Sermon Illustrations

Category: Gordon Macdonald

  • Jesus let Peter fail

    Jesus let the man (Peter)fail. He let him pull a sword in the garden, after he had been taught for two years that you don’t pill swords when you follow the Lord. He let him run away into the darkness without reminding him of his promise to stand firm. And he let him make a…

  • God whispers, evil shouts

    If God whispers, evil often shouts and personal worlds break when the shouting gets our attention. Gordon MacDonaldClick to TweetFrom the book “Rebuilding your broken world” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*

  • Character

    Character is a word that describes the default “me”: Who I am over the longhaul of life. The person who emerges in life’s difficulties. It identifies the attitudes, convictions & resulting behaviours that distinguish my life.” Gordon MacDonaldClick to Tweet

  • Calling and obedience

    If you know you’re living out your calling, financial security, location, notoriety, applause&power become increasingly less important. Obedience becomes the primary issue. Let others build fortunes & empires; calling leads you to surrender to God.” Gordon Macdonald Gordon MacdonaldClick to Tweet

  • To worship in prayer is

    To worship in prayer is to allow our spirits to feast upon what God has revealed concerning His acts in the distant and recent past, and what He has told us about himself Gordon MacDonaldClick to TweetFrom the book “Ordering Your Private World” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*

  • Give me good success in

    Give me good success in my work, but hide pride from me. Samuel Logan Brengle (Salvation Army evangelist) Gordon MacDonaldClick to TweetFrom the book “Ordering Your Private World” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*

  • Worship and intercession are far

    Worship and intercession are far more the business of aligning myself with God’s purposes than asking Him to align with mine Gordon MacDonaldClick to TweetFrom the book “Ordering Your Private World” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*

  • Let inward prayer be your

    Let inward prayer be your last act before you fall asleep and the first act when you awake. Gordon MacdonaldClick to TweetWebsite: 0946616310

  • Their sainthood lay in their

    Their sainthood lay in their habit of referring the smallest actions to God. They lived in God; they acted from a pure motive of love towards God Gordon MacdonaldClick to TweetFrom the book “Ordering Your Private World” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*

  • Time must be properly budgeted

    Time must be properly budgeted for the gathering of inner strength and resolved in order to compensate of one’s weakness when spiritual warfare begins Gordon MacdonaldClick to TweetFrom the book “Ordering Your Private World” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*