James Macdonald
James Macdonald
American author and pastor who founded Harvest Bible Chapel.
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth4 October 1960
friday jesus believe
These criminals represent us. One of them recognized Jesus for who he was and received him; Jesus promised that when he died he would be in heaven with him. The other man rejected Jesus and closed his heart. Unlike the first criminal, when he died he didn't go to heaven. He went to hell. In that sense, these two men on either side of Jesus are just like every person. We either embrace Christ as our Savior and spend eternity with him, or we reject him and say, 'I don't believe it. I'll have nothing to do with.' And these people spend eternity separated from him.
obstacles christ refusal
The biggest obstacle to making Christ magnificent is the refusal to make yourself small.
contentment want needs
I don't have everything I want but I have everything I need. That's contentment.
deep-water fire way
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?
understanding way trust-in-god
Don't lean on your own understanding. If your trust in God is limited by your understanding of His ways, you will always have a limited trust.
odds mind faces
You'll face overwhelming odds; you'll be incredibly outnumbered. Fear would be your natural inclination. But keep in mind, God is with you.
determine misplaced
What you hope for determines what you live for. What you hope for determines WHO you live for. Hope misplaced can devastate you.
gaps saying-and-doing competing
Competing loves are detected in the gap between saying and doing.
use signing-off hard
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.
toxic rebellion believer
A rebellion against God, even as believers, is fueled by the toxic fumes of unbelief.
infinite transcendence finite
I experience transcendence when something infinite reminds me I am finite.
contradiction okay
Fear is the contradiction of faith. Faith says, Whatever it is, it'll be okay because of God.
failing
I will not fail: God is always victorious.
humanity sin problem
The core of humanity's sin problem is not a horizontal behavior to be corrected but a Vertical relationship to be restored.