Quotes About Max Lucado

Engage in specific prayer. And engage in promise-based prayer. Stand on the firm foundation of God's covenant. "Let us then approach God's throne of grace with confidence" (Heb. 4:16 NIV).

El SEÑOR es bueno y hace lo correcto; les muestra el buen camino a los que andan descarriados. Guía a los humildes para que hagan lo correcto; les enseña su camino. SALMOS 25.8–9 (NTV)

The fruit of sin is thorns—spiny, prickly, cutting thorns. I emphasize the "point" of the thorns to suggest a point you may have never considered: if the fruit of sin is thorns, isn't the thorny crown on Christ's brow a picture of the fruit of our sin that pierced his heart?

with this lesson: God hates pride. God resists the proud because the proud resist God. The heart of pride never confesses, never repents, never asks for forgiveness. Pride is the hidden reef that shipwrecks

Throughout Scripture thorns symbolize, not sin, but the consequence of sin. Remember

In the treatment of anxiety, a proper understanding of sovereignty is huge. Anxiety is often the consequence of perceived chaos.

Peace is within reach, not for lack of problems, but because of the presence of a sovereign Lord. Rather than rehearse the chaos of the world, rejoice in the Lord's sovereignty, as Paul did.

What the world has overlooked, your Father has remembered, and sooner than you can imagine, you will be blessed by him.

Davidson, I Called Him Roosk, He Called Me Dad: A Collection of Thoughts About a Father's Faith, Love, and Grief After Losing His Son (privately printed), 36–37. CHAPTER 11: BLIND INTERSECTIONS

CHAPTER 2: THE GRACE-SHAPED LIFE 1. Jim Reimann, Victor Hugo's Les Misérables (Nashville: Word Publishing, 2001), 16. 2. Ibid., 29–31.

Exaggerated, overstated, inflated, irrational thoughts are the devil's specialty.

So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: "Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel," which is translated, "God with us.

7Knowledge begins with respect for the LORD, but fools hate wisdom and discipline.

If the Bible is called the Good Book, it's not because its people are. Blood runs as freely through the stories as the ink through the quills that penned them.

David did many might deeds in his life. He did many foolish deeds in his life. But perhaps the noblest was their rarely discussed deed: he honored the tired soldiers at Brook Besor. (Facing Your Giants) p 78

Today's belief is tomorrow's behavior. If you want to be happier person tomorrow, sow seeds of happiness today.

People of each generation in the twentieth century "were three times more likely to experience depression" than people of the preceding generation.

Our belief in God is not blind faith. Belief is having a firm conviction something is true, not hoping it's true.

I was about 21 when I read that [Mere Christianity], and my faith was really being shaken during those days. Its a great, classic book.