Quotes from Max Lucado

Expect to see the God of ages fight for you. He is near, as near as your next breath.

We Christians tend to miss this. We banter about pledges to "change the world," "make a difference for Christ," "lead people to the Lord." Yet these are by-products of the Christ-focused life. Our goal is not to bear fruit. Our goal is to stay attached.

Our lives are a little like a milkshake. Ingredients get mixed together. Some of the ingredients are unimpressive by themselves. Some—rejections, disappointments, failures—are awful at the time. Yet God shakes them up and pours them out into a concoction that is delicious and good.

La avaricia tiene muchos rostros, pero habla un solo idioma: el idioma del «más».

If there was anything Jesus wanted everyone to understand, it was this: a person is worth something simply because he or she is a person.

La Biblia tiene una idea mejor. En lugar de buscar control absoluto, renuncia a él. No puedes controlar el mundo, pero sí puedes confiárselo a Dios. Este es el mensaje detrás del consejo de Pablo de «[ alegrarse] siempre en el Señor». La paz está al alcance, no por falta de problemas, sino debido a la presencia de un Señor soberano.

In our loneliest moments the One who formed our "inmost being and knitted us together in the womb" offers us a friendship, a nearness unlike any other. God created our inmost and our outermost beings. He knows us emotionally, physically, and mentally better than anyone else.

No one's fate is sealed. No one is unloved or unlovable. But Satan wants us to think we are. He wants to leave us in a swarm of anxious, negative thoughts.

Încercarea prin care treci te ajut? s? faci m?car atât: s? îÈ›i ridici privirea spre cer. Cineva de sus va trebui s? coboare aici jos ca s?-È›i dea o mân? de ajutor.

In the great orchestra we call life, you have an instrument and a song, and you owe it to God to play them both sublimely.

Your anxiety decreases as your understanding of your father increases.

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength." Mark 12:30

Our Savior kneels down and gazes upon the darkest acts of our lives. But rather than recoil in horror, he reaches out in kindness and says, "I can clean that if you want." And from the basin of his grace, he scoops a palm full of mercy and washes away our sin.

No problem is unsolvable. No life is irredeemable. No one's fate is sealed. No one is unloved or unlovable.

Read this definition of calm: "For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered forever. He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD. His heart is steady" (Ps. 112:6–8 ESV). According to this verse, where does steadiness originate?

Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you" (John 13:14–15).

Ask the Lord for greater trust in the nearness of his presence today.

It is only when we let go of life as we know it that we discover true life—the glorious plan laid out by God.

Writings from Max Lucado Our world is stressed. Jesus gets that. He faced the issues we face and some far more severe than we ever will. He taught how to deal with the challenges of life. And the key to what he taught is to believe God cares for you.

Because Jesus is human, he understands you. Because he is divine, he can help you. He is uniquely positioned to carry us home.

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6:12

Difficult days demand decisions of faith.

The LORD is good. His love is forever, and his loyalty goes on and on. Psalm 100:5

And God, the Master Builder. This is the meaning behind Joseph's words God meant it for good in order to bring about... The Hebrew word translated here as bring about is a construction term