Downpour Quotes

“Holy Spirit of God, thank You for filling my life with You. You are in control of all that I am—my thoughts, my actions, my words, and my feelings. Thank You, Spirit of God. I am now living under the downpour of Your power and strength and blessing, and I thank You for the riches of Your mercy. In the precious name of Jesus. Amen.”
― James MacDonald, Downpour

“Grace easily turns to hyper-grace in a world that has lost its view of God's throne room and a biblical theology of sin.”
― James MacDonald, Downpour

“When I embrace God for who He is and I understand who I am—when I know God's place, I can know my place—then things start to fall into place.”
― James MacDonald, Downpour

“The first step in personal revival is to get God in His rightful place. When God is recognized as being above me, beyond me, highly exalted, over me, and totally separate from me, I am getting in position for a downpour. When I embrace God for who He is and I understand who I am—when I know God's place, I can know my place—then things start to fall into place. That's what God's holiness does for us—it puts everything and everyone in their rightful place.”
― James MacDonald, Downpour

“I've never seen the Holy Spirit, but I've seen His powerful wind blowing through people's lives.”
― James MacDonald, Downpour

“All God's righteous hatred of all that sin from all of human history was poured out upon Christ as He hung there on that cross.”
― James MacDonald, Downpour

“Watch out for the people who say that all is good between them and God but have no interest in being reconciled with the people whom their sin has injured.”
― James MacDonald, Downpour

“God can and will wipe all that shame and sadness away if you will only repent.”
― James MacDonald, Downpour

“You don't get to a better place with God until you recognize that where you are is not as good.”
― James MacDonald, Downpour

“God wants sin out of your life because it's the only thing that keeps you from experiencing the torrential downpour of blessing He wants to rain upon you.”
― James MacDonald, Downpour

“ELEVATE Lord, thank You for a fresh view of Your exalted holy nature. Great God of the universe, holy and high, lifted up. I exalt You, Lord. You are the object of my greatest thoughts, the end of my deepest affections. I give myself wholly to You and to You alone. Revive me according to Your Word even as I bow. I ask in Jesus' strong name. Amen. REPLICATE”
― James MacDonald, Downpour

“In our humanness we can't handle all His holiness; so God, in mercy, raises the veil and dwells in mystery.”
― James MacDonald, Downpour

“When God is recognized for the infinitely holy being that He is, you don't stand around questioning His decisions.”
― James MacDonald, Downpour

“God's holiness … puts everything and everyone in their rightful place.”
― James MacDonald, Downpour

“When I know God's place, I can know my place— then things start to fall into place.”
― James MacDonald, Downpour

“When revival comes to the human heart, it's a torrent, it's a cascade, it's a deluge. It's a downpour!”
― James MacDonald, Downpour

“God brings us low, even to the point of death, in order to bring us up again.”
― James MacDonald, Downpour

“I'll take a bath and then I'll return.” No, God is the bath.”
― James MacDonald, Downpour

“Revival begins here: with a profound awareness of God's absolute holiness, our absolute sinfulness, and our complete inability to bridge the divide that separates us.”
― James MacDonald, Downpour

“Times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord (Acts 3:20).”
― James MacDonald, Downpour

“Does God love us even when our hearts are far from Him? The answer: Yes, He does!”
― James MacDonald, Downpour

“I want nothing to be off-limits to God. He can have free access to all that I am, everywhere I go, all the time.”
― James MacDonald, Downpour

“Revival is: God, gladly at the center of my life, experienced and enjoyed.”
― James MacDonald, Downpour

“Revival is not emotional extravagance where people are caught up in the moment and fall down, act bizarrely, unbiblically, and out of control. That's not revival.”
― James MacDonald, Downpour

“Revival is renewed interest after a period of indifference or decline. He wants to wake us up, to refresh our faith—to fire us up again.”
― James MacDonald, Downpour