Quotes by William MacDonald

William MacDonald (1917–2007) — Bibellehrer · Brethren · USA

William MacDonald (1917–2007) war ein US-amerikanischer Bibellehrer und Autor aus den Reihen der Brüderbewegung, der unter anderem die Emmaus Bible School leitete. Bekannt wurde er vor allem durch seinen einbändigen Bibelkommentar sowie Schriften, die eine verbindliche Christusnachfolge und einen einfachen Lebensstil betonen. Heutigen Bibellesern vermittelt er eine verständliche, dispensationalistisch geprägte Schriftauslegung, deren hohe Maßstäbe an persönliche Hingabe mitunter als schwer lebbar diskutiert werden.

Era: Today

Recurring topics: Prayer & Silence, Faith & Trust, Growth & Character, Grace & Redemption, Humility & Pride, Guilt & Forgiveness, Guidance & God's Will, Suffering & the Question of God

Quotes by William MacDonald

God always answers prayer exactly in the way we would, if we possessed his wisdom, love, and power!
William MacDonald

I am not satisfied with what I have done for the Lord. But I am completely satisfied with what he has done for me.
William MacDonald

When God wants something done, He also gives the strength for it. God's will will never demand of us something for which He does not give the power.
William MacDonald

Every command in the Bible benefits us more than it benefits the Lord.
William MacDonald

We honor God by the greatness of our requests.
William MacDonald

Nothing that has ever been done in the name of the Lord Jesus and for His glory will fail to find its reward at the judgment seat of Christ.
William MacDonald

Brokenness has a special value in God's eyes - especially broken people.
William MacDonald

The Christian can see more on his knees than the worldly man on his tiptoes.
William MacDonald

If I could choose, I would wish for fellowship with those humble, God-fearing, reliable citizens who have no known name in this world, but are well known in heaven.
William MacDonald

Only when I had learned that the assurance of salvation comes through the promise of God's Word, and not through feelings, did I begin to rejoice in my salvation.
William MacDonald

It is when we are conscious of our own weakness and insignificance that we depend most on God's power.
William MacDonald

The fruit of the Spirit cannot be produced when all is sunshine; there must be rain and dark clouds.
William MacDonald

A noble life is not a halo of swiftly won glory, but a simple stringing together of days on which God's will is done.
William MacDonald

Conscience is something like a rubber band. The more it is stretched, the more it loses its elasticity.
William MacDonald

Wherever Jesus found people willing to admit their sin, he was drawn to them and poured out his spiritual help and blessing upon them.
William MacDonald

We should not avoid the sickbed and deathbed, but hurry to those who need our encouragement. We are not comforted so that we feel good, but so that we may be comforters.
William MacDonald

Only those who have had to go through the deepest trials can speak a fitting word to others who are called to go through the same.
William MacDonald

God is not a ritualist. God is not satisfied when someone gives away a considerable sum of money as a penance. Such things mean nothing to Him. God is interested in our heart.
William MacDonald

Christians keep the powers of this world in balance through prayer.
William MacDonald

One learns to pray by praying.
William MacDonald

Prayer is not a test of endurance or a marathon. What matters is not how long we pray, but how earnestly.
William MacDonald

When we are one day in heaven, we will realize how wonderfully and completely our prayers were answered. I am convinced that we will then wish deeply that we had prayed more.
William MacDonald

Prayer without our own action can be insincerity. Our own action without prayer can be presumption.
William MacDonald

If you walk with God, he will lead you step by step to a marriage prepared in heaven.
William MacDonald

It is better to be single, wishing to marry, than to be married, wishing to be single.
William MacDonald

All that this world offers is nothing more than cesspools and broken cisterns, while what God offers is a fountain of life.
William MacDonald

Too often we must confess that at home we are "devils" and outside the house we are "saints."
William MacDonald

There is one thing in my life I regret: that I never kept a journal of God's wonderful answers to prayer and his wonderful guidance.
William MacDonald

The best prayer comes from a deep inner need.
William MacDonald

It is true greatness to serve without being noticed and to work without being seen.
William MacDonald

God uses adverse circumstances to transform us into the image of Christ.
William MacDonald

The devil is neither all-knowing, nor everywhere present, nor almighty.
William MacDonald

A person of prayer is someone who does not only seek fellowship with the Lord while praying, but lives in His presence and remains in Him.
William MacDonald

It is God's will that people be saved, but he does not save them against their will. God does not intend to populate heaven with people who don't want to be there at all.
William MacDonald

Worry is unnecessary, and there is no need for us to carry burdens when God is willing and able to carry them for us. Worry is futile, for it has never solved a single problem.
William MacDonald

Obedience is the organ of spiritual understanding.
William MacDonald

The more we obey the Word of God, the more treasures it will unfold before us.
William MacDonald

It was a religious world that crucified the Lord of glory.
William MacDonald

For a Christian it would be sheer folly to sacrifice his best years to worldly goals, only to give the burned-out remainder of a wasted life to the Lord.
William MacDonald

The more a church is persecuted and afflicted, the more the gospel spreads.
William MacDonald

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