Quotes from Randy Alcorn

Worry is momentary atheism crying out for correction by trust in a good, sovereign God. Suffering breaks self-reliance.

tithing isn't something I do to clear my conscience so I can do whatever I want with the 90 percent--it also belongs to God! I must seek his direction and permission for whatever I do with the full amount. I may discover that God has different ideas than I do.

Parents who spoil their children out of 'love' should realize that they are performing acts of child abuse. Although there are no laws against such abuse--no man-made laws anyway--this spiritual mistreatment may result in as much long-term personal and social damage as the worst physical abuse.

The vermin explain their sin with sanctimonious language like, "We've prayed about it and sought counsel, and we feel it's the right thing to do." Don't let it down on them that to the Enemy what they feel is inconsequential. His moral laws don't give a rip about how any of them feel. The sludgebags have no more power to vote them in and out of existence than they have power to revoke the law of gravity.

if I try to make only enough money for my family' immediate needs, it may violate Scripture. ...Even though earning just enough to meet the needs of my family may seem nonmaterialistic, it's actually selfish when I could earn enough to care for others as well.

If we were to gain God's perspective, even for a moment, and were to look at the way we go through life accumulating and hoarding and displaying our things, we would have the same feelings of horror and pity that any sane person has when he views people in an asylum endlessly beating their heads against the wall.

When men know they cannot hope in a country, in a political belief, or in themselves, they become free to hope in God.

Earth is a in-between world touched by both Heaven and Hell. Earth leads directly into Heaven or directly into Hell, affording a choice between the two. The best of life on Earth is a glimpse of Heaven; the worst of life is a glimpse of Hell.

Those who know their unworthiness seize grace as a hungry man seizes bread: the self-righteous resent grace.

The repentant man rightfully loses trust in himself. He recognizes his self-dependence as the source of his problems, not the solution.

God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving.

Jesus tells you exactly how to get it. Put your money in missions-and in your church and the poor-and your heart will follow.

The everyday choices I make regarding money will influence the very coarse of eternity.

Compassion for the mother is extremely important, but is never served through destroying the innocent.

It is by serving God and others that we store up heavenly treasures. Everyone gains; no one loses.

The more you give, the more comes back to you, because God is the greatest giver in the universe, and He won't let you outgive Him. Go ahead and try. See what happens.

You and I are characters in God's Story, handmade by Him. Every character serves a purpose.

Give more as you make more. Remember: God prospers us not to raise our standard of living, but to raise our standard of giving.

God is the greatest giver in the universe, He won't let you outgive Him.

This is one of the great paradoxes of suffering. Those who don't suffer much think suffering should keep people from God, while many who suffer a great deal turn to God, not from him.

There's only one requirement for enjoying God's grace: being broke . . . and knowing it.

God gives us abundant material blessing so that we can give it away, and give it generously.

Give sacrificially. We don't like risky faith. We like to have our safety net below us. But we miss the adventure of seeing God provide when we've really stretched ourselves in giving.

Seek the Lord and give God the opportunity to provide through other means before you take out debt.