Max Lucado Quotes

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

Engage with the Bible. Meditate on it day and night. Think and rethink about God's Word. Let it be your guide. Make it your go-to book for questions. Let it be the ultimate authority in your life.

You know people just assume, 'Well, all my life I'll be a worrier.' That doesn't have to be true. There's a way to drink from God's presence so much that worry begins to dissipate.

You are God's child. His creation. Destined for heaven. You are a part of his family.

Compassion gives us a common ground to stand on regardless of your faith background. It gives us a chance to stand shoulder-to-shoulder rather than go fist-to-fist with somebody.

The duty of the branch is to cling to the vine.

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

Choose satisfaction over salary. Better to be happy with little than miserable with much.

Give your problems to Christ before your problems get to you.

Jesus gives us hope because He keeps us company, has a vision and knows the way we should go.

I believe ingratitude is the original sin. I believe if Adam and Eve had been grateful for the garden of Eden they had, they would not have been so focused on the one tree they didn't have.

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.

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

No one can do everything, but everyone can do something

I don't have any desire to retire in the sense of not doing anything. Because as long as the Lord gives me strength I want to keep writing and keep preaching. I love what I do.

The English name Jesus traces its origin to the Hebrew word Yeshua. Yeshua is a shortening of Yehoshuah, which means "Yahweh saves."

God does uncommon things through common people in common places.

God sees us with the eyes of a Father. He sees our defects, errors and blemishes. But He also sees our value.

Don't be defined by your failures, be refined by them.

God never promises to remove us from our struggles. He does promise, however, to change the way we look at them.

God leads us. God will do the right thing at the right time. And what a difference that makes.

The state of your heart dictates whether you harbor a grudge or give grace, seek self-pity or seek Christ, drink human misery or taste God's mercy.

Be quick to pray. Stop talking to yourself. Talk to Christ.

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

If you're looking for a place with no change, try a soda machine.

You'll never know Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you have. Are you in the wilderness? Find refuge in God's presence. Find comfort in his people.

Sometimes I wonder if we don't see Christ's love as much in the people he tolerated as in the pain he endured.

God comes on his own terms. He comes when commands are revered, hearts are clean, and confession is made.

No one can pray and worry at the same time. When we worry, we aren't praying. When we pray, we aren't worrying.

We exist to exhibit God, to display his glory. We serve as canvases for his brush stroke, papers for his pen, soil for his seeds, glimpses of his image.

God has proven himself as a faithful father. Now it falls to us to be trusting children.

The One who saved your soul longs to remake your heart. Let's fix our eyes on Jesus. Perhaps in seeing Him, we will see what we can become!

You're never without hope, because you're never without prayer.

If Jesus heals instantly, praise Him. If Jesus heals gradually, trust Him. When Jesus heals ultimately, you will understand.

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.

Prayer lets God do what he does best. Take a pebble & kill a Goliath. Take the common, make it spectacular! Pray & see what He can do.

The manger dares us to believe the best is yet to be. And it could all begin today.

When all of earth turns against you, all of heaven turns toward you.

When God is all you have, then all you have, is all you need.

In the manger God loves you; through the cross God saves you. But has he taken you to his home? Not yet.

Worship is the thank you that can't be silenced

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

Courage does not panic; it prays. Courage does not bemoan; it believes. Courage does not languish; it listens

I simply think God is greater than our weakness. In fact, I think it is our weakness that reveals how great God is.

God is near whether you sense His presence or not.

God created marriage. No government subcommittee envisioned it. No social organization developed it. Marriage was conceived and born in the mind of God.

He promises a lamp unto our feet, not a crystal ball into the future.

The worship of safety emasculates greatness.

It's not about winning or losing, but love and respect.

God's highest desire is not to make us rich, successful or popular. His goal is to make us His