Max Lucado Quotes

God loves you because He has chosen to do so.

Bethlehem was just the beginning. I call Jesus Christ's next appearance, Bethlehem, Act 2. No silent night this time, however. The skies will open, trumpets will blast, and a new kingdom will begin.

Seek beauty and miss love. But seek love and find both.

God, the Master Weaver. He stretches the yarn and intertwines the colors, the ragged twine with the velvet strings, the pains with the pleasures. Nothing escapes his reach.

The path marked Humility will take you to the manger of the Messiah.

He loves each one of us like there is only one of us to love (when God whisper your name)

One phrase summarizes the horror of hell. "God isn't there."

Heaven is God's answer to any suffering you may face.

We enjoy the fruit of the first coming but anticipate the glory of the second.

Waiting is an expectant patience. It's a patience that says, "I don't know what God is going to do, but I know God is going to do something."

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

Since you know God understands, you can boldly go to him.

Jesus came to save us from our own sins.

Regardless of the circumstances that surrounded your arrival, you are not an accident. God planned you before you were born.

When Christ was born, so was our hope.

No place is too common. No person is too hardened. No distance is too far. There's no person God cannot reach. There's no limit to his love.

The Bible is God's Word given in man's language

You'll regret opening your mouth. You'll rarely regret keeping it shut.

God does not relish our sufferings, but He delights in our development.

The pulpit is no place for self-promotion. It is a great place for self-deprecation.

I believe for God not to allow pain to happen in the world is for Him to extract free will from the world.

God's delight is received upon surrender, not awarded upon conquest.

The ultimate solution to POVERTY is found in the COMPASSION of God's people.

God wants no one to leave our presence empty handed.

It's okay to rest. Jesus fights when you cannot.

The secret of loving is living loved.

Aging is God's idea. It's one of the ways he keeps us headed homeward.

God will restore his planet and his children to their Garden of Eden splendor. It'll be perfect. Perfect in grandeur. Perfect in righteousness. Perfect in harmony.

I remember enjoying writing those, theres two clues of a gift: you enjoy doing it and people enjoy you doing it.

If you are 8 hours a day in a job you hate, you're not going to be a very good spouse; it can contribute to chemical dependency, financial mismanagement.

Live in such a way that you would not have to change your plans.

Forgiveness is choosing to see your offender with different eyes.

You long for one true friend? You have one. And because you do, you have a choice. You can... ponder the malice of your monster or the kindness of your Christ.

God offers authentic LOVE. His devotion is the real deal. But He won't give you the genuine until you surrender the imitations.

Jesus isn't a God who stayed on the mountaintop - he's a Savior who came down and lived and worked with the people.

Patience is more than a virtue for long lines and slow waiters. Patience is the red carpet upon which God's grace approaches us.

Grace is not blind. It sees the hurt full well. But chooses to see God's forgiveness even more.

The worst part of all is that, without forgiveness, bitterness is all that is left

There's an antidote to our fears- trust. If we trust God more,we can fear less.

You can climb too high for your own good. Linger too long at high altitudes and your hearing dulls and your eyesight dims.

How we handle our tough times stays with us for a long time.

The claims of Christ are always on trial, and we remain under oath! We are his witnesses for truth.

The Bible is full of stories of men and women who've found themselves in frightening situations but who chose to look up rather than look down - look up in faith - and God got them through it.

History is not an endless succession of meaningless circles but a directed movement toward a great event.

That's what I'm hoping we can all do, is come together in a spirit of prayer.

God understands how you feel and has faced what you face.

We will find grace to help us when we need it

Fear may fill our world, but it doesn’t have to fill our hearts.

God wants to help you find your way home.

God is not troubled by one who is conservative or liberal, and He certainly never inclines His ear toward a donkey or an elephant.