and could threaten the survival of the very mission to which they were called but thanks to the promise in 1 Peter 5:10 "And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast". "Halellujah, glory to God" is my response.🙏🏿
I am currently experiencing a tough situation and doing everything I can to hang on. It is a long story, but I am seriously struggling. I am worshiping, praising, praying, believing, trusting, fasting, and keeping my faith. I meditate on God's word day and night. I know that God is good and that nothing is impossible for Him. I am in dire need of financial miracle with what appears to be no help in sight. I am 64 and on a tight income and about to lose my home. I am on the verge of giving up and just walking away because nothing seems to go right.
I am reminded of Elija and the widow woman that had enough oil and flour to make 2 cakes to eat and then die.
Praying for you right now, John.
@@susanfenton4647 May God bless you today and everyday. I know that it will be alright because God is in control but I am struggling at the moment.
🙏 John, God bless you. I'm in a situation where I also need a financial miracle. I have prayed for you. God is faithful. He is our provider. I'm a 64 year old from South Africa. Take heart. However God comes through for you it will be the right way. Trust Him! He loves you and is THE GOOD SHEPHERD.
@@heathercloete7450 I will lift you up in prayer.
Whatever happens, know that God knows and cares. Sometimes, God allows things to push us to where we need to be. When the storm passes, we realize that it was all by His design. I've lost a lot over the years, but I've never been lost to Him. Sometimes we have to let go of what we have for God to give us what we need. He has something for us, but if our hands are full of what we're hanging on to, we can't accept what he wants to hand us. Trust Him. Jeremiah 29, verse 11 says, I know the plans I have for you...and He does know and cares. Keep listening and trusting. He's in the storm with you.
As a pastor, when I finally figured out that I only answer to 1 person, God, it brought me great peace. As things went hard or wrong, the sooner I remembered that the easier it was to not be dragged down by the adversaries. I highly recommend "Unoffendable" by Brant Hansen to help with this. This is a great message by Alister.
Love your content!
@Living Waters
Me too!! I love y'alls content as well!
Alistair is such a gifted speaker filled with the Spirit and is such a blessing! Im glad to see yall here listening to him, we are of the same Spirit 😁
Glory to the Lamb of God!
Please pray for my daughter and my grandson.
Please pray for the Lord's strength and grace for my husband and myself as we weary in a situation that we know we are to be in for his Glory.
HE knows Jae !
@@malcolmscrivener8750Came upon this sermon 1 yr later. Thank you for your reply a yr ago.
6 months ago my daughter discarded my husband, myself, our tiny dog which my grandson calls his own since he could talk. Miss my grandson oh so deeply.
He has been made to mourn me so I have been told.
That is truly cruelty to a child.
I know the Lord knows the suffering and pain that has been caused.
I have heard she also tossed her then boyfriend who only added to her issues, as well as the many fights they had with another.
I love her and as long as I have breath I will fight on my knees in prayer for her.
Satan is a thief. I know how my daughter slanders and how she demeans.
I pray God brings her to humility, true repentance and unto Salvation in Lord Jesus.
I learned very recently that my background check was compromised.
The government agencies have contacted me.
The penalty is heavy for doing such things.
God has His timing and His way of revealing things.
Since my daughter's discard I have had time to help abused children and love being able to do so.
If I did not have this time I may not have known that someone breached the system with a false heinous charge.
No weapon formed against shall prosper. Amen
I believe Satan tried using a false charge against me, but those who surround my work with children have reported the false charge and the breach of government agency.
This is not in my power to call an investigation off that has begun ....I have been advised anyone connected to the person who did this, in any way will also be investigated. I had no idea how deep cyber crime can truly be and the conspiracy charges even if someone did not actually put the false information in themselves they will be charged.
I am grateful for the letters of law enforcement and court clerks offices, stating the charge is false.
I remain in prayer 🙏
I just want to thank you for preaching the word of the Lord.
praise God that He knows our frame and we are weak and made of dust. like a father pitied his children the Lord pitied them who love him. I don't have to go around trying to figure it all out. God restores my soul and each day he leads me. He is the one that knows what I came out of and my inner and outer struggles. thank you my dear Father for Christ
Thank you, thank you Lord, for your gift to the Body of Christ, this preacher. We need to hear the healing truth he brings us.
Every time I listen to this message...I hear different things...one day, one aspect will grab my attention..another day, something else. ALL good!! ALL very necessary. Thank you Pastor Begg!!
What a wise man of GOD, Pastor Alistair Begg is! Thank you Pastor Alistair Begg for your rich sermons you are preaching! It is so beautiful how you speak about your godly children's songs which you recite and sing on a regular basis! GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY AND ENTIRE CONGREGATION ABUNDANTLY!!
I cannot tell you how timely and encouraging this message was.
And I'm not a pastor or a pastor's wife.
Thank you for this topic....I found your channel here on RUclips back in 2020....when I was struggling more than I ever had before in my life....I would listen to your sermons back to back, & I ended up replacing my usual mix of daily videos of things that do nothing but distract me from having to actually look at myself...& it was a slow process at first, I would listen to a sermon and then go back and watch someone play a video game I've already played a thousand times....and I realized, learning more about God was so much better then just distracting myself from myself....well, I was on fire for God, but after a while, something happened, I slipped back, and I ended up sleeping most of each day , and many months went by before I knew it....and I had forgotten all about this channel....well, here I am tonight, struggling much worse then I was the first time I found you...and I suddenly scrolled down to see this video recommended to me..... God is truly a loving, merciful beyond all reason, because I don't even deserve love like that, but He didn't forget me.....thank you so much for your wisdom , Alistair. I'm glad to be back in your flock.
Alistair is wonderful . I think it's a combination of many things. I hope you feel better. I suffer from DEPRESSION. It is a comfort to know that many FAMOUS people suffered from it! To me, at least. Anyway, Lincoln, Churchill,, Teddy Roosevelt AND Eleanor, plus Spurgeon, Luther! On and on. And of course Elijah, Job, as well as Jeremiah. Anyway God bless you. I hope that you can find some good Christian friends to share your joys and sorrows and encourage you. Like we're supposed to do. 😀
It takes a lot of courage to give a open testimony. God has not given up on you and you are the proof of that. We all struggle and we all slip. Getting back is the only thing that matters
I hope you get this. All I want to do is sleep. I do not believe I have clinical depression. I think it's situational. Im sorry you have gone through that. But its so lonely with no family or friends and a hubby that works all the time and is pain and goes right to bed and on weekends he either watches TV. Listens to videos or spends the weekend in bed from pain. I have the same pain, possibly worse because there is no way I could work. But he is so quiet and down now. 20 years ago we laughed a lot. He can be very snippy when he hurts and I tell him I'm not snippy with him, uts all about attitude. He says thats fine for me but he can't do it. Im not happy. There's so much more to it. Im trying to get back to sleeping properly and get back in the bible. Please pray for us. I pray you can stay with Begg but check every man's preaching and check it against the word. My favorite preacher since 1994 has lost me for teaching you can take the mark and still be saved. That's not what my Bible says. He was like the dad I never had. I cried. I listen a little once in a blue moon but its not total trust anymore. We can only trust in our Heavenly Father 100^%. Im glad you found your way back. I hope some day I will have something to laugh about . All I look forward to now is Heaven. And sometimes question my salvation. Right now I plan to sit Begg on my bedside table and try to go back to sleep. Nothing to get up for.
@@RepentfollowJesus oh Mary. How I hurt for you. Your story bought tears to my eyes. So many people are doing it so tough Mary. We must hang on to God even by our fingertips if we have to. He is testing the likes of you and I and so many others. God bless you. Chris.
He is of catholic theology so no good will come from absorbing what he is teaching cause he will mislead you however good attention it might be.
An amazing and Timely message in the day and age we live in. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and humility with us, but especially God's love for us.
Thank you for your honesty.
Forgiveness:
Something that has helped me tremendously with forgiveness, is when I am grumbling, or struggling, even crying from the pain of a wound from someone I care about and not able to forgive, I do this:
I mentally go kneel at the foot of the cross and look up at my Savior, the only innocent man to have ever lived on this earth, dying a horrible death - and forgiving my sins. All of them. Past, present and future.
When I mentally get up from that thought, and look again at what I couldn't forgive, I suddenly can't help but forgive. If the perfect and holy Son of GOD can forgive me from His unfathomable cross and forgive me all my sins, how on earth can I hold resentment against any one of my fellow wretches? (We're all wretches here.)
That makes forgiveness of the worst harms almost instantaneous for me.
Awakening sermon, thank you
"Love takes the initiative". In healing relationship. Had never really thought of it like that before, yet I should have shouldn't I, since God is always taking the initiative with us, isn't He. Thank you.
Yes after 3/4 of an hour that was the line that convicted the most. I so appreciate this man's perspective and wisdom and this is a quintessential example of how you know when a speaker or preacher is God gifted or is divinely being used
I love his genuine responses: "I don't know."
I listened to pass on to a friend since I am not a pastor/shepherd. But I realized it also could apply to being a parent and raising our children. Thank you for teaching and explaining the Word of God!
I was thinking exactly this as a mom who homeschools 2 kids and tries to teach them God's Word. There are days it is very rough and depression is real, as are intrusive fearful thoughts. So many doubts and questions arise "Am I doing enough?" "Am I truly a child of God?" It's hard...I have used these trying times to cry out to God and seek His face. I pray I never give up or go mad. There's a song by Andrew Peterson "Peace, Be Still" its excellent - he mentions a poem in his concert at Keswick "Planting Seeds - inevitably changes my mind...about the rain". There are seasons of rain and drough and harvest...praying for us all during these dark seasons 🙏
I have learned so much by listening to Pastor Beggs ministry. I have been listening for over 2 years now. I know that God led me to his teachings. His teachings are always Bible based,as it should be taught. Very good lesson. ❤️
How are you
2 things that are blessing me while I watch this:
1) Men only in the audience as Pastors and Elders (I just don't see in scripture where there is place AND precedent for women as lead pastors). Thank God for good men and women finding support and community in the body of Christ.
2) Pastor Begg is wonderful and quirky. Great sense of humor and lots of fun.
Regardless of the type, size, position, level or capacity of the ministry you are serving, these lessons, and nuggets of wisdom are useful, applicable, and helpful to the body of Christ as a whole. 😊 ❤ ❤ ❤
Excellent differentiation between Happiness and Joy! Praise the Lord. Thank you Jesus my Lord, my God.
The wilderness experience can be so brutal and just hanging by a tiny faith thread. Lord help me out of the pit unto solid ground.
True, we sabotage ourselves, as we trip and stumble through life! 😊
My Pastor said to me "Gail, you are your own worst enemy." I have been and pray daily, deliver me from "the evil one"......bless you for your truth, honestly of oneself. Let us press on for His glory!! Toda Raba Pastor Begg.
How are you
Thank you so much for doing what you do. You are one of, if not the best, Pastors of our time. If I could only choose one Pastor to listen to for the rest of my life, it would be you.
Alister Begg your story telling expands the stories in the Bible that makes them more relatable in the times we're living in. I bought your CDs on the story of Joseph. I love it so much. Thank you for not giving up in those times you want to run away. You Bless more people than you realize. God Bless you and enlarge your territory. In Jesus Name Amen 🙌🔥🕊️❤️🥰🔥
Yes, I say it and let my emotions catch up to what I'm declaring. You are my brother in Christ.
Thank you for this sermon 🙌 🙏
Unbelievably timely teaching in my present circumstances.
I appreciate the raw transparency. Always a blessing to listen to Pastor Beggs. God bless him with strength.
Oh pastor Begg, how I wish I could shake your hand and tell you what a blessing you have been to me and my life. I’ve had so many aha moments while listening, and I often refer back to your pastoral advice throughout my life. I am so appreciate. God bless you brother
Praise the Lord God Almighty!. I magnify your name!. Yahweh I give you all the glory for my life!. Forgive my sins and my unconfessed sins Lord!. Lord I want more of y0u and less of me!. I thank y0u f0r y0ur pr0tecti0n!. I am truly blessed and highly favored I sit in heavenly places and I am the son of a mighty King!. I l0ve y0u Jesus!. Lord I pray for those wh0 don't know you in an intimate way that they will humble themselves and come to know you on bending knees asking for their forgiveness!. Father I bind the spirit of pride!. I release love, kindness, patience, humility in the name 0f Jesus!. I followed my heart and I am glad I did. I l0st my wife 2 years ag0 due t0 the pandemic and I was about giving up, knowing God has brought me this far was for a purpose and I kept on looking on to him. My destiny helper was sent t0 me the year my wife died. The moment I was about giving up, I was introduced to a business by a man I met at a seminar I went to at Florida. This was not my first time hearing of such business but I took the risk Investin 1000 USD and it was worth it information@markhanfarmer., COM , 4 weeks later I kept on getting earnings and I started using the m0ney for Gods work. I am very popular in Mississippi. Doing G0ds work gives me J0y and peace in my mind. I am here to motivate y0u t0 never give up even though the situation seems s0 t0ugh,. God has pr0mised his children and he will surely d0 what he pr0mised.
How do you bind the spirit of pride?
Bonnie, not all pride is bad, there is the pride on the achievements of your children, or of relatives or friends, or of resisting the temptations of the sinful world, or being a follower of Jesus and Believing His gospel and not foolishness as evolution, so don’t give up on those feelings of pride only avoid those who hurt others or make you feel superior and discriminatory, remember that we are all sinners and will turn to dust, all of us have two ends in life, to go to heaven or death eternally, so be humble because you will receive what you sew as a creation of God.
Do you know he is a catholic with strong theological ties to its theology? If cathjolism is the way then new age is no different.
@@sorrowinchrist3387 to be clear, who is Catholic, please?
@@bonnikerr9284 Tim Keller strongly support catholic theology. He combine catholic theology with protestant why many dont see any thing wrong. Like he had a course called the way of the monk many years ago. Promoting catholic practices.
3am comes💞 thank you bro. Begg for your message!
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Thank you for this message Pastor. This is me in a nutshell with confirmation from the Holy Spirit!☺️
We think God that you persevere, and you have stayed with the ministry because you have been such a blessing to me and my family
Thank you
Thank you for reminding us of our own personal responsibility… we get in our own way. Praise God our Savior.
The human condition makes us think that we have more control than we actually have when it comes to the salvation of others so we need to constantly remind ourselves that only God can make the growth and in doing so we can then simply tell it like it is (the gospel message) and walk away bathing in the Father's love. If you're truly born again you can not only understand this, you can and should do this.
Not trying to be abrasive, just sayin'
May the grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God brothers and sisters.
Thank You kindly for effectively providing the words that help us through our own thoughts!
I’ve become a daily listener pastor…I’m so very grateful for your ministry. You are such a blessing in my life…
Pastor Begg keeps it real! No pretensions! God bless you beloved 🙏🏽 ❤
Pastor, thank you again for opening up God's word to me today. True food for the journey.🙏
This is a true man of God. We need more. Ministers like him in our churches!
Hi there
Thanks for your honesty. I work as a minister in the mission field. The struggles and ups and downs are something like I've never experienced before. They are normal in the ministry, but what's important is what we do with them. Give it over - look up from where your help comes.
This is so good! Praise God for Alistair. And as way of an exchange of service. Read the small print, if you’re not prepared to do so then ask yourself whether you truly need it! ❤️🙏🏻❤️
Pastor Alistair,….Somewhere between the 14th and 18th minutes of this video I closed my eyes and envisioned giving you a tender and affirming hug as I listened to you talking about your emotions and feelings, and wanting to melt into the pavement from despair. I can’t ‘make’ it so, but I would gladly take some of your burdens if only to free your spirit from the abyss of ‘down-ness’ during those times. You are a precious part of the Church body,…so precious! Just how much do I appreciate your teaching and preaching??….enough such that I’d press the “SUBSCRIBE” button 5 more times if it would make a difference👍✝️🫶
For us specially preachers of all churches, thank you for your persistence in preaching the Gospel. May God continue to sustain and help you all because it's hard to do what you do.
Love Alistair Begg,. So clear, so true, so honestly and yet gently in my face that I cannot miss what God is saying to me.
I listen to you most mornings and thank you. I love your sermons. God bless you
I notice so much quiet people who can't really say that they are hurting . They haven't really understood the Holy Spirit however,I fo remember Pastor Alistair Begg preaching compassionate good news that Helped me to be confident that God is Love and sent His Only Begotten Son in the form of a servant Saviour Jesus called Christ .Thanking our LORD for you Pastor Begg ,good to see you active .
The pastor's words are very inspiring to me. I love every word that our creator GOD Almighty puts in his mind and heart. I needed this sermon and I will certainly share this with my nephew.
This message was awesome, glad to know I'm not alone. I pray you talk more on this.
Dear Alistair, I love your work - your passion. Please know that the best way I know to deal with despair as elder/Pastor is to wrap around you those who love you. Your family, your faithful church brothers and sisters and your church leadership should be supporting and defending you, and they will - if they know you are struggling or hurting. I speak with experience on this subject, knowing that every church has its challenges. God bless you, Jim
This is a refreshingly frank discussion from Pastor Begg.
Appreciate your teaching.
Thank you for this sermon pastor. This really made me cry out to God, asking Him to help not give up on the ministry He has asked me to called me to carry out. God bless you. :)
This man is 1,000% ON POINT!!!!!! This is my life
Pastor Begg, thank you for your messages of truth through Christ. I look forward to your clear messages that offer us hope through our Lord. God bless you and your ministry. I pray for your protection daily.
Just because you are honest in word and attitude you are trustworthy in explaining Gods word.
I know these moments all too well. I know the devil wants us to give up, but so do people. No matter how much they have... It is never enough. When they feel theirs is not enough... they will take yours too not caring how you end up.🙄💭👀 That cannot be God's will.
No matter how cruel and greedy people are... I trust that God will make a way.👌🏾💯
Thank you again...from one little sheep in the deep woods of a little town in Montana. So true...
What serious Christian doesn't love Alistair Begg? He's a wonderful orator, and a brilliant Biblical scholar. What else can make Bible study more engaging in any pastor? He truly is an American treasure.
This is a huge encouragement, Allistair! Thank you for bringing these biblically based, honest and accurate messages
May God breathe grace daily into your heart ❤️
Onto God be the Glory in Christ! ✝️☘️☝️🙏🐑🐑🐑💟🍁🐢🌊🦋💖🙂🌅🏖️✌️
Please more sermons on going through great trials, they help so much. So many people need these now as too many are greatly suffering
Re the question asked about forgiveness: is it not possible that in our woundedness, at times so very deep, that we can express our desire to forgive out of obedience, but rely then on God to “do the forgiving, His forgiving, through me and for me”? There have been times I have wrestled so to forgive, but found when I could not do it on my own, to ask Him to do it for me, led to the relief of letting the wound-er go to God’s purposes…something I could not attain on my own. Therein, my feelings “caught up to my words”. Just a tho’t :)
I thank God for Alister, for RC Sproul, for John MacArthur, for Steve Lawson and for their group... I thank them for bring the true gospel of God. Truly, Cov!d is God's tool in spreading His Word... Their podcasts and videos spread like wildfire during the pandemic
Excellent teaching and a blessing to anyone who serves the Lord. Thank you so much.
I needed to be reminded of all that you just said in this message.