Act Like Men Quotes

“Remember, it’s not “stand firm for the faith” but “stand firm in the faith.” You’ve got to own it and live it.”
― James MacDonald, Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood

“God’s Word doesn’t change, the message doesn’t shift. It can’t be compromised in any way. It’s where we stand firm.”
― James MacDonald, Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood

“Men don’t open up because they are prideful and self-protective. The lonely, isolated man is that way because he won’t make himself known to others. Disclosure of self is the currency of intimacy. It’s what our wives want and what true friendship demands. You don’t have to spill your guts to everybody or anybody, but God will get you to the place where you know you need to do it with somebody. The temptation to keep it all inside is the downside of being wired as a protector. He loves us too much to leave us alone. You will never fulfill your potential as a man of God going it alone.”
― James MacDonald, Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood

“Mark 3:25: “And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.”
― James MacDonald, Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood

“As a follower of Jesus through faith in Him, the Holy Spirit is your only hope of ever consistently acting like a man. He is the courage to make right choices, the guide toward truth and away from error, the source of our comfort, and the provider of our strength. His primary tool is the Word of God.”
― James MacDonald, Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood

“in spite of how we know the story unfolded, God included mankind in His conclusion that all He created was good.”
― James MacDonald, Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood

“The purpose of continuous repentance in the life of a quality man is not a return to the crisis of salvation but part of what the Bible calls sanctification”
― James MacDonald, Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood

“How sad to see a worthless man who claims to know God confirm by running back to the road of self-righteousness that he never met Him.”
― James MacDonald, Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood

“repentance. Not a onetime event for the forgiveness of sin and gift of eternal life but a lifetime pattern of humility before a holy God.”
― James MacDonald, Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood

“All change begins with a change of mind the Bible calls repentance. Repentance is detecting and destroying the rationalizations that led to me checking the sinful choice box in the first place. Repentance is what every biblical prophet was calling for because that is where a man begins to move from depravity to quality.”
― James MacDonald, Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood

“the unpopularity of an obviously right action should not hinder the execution of an obviously right decision. My”
― James MacDonald, Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood

“For Satan’s purposes, making you a completely ineffective and isolated follower of Jesus is as much a success as keeping you lost in sin. Once”
― James MacDonald, Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood

“people who have been saved by grace grow to love giving grace to others.”
― James MacDonald, Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood

“Scripture is so clear that love for God must translate into love for those closest to us.2”
― James MacDonald, Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood

“Men were made for war; designed to struggle and strive to protect and provide.”
― James MacDonald, Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood

“Paternity is a long way from fatherhood.”
― James MacDonald, Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood

“Fear is a self-protection we use to insulate ourselves from hurt by pulling back. Anger is self-protection we use to insulate ourselves from hurt by striking out. In both instances the answer is to face and forgive (more on forgiveness ahead) the hurt that expresses itself in fear or anger or both. How much good is left undone by failing to act like a quality man and conquer your fears? How much damage is suffered by those you love when you fail to act like a quality man and conquer your anger?”
― James MacDonald, Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood

“Proverbs 18:22 says, “He who finds a wife finds a good thing.”
― James MacDonald, Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood

“Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love” (1 Corinthians 16:13–14).”
― James MacDonald, Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood

“You would think that the more a man knows and loves God, the deeper he gets into understanding His Word, and the further he progresses in personal holiness, the better he would be at being a watchful man,”
― James MacDonald, Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood

“We must not think that action alone is successful Christ-following. In God’s eyes, the motives behind our actions are of paramount importance. You can want a godly family or a successful career or a low handicap or a beautiful lawn, but if you want them for yourself and not the glory of God, it’s a fail.”
― James MacDonald, Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood

“Prayer: Dear God, You are just and right in all You do, a God of perfection. I bow before You today as a man with many flaws. Please give me strength to pursue the fullest expression of Your design for me as a man. Give me wisdom to see the way my faults are burdens to others and give me courage to face and work on those imperfections. I am thankful for Your persistent pursuit of me despite my shortcomings and sin. Forgive me for being indifferent to my faults as I gratefully receive Your grace today. Thank You for renewing my passion to be a quality man. For the glory of Jesus’ name, amen.”
― James MacDonald, Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood

“Quality men are men under authority. Quality men listen and yield to the collective counsel of the wise and godly men around them. Whether your father was good or bad, loving or lecherous does not, in the end, give you license to do as you please. Our Daddy is God the Father and He expects that we will live in submission to His Word and His will for our lives. Quality men can hear the voice of their own flesh demanding satisfaction, calling out for privilege and private pleasure. They hear the voice of temptation just as worthless men do, but they say NO! In God’s strength and for His glory, a quality man denies himself for a higher purpose and says yes to the Lord.”
― James MacDonald, Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood

“Love is selfless! Love is “you before me” decision making. Need it shorter? Love = Ub4me! There it is.”
― James MacDonald, Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood

“For those who love God all things work together for good.”
― James MacDonald, Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood

“Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.”
― James MacDonald, Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood

“But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.”
― James MacDonald, Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood

“The Christian life is the life of Jesus in me by the Holy Spirit. Christianity is not me striving to live like Jesus as a “thank-you” for saving me. Christianity is Christ taking up residence in me by the Holy Spirit and living His resurrection life through me.”
― James MacDonald, Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood

“In our homes, where we work, in our friendships, we come inevitably to a fork in the road where we must decide, “Will I forgive that?” If the answer is yes, we go forward together in love. If we choose “no, I will not forgive,” at that point we will tend to amplify the fault we observe to excuse our withdrawal into bitterness. Everyone loses—and the gospel most of all.”
― James MacDonald, Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood

“Given the impossibility of not failing one another, when the Bible says, “We all stumble in many ways,”7 the only way forward in loving community with one another is forgiveness.”
― James MacDonald, Act Like Men: 40 Days to Biblical Manhood