I've learned to be careful of becoming a critic. Criticism really sours your heart. — James MacDonald Copy Share Image
“to be about helping people discover what they can’t get anywhere else.” — James MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Do all you can to defeat selfish shepherding in your own heart. We” — James MacDonald Copy Share Image
Humility is a do thing, not a feel thing. Humility is an action, not a style. — James MacDonald Action Copy Share Image
“Church has to be about helping people discover what they can’t get anywhere else.” — James MacDonald Church Copy Share Image
I don't have everything I want but I have everything I need. That's contentment. — James MacDonald Contentment Copy Share Image
The biggest obstacle to making Christ magnificent is the refusal to make yourself small. — James MacDonald Christ Copy Share Image
You will face overwhelming odds; you will be incredibly out numbered. Fear would be your natural inclination . But keep in mind,… — James MacDonald Adversity Copy Share Image
Fear is the contradiction of faith. Faith says, Whatever it is, it'll be okay because of God. — James MacDonald Contradiction Copy Share Image
You can't teach a person to love something. But you can get him to feel the heat of your love for something. — James MacDonald Copy Share Image
You'll face overwhelming odds; you'll be incredibly outnumbered. Fear would be your natural inclination. But keep in mind, God is with you. — James MacDonald Faces Copy Share Image
The fight is not going to be over in 10 minutes or 10 weeks; there is no quick solution. If you think… — James MacDonald Endurance Copy Share Image
“Only 9 percent of evangelicals tithe to their churches. • Eight hundred new church plants survive each” — James MacDonald Religion Copy Share Image
Trust means you anchor your heart in the reality of God's awareness of your situation. — James MacDonald Copy Share Image
“My point is that when we ask people what they want in church instead of giving them what they were created to… — James MacDonald Idolatry Copy Share Image
“Vertical Church teaches its people to judge every circumstance and opportunity in terms of its potential to reveal “the glory of God… — James MacDonald Glory of god Copy Share Image
“Worship is the actual act of ascribing worth directly to God. Worshipful actions may do this indirectly, but when the Bible commands… — James MacDonald Prayer Copy Share Image
When we pray, we are speaking to the One Whose eternal purpose and designs are unfolding as our present realities. In order… — James MacDonald Christ Copy Share Image
“The fundamental question in everything we do must be: Will this honor God? Does this display Jesus Christ? Does this make people… — James MacDonald Copy Share Image
When we worry, we are telling God, "You are neither trustworthy nor in control, so I need to worry and scheme as… — James MacDonald Fear Copy Share Image
“Preachers who pride themselves on never giving a public invitation to be saved, never calling for a response of any kind, reveal… — James MacDonald Christianity Copy Share Image
“true encounter with the God of the universe makes me feel gladly small, perfectly puny, and happily so, in my assigned place… — James MacDonald Copy Share Image
In a society where rationality has ruled so long, the church frequently fails to see that in forsaking the weekly pursuit of… — James MacDonald Copy Share Image
Competing loves are detected in the gap between saying and doing. — James MacDonald Competing Copy Share Image
If you're wrong in the way you're right, you're wrong even if you're right. — James MacDonald Funny Copy Share Image
The day you stop loving your people, they're not your people anymore. — James MacDonald Loving Copy Share Image
Don't lean on your own understanding. If your trust in God is limited by your understanding of His ways, you will always… — James MacDonald God Copy Share Image
Eventaully you can see that your pain was part of a much larger picture that God was carefully painting. — James MacDonald God Copy Share Image
Our prayer must be , Father I'm waiting for You because I know You are good in what You do and in… — James MacDonald Father Copy Share Image
God owns the truth. The issue is our ability to derive truth apart from God's sufficient Word. — James MacDonald Ability Copy Share Image
[God's] purposes are always accomplished. His enemies are always defeated. His faithful followers are always rewarded. His Son's throne will be established… — James MacDonald Copy Share Image
Church was never intended to be a place where we serve God to the exclusion of meeting with Him. — James MacDonald Christian Copy Share Image
Sometimes it feels like God backs away from you when you hit hard times, but that is not true . — James MacDonald Doubt Copy Share Image
What you hope for determines what you live for. What you hope for determines WHO you live for. Hope misplaced can devastate… — James MacDonald Copy Share Image
What kind of future is in God's plan? A good one which you can look forward to - That's why you can… — James MacDonald Future Copy Share Image
Don't miss God's fingerprints all over the events, lining up people and circumstances in perfect timing to preserve His people and advance… — James MacDonald Agendas Copy Share Image
At this moment, God is watching your life and at some point in this trial, He will say enough. You don't need… — James MacDonald Copy Share Image