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161 " evaluated by a single question: Do they advance our goal of the manifest presence of God in church? "
― James MacDonald , Vertical Church: What Every Heart Longs For. What Every Church Can Be.
162 " Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee.”1 "
― James MacDonald , Gripped by the Greatness of God
163 " Preachers who pride themselves on never giving a public invitation to be saved, never calling for a response of any kind, reveal not greater fidelity to the gospel but a lack of faith in its power. "
164 " When we fail to assist people responding to the gospel at church, we train our people to repeat that failure at home and at work. "
165 " Paternity is a long way from fatherhood. "
― James MacDonald , Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood
166 " For life change to happen, we must commit to full cooperation with God’s desire to transform us. "
― James MacDonald , Lord Change Me
167 " At the height of his effectiveness, John Wesley was asked the secret of his impact for Christ around the world and reportedly answered, “When you set yourself on fire, people love to come and see you burn. "
168 " Wake up, dude! It’s not about who you are. It’s all about who God is. "
169 " We must not think that action alone is successful Christ-following. In God’s eyes, the motives behind our actions are of paramount importance. You can want a godly family or a successful career or a low handicap or a beautiful lawn, but if you want them for yourself and not the glory of God, it’s a fail. "
170 " Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love” (1 Corinthians 16:13–14). "
171 " Where is the church persevering in the priority of prayer? "
172 " Proverbs 18:22 says, “He who finds a wife finds a good thing. "
173 " God calls us to have strength in our character and conduct, not simply a stiff upper lip in sorrow or a stubborn persistence during hardship. Secondarily, because the word is “passive voice,” we know that the strength God demands He also provides. The strength does not come from a place inside us but a source beyond ourselves, namely, the Lord. "
174 " Of course God went after Jonah, inquiring gently, “Do you do well to be angry?”10 However, insane from isolation, Jonah answers remarkably, “Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die.”11 Wow! "
175 " The core of humanity’s sin problem is not a horizontal behavior to be corrected but a Vertical relationship to be restored. "
176 " I challenge you to be finished with rationalizations and hypocrisy. "
177 " God is holy, and to see His holiness means to do it His way. "
178 " Placing evangelistic mission above the mission of God’s glory is the single most destructive error in the church today and the one from which many other errors fall out. God’s own glory as the priority for your church, and every church needs no reflection on our part, only obedience. Glory is not a threat to reaching lost people but is actually the most biblical and God-honoring way to get there: • Yes, God is passionate to see the "
179 " Plain and simple, men need community with other men. Loving, you-before-me, dedicated relationship. If you have never had it, you don’t really get it yet, and if you had that community and lost it, you know the cavity it leaves in your soul until you discover it again. "
180 " When I know God's place, I can know my place— then things start to fall into place. "
― James MacDonald , Downpour: He Will Come To You Like The Rain