When we put someone in our jail cell of hatred, we are stuck guarding the door.
MAX LUCADOFear creates a form of spiritual amnesia.
More Max Lucado Quotes
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First, God does not send people to hell. He simply honors their choice. Hell is the ultimate expression of God’s high regard for the dignity of man. He has never forced us to choose Him, even when that means we would choose Hell.
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God has enough grace to solve every dilemma you face, wipe every tear you cry, and answer every question you ask.
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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.
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Fear creates a form of spiritual amnesia.
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Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day.
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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.
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Don’t measure the size of the mountain; talk to the One who can move it.
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Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realising you were the prisoner!
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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.
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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.”
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Meet your fears with faith.
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Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day. If I succeed, I will give thanks. If I fail, I will seek his grace. And then, when this day is done, I will place my head on my pillow and rest.
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The key is this: Meet today’s problems with today’s strength. Don’t start tackling tomorrow’s problems until tomorrow. You do not have tomorrow’s strength yet. You simply have enough for today.
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Stay strong! Your test will become your test-imony, your mess will become your mess-age.
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Worry is irrelevant. It alters nothing. When was the last time you solved a problem by worrying about it?
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Jesus humbled himself. He went from commanding angels to sleeping in the straw. From holding stars to clutching Mary’s finger. The palm that held the universe took the nail of a soldier. Why? Because that’s what love does. It puts the beloved before itself.
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Lower your expectations of earth. This isn’t heaven, so don’t expect it to be.
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Anxiety and fear are cousins but not twins. Fear sees a threat. Anxiety imagines one.
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God never promises to remove us from our struggles. He does promise, however, to change the way we look at them.
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Be quick to pray. Stop talking to yourself. Talk to Christ.
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God does uncommon things through common people in common places.
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Don’t quit. For if you do, you may miss the answer to your prayers.
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What if you woke up this morning and had only the things you thanked God for yesterday?
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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.
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God sees us with the eyes of a Father. He sees our defects, errors and blemishes. But He also sees our value.
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With God, every day matters, every person counts. And that includes you.
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