Wayne A. Mack > Quotes

“A coward lives by his feelings. They dominate him. He’s emotionally up and down, depending on how he feels that day. The coward is not as concerned about what is true as he is about what is easy. He will gladly exchange truth for comfort. He’s always taking the safe path, the easy way out. He backs away from challenges. He is always hedging his bets. He’s a fence rider. He tries to live for both Christ and himself at the same time, but when there is a choice to be made, he chooses himself over Christ every time. When opposed, he compromises the truth. The courageous person lives by principle. His feelings may go up and down, but he doesn’t allow them to control his choices. In fact, he often has to act despite his feelings. That’s what we see in Paul. Paul”
― Wayne A. Mack, Courage: Fighting Fear with Fear

“In marriage, as well as in other areas of life, we should remember that "it is more blessed to give than to receive" (Acts 20:35).”
― Wayne A. Mack, Sweethearts for a Lifetime: Making the Most of Your Marriage

“the focus should primarily be not on being served, but on serving; not on how the other person can complete you, but on how you can complete the other person.”
― Wayne A. Mack, Sweethearts for a Lifetime: Making the Most of Your Marriage

“What God calls evil can slowly begin to appear normal-even good.”
― Wayne A. Mack, A Fight to the Death: Taking Aim at Sin Within

“Our life is not primarily to be a constant struggle for positions.... If we live this life in the light of eternity, the trivial things are put in the right perspective.”
― Wayne A. Mack, Your Family, God's Way: Developing and Sustaining Relationships in the Home

“The root meaning of phobo, the Greek term for fear, is “flight.” That’s the nature of fear. Fear causes us to run away from things that frighten us. And fear becomes sinful when it causes us to run away from the things God has commanded us to do. In”
― Wayne A. Mack, Courage: Fighting Fear with Fear

“The slightest departure from absolute obedience to God's law is sin.”
― Wayne A. Mack, A Fight to the Death: Taking Aim at Sin Within

“Love is willing to wait. Love doesn’t manipulate or sinfully pressure the other person into changing.”
― Wayne A. Mack, Preparing for Marriage God's Way: A Step-by-Step Guide for Marriage Success Before and After the Wedding

“That’s the distinction. It’s not wrong to be distressed, to be troubled, to be frightened, or to have those emotions. It is wrong when those emotions control you. It’s wrong when your anguish is not in keeping with the facts clearly given to you in Scripture. That’s what Jesus was telling these disciples. Do not allow your distress to keep you from thinking biblically about your situation.”
― Wayne A. Mack, Courage: Fighting Fear with Fear

“On the other hand, a husband or wife must be very careful to never complain to his or her parents about the spouse because this can make it difficult for parents to love and respect their child's spouse as they should.”
― Wayne A. Mack, Sweethearts for a Lifetime: Making the Most of Your Marriage

“Dr. Jay Adams explains: The enemy of fear is love; the way to put off fear, then, is to put on love. . . . Love is self-giving, fear is self-protecting. Love moves towards others; fear shrinks away from them. But . . . love is the stronger since it is able to “cast out” fear. In dealing with fear, nothing else possesses the same expulsive power.4”
― Wayne A. Mack, Courage: Fighting Fear with Fear

“No matter how many steps you have taken away from God, it’s only one step back.”
― Wayne A Mack, Courage: Fighting Fear with Fear

“If you are going to be calm in the midst of chaos, there’s something you must stop doing. When life gets difficult, when it feels as though you are being squeezed by the pressures all around you, you must refuse to panic. Jesus was not telling His disciples they were not”
― Wayne A Mack, Courage: Fighting Fear with Fear

“Our fears are due to our failure to stir up, a failure to think, a failure to take ourselves in hand. You find yourself looking to the future and then you begin to imagine things and you say: “I wonder what is going to happen?” And then your imagination runs away with you. You are gripped by the thing; you do not stop to remind yourself of who and what you are, this thing overwhelms you and you go down. Now the first thing you need to do is take a firm grip of yourself, and speak to yourself. As the Apostle puts it, we have to remind ourselves of certain things. . . . The big thing Paul is saying to Timothy is, “Timothy, you seem to be thinking about yourself and your life and all you have to do as if you are still an ordinary person. But Timothy, you are not an ordinary person. You are a Christian, you have the Spirit of God within”
― Wayne A. Mack, Courage: Fighting Fear with Fear

“Second, one should always look for ways to commend and build up one's mate to one's parents.”
― Wayne A. Mack, Sweethearts for a Lifetime: Making the Most of Your Marriage

“I will not try to coerce agreement with me by the loudness of my voice, or by threats, or by being critical or silent, or by withdrawing.”
― Wayne A. Mack, Preparing for Marriage God's Way: A Step-by-Step Guide for Marriage Success Before and After the Wedding

“Wayne Mack advises that if he is truly repentant, he will manifests the following:
• He is willing to call it—sin.
• He is willing to accept personal responsibility for all his sinful and unbiblical thoughts, choices, and actions.
• He understands the seriousness and horrendous nature of his sin.
• He shows a concern about heart sins (his attitudes, desires, motivations) as well as behavioral sins (Matthew 5: 27-32; James 4: 8).
• He is willing to turn to Christ for the forgiveness of his sins and is willing to be saved by the grace of God alone.
• He displays a sincere desire to be free from sin itself, not just the problems caused by sin.
• He is willing to commit himself to obeying and serving God rather than self, and he takes the Lordship of Christ seriously.
• He is willing to work on changing the things in his life and marriage that are displeasing to God (Luke 3: 7-14; 2 Corinthians 7: 9-11; 1 Thessalonians 1: 9-10).”
― Wayne Mack

“Few people look for a spouse with their focus on what they can offer the other person. Rather, they are focused on looking at what the other person can offer them, which means that they are getting
married for the wrong reasons.”
― Wayne A. Mack, Sweethearts for a Lifetime: Making the Most of Your Marriage

“You must understand this. If you are dominated by sinful fear, worry, and anxiety, your problem is that you are too self-centered. You are a selfish person. You are thinking about yourself too much.”
― Wayne A. Mack, Courage: Fighting Fear with Fear