James MacDonald Quotes

The day you stop loving your people, they're not your people anymore.

By your grace, I will not despair. I believe that I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

Trust means you anchor your heart in the reality of God's awareness of your situation.

The biggest obstacle to making Christ magnificent is the refusal to make yourself small.

The marquee scrolling across our minds trying to reinterpret life reads: "God-Against-Us." This becomes the dominant lens through which our flesh interprets life. We no longer give our loving Father the benefit of the doubt. Instead, we view every event as conclusive proof that God is against us.

I've learned to be careful of becoming a critic. Criticism really sours your heart.

Too many times we're looking for ways to get around deep waters and dangerous fires, rather than through them. Has this ever been your experience?

Humility is a do thing, not a feel thing. Humility is an action, not a style.

God looked through eternity past and He saw you and He chose to reach out and redeem you by His own grace. It's hard to imagine that kind of love.

I don't have everything I want but I have everything I need. That's contentment.

Every obedience is not easy. This is for Jesus Christ. He deserves everything!

Fear is the contradiction of faith. Faith says, Whatever it is, it'll be okay because of God.

Take a deep breath and take this to heart; God has nothing to do with broken promises. When He says, I promise, mark it down it's going to happen.

You can't teach a person to love something. But you can get him to feel the heat of your love for something.

What you hope for determines what you live for. What you hope for determines WHO you live for. Hope misplaced can devastate you.

You will never experience the fullness of joy you were created to know until Jesus Christ has first place in every area.

If He wasn't going to use that hard thing for your good, it wouldn't have happened. He had to sign off on every single thing that touches your life.

While you can't keep fear from visiting, you can slam the door in its face. With God's promise in your hand, that's exactly what you are able to do.

Beware of begging God for things you don't have to have.

At this moment, God is watching your life and at some point in this trial, He will say enough. You don't need to falter.