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“A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.”
-- Max Lucado
#Love #Inspirational #Powerful
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“There is a difference between grace and mercy. Mercy is the decision of God not to punish us. But grace is the decision of God to save and bless us.”
-- Max Lucado
#Differences #Decision #Grace
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“Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.”
-- Max Lucado
#Inspirational #God #Faith
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“The church is never a place to show off. Do your good deeds quietly. Serve; don't seek to be seen”
-- Max Lucado
#Church #Deeds #Shows
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“Focus on giants - you stumble. Focus on God - Giants tumble.”
-- Max Lucado
#Faith #Focus #Giants
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“It's up to me to promote my faith and somebody else to promote theirs. Let the government just protect our right to do so.”
-- Max Lucado
#Government #Protect
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“When you are in the final days of your life, what will you want? Will you hug that college degree in the walnut frame? Will you ask to be carried to the garage so you can sit in your car? Will you find comfort in rereading your financial statement? Of course not. What will matter then will be people. If relationships will matter most then, shouldn't they matter most now?”
-- Max Lucado
#Inspirational #College #Car
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“Every movie really does have a message. Somebody somewhere is trying to make a point or advance a cause or promote their agenda. There's nothing wrong with that. They try to do so in an entertaining fashion.”
-- Max Lucado
#Fashion #Trying #Agendas
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“God would rather give up His son..than give up on us”
-- Max Lucado
#Giving Up #Son #Giving
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“It seems to me that the prayers of the Bible can be distilled into one. The result is a simple, easy-to-remember, pocket-sized prayer: Father, you are good. I need help. They need help. Thank you. In Jesus' name, amen. Let this prayer punctuate your day.”
-- Max Lucado
#Jesus #Prayer #Father
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“You weren't an accident. You weren't mass produced. You aren't an assembly-line product. You were deliberately planned, specifically gifted, and lovingly positioned on the earth by the Master Craftsman.”
-- Max Lucado
#Positive #Success #Confidence
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“God does uncommon things through common people in common places.”
-- Max Lucado
#People #Doe #Common
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“No one can pray and worry at the same time.”
-- Max Lucado
#Worry #Praying
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“December is the most difficult month. Medications for insomnia or depression go up during the month of December. A lot of people who experience loss feel that loss magnified in December. Everybody seems happy and you feel all alone. You're not all alone.”
-- Max Lucado
#Loss #Insomnia #People
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“You change your life by changing your heart.”
-- Max Lucado
#Inspirational #Change #Uplifting
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“Most of my sermons are inspirational, and I believe people need that encouragement.”
-- Max Lucado
#Encouragement #Believe #People
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“The people who make a difference are not the ones with the credentials but the ones with the concern.”
-- Max Lucado
#Business #Differences #People
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“All of my sermons become books. I've been accused of having no unpublished thought. I encourage pastors to do that. I think there are so many great sermons that never really get circulation.”
-- Max Lucado
#Book #Thinking #Pastor
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“The greater your cares, the more genuine your prayers”
-- Max Lucado
#Prayer #Care #Genuine
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“Honesty and vulnerability endear us to people; they don't endanger us in our relationship.”
-- Max Lucado
#Honesty #People #Our Relationship
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“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.”
-- Max Lucado
#Inspirational #God #Able
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“The Bible teaches us that God does not cause pain, but that He uses pain and evil to advance His cause and shape His servants.”
-- Max Lucado
#Pain #Evil #Use
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“His is a joy which consequences cannot quench. His is a peace which circumstances cannot steal.”
-- Max Lucado
#Christian #Joy #Stealing
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“Gratitude develops faith. The surest path out of a slump is marked by the road sign "thank you, God."”
-- Max Lucado
#Christian #Gratitude #Thank You God
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“The wizard [of Oz] says look inside yourself and find self. God says look inside yourself and find [the Holy Spirit]. The first will get you to Kansas. The latter will get you to heaven. Take your pick.”
-- Max Lucado
#Self #Kansas #Heaven
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“Nails didn't hold God to a cross. Love did.”
-- Max Lucado
#Nails #Crosses
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“When we're in the middle of a difficult time, we have to speak against that lie that says, "God is not here." We have to draw near to God.”
-- Max Lucado
#Lying #Difficult Times #Speak
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“God answers the mess of life with one word: Grace.”
-- Max Lucado
#Grace #Answers #Mess
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“Those who successfully go through tough times do so because they keep insisting.”
-- Max Lucado
#Tough Times #Tough
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“Love like there's no tomorrow, and if tomorrow comes, love again.”
-- Max Lucado
#Marriage #Tomorrow
