Quotes about Guidance
The role of biblical counselors is facilitate the discovery of a greater God awareness through spiritual eyes that look at life through scriptural lenses.
— James MacDonald
In healthy churches, the pastors life, not just his words, sets the tone for the church.
— James MacDonald
Ed Welch says that all counseling is a variation on a single theme: knowing and praying for the counselee. Of all the questions the counselor might ask, then, the central guiding question in the counselor's mind is, "How can I pray for you?
— James MacDonald
Love is what we need in friendship when we stumble, and truth is what we need when we stray.
— James MacDonald
God's Word is especially suited to directing those who want to focus primarily on the nature and direction of their own hearts.
— James MacDonald
Do all you can to defeat selfish shepherding in your own heart.
— James MacDonald
Word-centered people who enter counseling will be more likely follow the guidance set out in Scripture. Because they know more of the depth of their sin, they are more willing to allow other church members to help them stay on that right path.
— James MacDonald
God is holy, and to see His holiness means to do it His way.
— James MacDonald
to be about helping people discover what they can't get anywhere else.
— James MacDonald
Church has to be about helping people discover what they can't get anywhere else.
— James MacDonald
If God really did write a book, we ought to be reading it, studying it, memorizing it, and letting it guide our lives.
— James MacDonald
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
— James MacDonald