Quotes from Max Lucado

Mike Hyatt, and the Thomas

Augustus did the economy of Bethlehem a favor when he decreed that a census should be taken. Who could remember when such commerce had hit the village? No, it is doubtful that anyone mentioned the couple's arrival or wondered about the condition of the girl. They were too busy. The day was upon them. The day's bread had to be made. The morning's chores had to be done. There was too much to do to imagine that the impossible had occurred. God had entered the world as a baby.

Cuando el general George Patton contraatacó al mariscal de campo Rommel durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, se dice que en el fragor de la batalla Patton gritó: «¡Leí tu libro, Rommel! ¡Leí tu libro!». Patton había estudiado La infantería al ataque, el libro de Rommel. Conocía la estrategia del jefe alemán y planeó sus posiciones conforme a ella2. Nosotros también conocemos las tácticas del diablo.

Father, you are good. I need help. Heal me and forgive me. They need help. Thank you. In Jesus' name, amen.

Betray. The word is an eighth of an inch above betroth in the dictionary, but a world from betroth in life. It's a weapon found only in the hands of one you love. Your enemy has no such tool, for only a friend can betray. Betrayal is mutiny. It's a violation of a trust, an inside job.

Darei a vocês um coração novo… Removerei o coração de pedra que têm e o trocarei por um coração que vive segundo a vontade de Deus, não segundo a própria vontade. — Ezequiel 36:26 MSG

Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert." ISAIAH 43:18–19

To quote John MacArthur: "As far as the way of salvation is concerned, there are only two religions the world has ever known or will ever know—the religion of divine accomplishment, which is biblical Christianity, and the religion of human achievement, which includes all other kinds of religion, by whatever names they may go under."3

tu historia no tiene por qué ser tu futuro.

God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience but shouts to us in our pain." C. S. LEWIS

You may be out of options, but according to the Bible you are never out of hope.

Do this for someone. Ask someone to tell you his—or her—story. Resist the urge to interrupt or correct. Turn off the television. Log off from the internet. Close your laptop; silence your cell phone. Give the rarest of gifts: your full attention.

Feed your fears and your faith will starve. Feed your faith and your fears will.

When we would say, 'No way,' he would say, 'My way.

And in calling himself I AM, Christ was equating himself with God. "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me" (John 14:6). Make no mistake, Jesus saw himself as God. He leaves us with two options. Accept him as God, or reject him as a megalomaniac. There is no third alternative.

Every gift reveals God's love... but no gift reveals his love more than the gifts of the cross. They came, not wrapped in paper, but in passion. Not placed around a tree, but a cross. And not covered with ribbons, but sprinkled with blood.

Beneath the epidermis of today's deeds are the unresolved actions of years past.

And unless we look and listen closely, we risk making the same mistake. God's lights in our dark nights are as numerous as the stars, if only we'll look for them. from In the Eye of the Storm

La oración requiere disciplina y dedicación. Exige un esfuerzo para separar el tiempo y necesitas creer en ella para que seas constante. Si no creemos que Dios nos esté escuchando o que se preocupa realmente por nosotros, nuestra decisión de orar desvanecerá rápidamente.

Así que humíllense ante el gran poder de Dios y, a su debido tiempo, él los levantará con honor. Pongan todas sus preocupaciones y ansiedades en las manos de Dios, porque él cuida de ustedes». (1 Pedro 5.6, 7 NTV)

Ps. 139:13–14, 16 NCV).

Vea a sus enemigos no como fallas de Dios, sino como proyectos de Él.

A father is the one in your life who provides and protects. That is exactly what God has done. —He Still Moves Stones

What keeps you from fully believing that God is a good Father who cares for every detail of your life?