God never promises to remove us from our struggles. He does promise, however, to change the way we look at them.
MAX LUCADOThe duty of the branch is to cling to the vine.
More Max Lucado Quotes
-
-
If you knew Jesus was coming tomorrow, what would you do today? Then do it!
MAX LUCADO -
Anxiety and fear are cousins but not twins. Fear sees a threat. Anxiety imagines one.
MAX LUCADO -
Faith is the conviction that God knows more than we do about this life and He will get us through it.
MAX LUCADO -
Conflict is inevitable but combat is optional.
MAX LUCADO -
The Bible is the story of two gardens. Eden and Gethsemane. In the first, Adam took a fall. In the second, Jesus took a stand.
MAX LUCADO -
You are valuable because you exist. Not because of what you do or what you have done – but simply because you are.
MAX LUCADO -
I choose love. No occasion justifies hatred; no injustice warrants bitterness, I choose love. Today I will love God and what God loves.
MAX LUCADO -
Worry is irrelevant. It alters nothing. When was the last time you solved a problem by worrying about it?
MAX LUCADO -
The lack of God-centeredness leads to self-centeredness.
MAX LUCADO -
Don’t quit. For if you do, you may miss the answer to your prayers.
MAX LUCADO -
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 -
God never said that the journey would be easy, but He did say that the arrival would be worthwhile.
MAX LUCADO -
God does uncommon things through common people in common places.
MAX LUCADO -
When we put someone in our jail cell of hatred, we are stuck guarding the door.
MAX LUCADO -
God gives us people to love and things to use, not things to love and people to use.
MAX LUCADO -
God sees in you a masterpiece about to happen.
MAX LUCADO -
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.
MAX LUCADO -
With God, every day matters, every person counts. And that includes you.
MAX LUCADO -
God has enough grace to solve every dilemma you face, wipe every tear you cry, and answer every question you ask.
MAX LUCADO -
Gratitude lifts our eyes off the things we lack so we might see the blessings we possess.
MAX LUCADO -
Next time a sunrise steals your breath or a meadow of flowers leave you speechless, remain that way. Say nothing, and listen as Heaven whispers, “Do you like it? I did it just for you.”
MAX LUCADO -
Find joy in the ordinary.
MAX LUCADO -
The difference between mercy and grace? Mercy gave the prodigal son a second chance. Grace gave him a feast.
MAX LUCADO -
Prayer pushes us through life’s slumps, propels us over the humps and pulls us out of the dumps. Prayer is the oomph we need to get the answers we seek.
MAX LUCADO -
Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the One who hears it and not in the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference.
MAX LUCADO -
Stay strong! Your test will become your test-imony, your mess will become your mess-age.
MAX LUCADO