Max Lucado Quotes

We're important, but not essential; valuable, but not indispensable. We have a part in the play, but we are not the main act. A song to sing, but we are not the featured voice. God is.

Conflict is inevitable but combat is optional.

We may speak about a place where there are no tears, no death, no fear, no night; but those are just the benefits of heaven. The beauty of heaven is seeing God.

Don't see yourself as a product of your parents DNA, but rather as a brand new idea from heaven.

To call yourself a child of God is one thing. To be called a child of God by those who watch your life is another thing altogether.

Don't equate the presence of God with a good mood or a pleasant temperament. God is near whether you are happy or not.

When you're full of yourself, God can't fill you. But when you empty yourself, God has a useful vessel.

God would rather give up His son..than give up on us

Da Vinci painted one Mona Lisa. Beethoven composed one Fifth Symphony. And God made one version of you.

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

Worry is to joy what a Hoover vacuum cleaner is to dirt: might as well attach your heart to a happiness-sucker and flip the switch.

We celebrate the First Advent to whet our appetites for the Second. We long for the next coming.

Anger is the noise of the soul; the unseen irritant of the heart; the relentless invader of silence.

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

When you keep the porch light on for the prodigal child, you do what God does every single moment.

If there are a thousand steps between us and God, He will take all but one. He will leave the final one for us. The choice is ours.

Faith is the bird that sings while it is yet dark.

Your pain has a purpose. Your problems, struggles, heartaches, and hassles cooperate toward one end-the glory of God.

Can you imagine a life with no fear? What if faith, not fear, was your default reaction to threats?

If you knew Jesus was coming tomorrow, what would you do today? Then do it!

Relationships don't thrive because the guilty are punished but because the innocent are merciful.

Where we might think of sin as slip-ups or missteps, God views sin as a godless attitude that leads to godless action.

I choose love. No occasion justifies hatred; no injustice warrants bitterness, I choose love. Today I will love God and what God loves.

Since our greatest need was forgiveness, God sent us a Savior. He became like us, so we could become like Him.

Does God care if I'm sad? Look at the tear-streaked face of Jesus as he stands near Lazarus's tomb.

There is nothing on earth that can satisfy our deepest longing. We long to see God. The leaves of life are rustling with the rumor that we will - and we won't be satisfied until we do.

Humility has such power. Apologies can disarm arguments. Contrition can defuse rage. Olive branches do more good than battle axes ever will.

Refusing to forgive is like ingesting a lethal dose of poison and hoping it kills my enemy.

Faith is the conviction that God knows more than we do about this life and He will get us through it.

Love like there's no tomorrow, and if tomorrow comes, love again.

The greater your cares, the more genuine your prayers

But it is in storms that God does his finest work, for it is in storms that God has our keenest attention

When God gives an assignment, he also gives the skill. Study your skills, then, to reveal your assignment.

A little rain can straighten a flower stem. A little love can change a life.

God is kind, but he is not soft. He takes us firmly by the hand and leads us into a radical life change.

What Christ does in us and through us will always be 'exceedingly abundantly above all we ask or think.'

In our faith we follow in someone's steps. In our faith we leave footprints to guide others. It's the principle of discipleship

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

Find joy in the ordinary.

Nails didn't hold God to a cross. Love did.

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

The great promise of Scripture is that every day is a day that's worth rejoicing in.

God is always near us. Always for us. Always in us.

No one can teach your child like you can. No nanny, Bible school teacher, aunt, or uncle has your authority. What a phenomenal privilege is yours.

Our God is abundant in love and steadfast in mercy. He saves us, not because we trust in a symbol, but because we trust in a Savior.

He saw you in your own Gethsemane and He didn't want you to be alone..He would rather go to hell for you than to haven without you.

A nation is blessed when it has godly leaders.

If your God is mighty enough to ignite the sun, could it be that He is mighty enough to light your path?

Gratitude is a dialysis of sorts... it flushes the self-pity out of our systems.

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