Quotes by Gordon MacDonald

Gordon MacDonald (b. 1939) — Pastor und Bestsellerautor · evangelikal · USA

Gordon MacDonald (* 1939) ist ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Pastor und Autor, der über Jahrzehnte die Grace Chapel in Massachusetts leitete und zeitweise der Studentenorganisation InterVarsity Christian Fellowship vorstand. Er steht für Werke über innere geistliche Ordnung und Leiterschaft, erlebte jedoch 1987 durch einen eingestandenen Ehebruch und den daraus folgenden Rücktritt einen öffentlich beachteten biographischen Bruch. Heutigen Bibellesern gibt er Impulse zur Selbstprüfung des eigenen Innenlebens sowie zum Umgang mit persönlichem Scheitern und seelsorglicher Wiederherstellung.

Era: Today

Recurring topics: Growth & Character, Meaning & Identity, Humility & Pride, Guilt & Forgiveness, Peace & Rest, Courage & Strength, Church & Congregation, Prayer & Silence

Quotes by Gordon MacDonald

In the midst of my greatest failure, I discovered God in his greatest power.
Gordon MacDonald

Once you have lost everything, there is no room left for pride, only for grace.
Gordon MacDonald

Today I know that God has not forgotten a single word that found its way from my soul to him.
Gordon MacDonald

The path to Christian maturity is paved with a thousand mistakes. We tend to write each other off. Jesus does not.
Gordon MacDonald

Christianity is not just about vision, growth, innovation, and efficiency. It's about people.
Gordon MacDonald

If people knew that in the church you can make a completely new start, they would be beating down our doors.
Gordon MacDonald

When I ask God to give me his thoughts about a person, I suddenly see them in a different light.
Gordon MacDonald

God uses moments of disappointment to enter into conversation with our hearts.
Gordon MacDonald

I don't want to stop growing, and I want to become a person known for wisdom and gentleness.
Gordon MacDonald

The more openly I admit that I am a sinner, the more people seem to want to listen to me.
Gordon MacDonald

People can take everything from us, but they cannot take away our praying for them and our friends.
Gordon MacDonald

Since I no longer want to belong to the young, dynamic achievers who are admired, I have found peace in my soul.
Gordon MacDonald

When we learn from our failures, even a lost battle becomes the beginning of a great victory.
Gordon MacDonald

I love talking with people who have failed; for nothing prepares us more to listen to God than our failure.
Gordon MacDonald

Jesus builds on people's strengths and rebuilds their weaknesses.
Gordon MacDonald

Jesus was not a talent scout. He was interested in people's hearts.
Gordon MacDonald

Almost every major step in my development I owe to some mistake.
Gordon MacDonald

My weakness is God's strength. Anyone who thinks like that cannot be defeated!
Gordon MacDonald

When you know your goal and the purpose of your life, death is just a kind of door.
Gordon MacDonald

People living under the pressure of the real world need the ministry of pastors: fresh water again and again, green pastures, and guidance onto the right path.
Gordon MacDonald

Some people say the church is a bit like Noah's ark: without the storm and rain outside, you could hardly stand the stench inside.
Gordon MacDonald

Let us live as though life were timeless: one foot here on earth, and one foot in heaven.
Gordon MacDonald

Through wonder, people begin to hunger for God.
Gordon MacDonald

We were made to seek the approval of God. Every other approval is only a pale reflection of that.
Gordon MacDonald

Criticism can come from anyone. But admonition comes from someone who loves you.
Gordon MacDonald

We must fold our hands for everything that happens. We must not clench them into fists.
Gordon MacDonald

Marriage in later years holds incredible potential: the stability of a relationship that has weathered the storms of the years and proven reliable.
Gordon MacDonald

We need times when we do nothing but be good to our soul.
Gordon MacDonald

When someone is generous and considerate toward another person, he does not necessarily give what that person deserves, but what he needs.
Gordon MacDonald

Every difficulty points to something that our theory of life does not yet contain.
Gordon MacDonald

Repentance begins when I admit that I have lost my way.
Gordon MacDonald

In every personal encounter, what mattered to Jesus was people's hearts, not any of their outward achievements.
Gordon MacDonald

Jesus repeatedly called the disciples to leave everything behind and come to rest.
Gordon MacDonald

We like our spiritual heroes to be at least nearly perfect. But that's not true of most of them.
Gordon MacDonald

Following Jesus isn't about producing nice, agreeable people who don't stand out and never cause trouble. We are meant to be people shaped by Jesus.
Gordon MacDonald

A crisis is a phase in which we discover that our own inner batteries are not enough to hold out in this fierce storm.
Gordon MacDonald

Sabbath according to God's good plan means truly abstaining from work for 24 hours, breaking out of routine, and gaining new strength.
Gordon MacDonald

It's wonderful when you're young and can see in an older person how God's grace has unfolded in their life.
Gordon MacDonald

The Bible has a cleansing effect. We need to let it rain down on us like a downpour, so it can wash us clean.
Gordon MacDonald

You don't get spiritual maturity handed to you like a doctorate.
Gordon MacDonald

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