Quotes from Max Lucado

Christmas is best pondered, not with logic, but with imagination.

Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realising you were the prisoner!

People are watching the way we act, more than they are listening to what we say.

God is able to accomplish, provide, help, save, keep, subdue... He is able to do what you can't. He already has a plan. God's not bewildered. Go to Him.

You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you.

Though the Bible was written over sixteen centuries by at least forty authors, it has one central theme-salvation through faith in Christ.

The presence of fear does not mean you have no faith. Fear visits everyone. But make your fear a visitor and not a resident.

God has enough grace to solve every dilemma you face, wipe every tear you cry, and answer every question you ask.

God is God. He knows what he is doing. When you can't trace his hand, trust his heart.

Here's what you need to keep in mind. You no longer have yesterday. You do not yet have tomorrow. You have only today. This is the day the Lord has made. Live in it.

We forget that IMPOSSIBLE is one of God's favorite words

Meet your fears with faith.

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.

Mark it down. You will never go where God is not.

God's blessings are dispensed according to the riches of his grace, not according to the depth of our faith.

Fear will always knock on your door. Just don't invite it in for dinner. And for heaven's sake, don't offer it a bed for the night.

Want to snatch a day from the manacles of boredom? Do overgenerous deeds, acts beyond reimbursement. Kindness without compensation. Do a deed for which you cannot be repaid.

Most of my sermons are inspirational, and I believe people need that encouragement.

Never underestimate the power that comes when a parent pleads with God on behalf of a child.

Being religious without knowing the cross is like owning a Mercedes with no motor. Pretty package, but where is your power?

Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the One who hears it and not in the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference.

The greater your cares, the more genuine your prayers

Prayer is the hand of faith on the door knob of your heart, inviting Jesus to enter.

What causes us to think of prayer as the last option rather than the first? I can think of two reasons: feelings of independence and feelings of insignificance.