Our Savior kneels down and gazes upon the darkest acts of our lives. But rather than recoil in horror, he reaches out in kindness and says, “I can clean that if you want.” And from the basin of his grace, he scoops a palm full of mercy and washes away our sin.
MAX LUCADOWhat if you woke up this morning and had only the things you thanked God for yesterday?
More Max Lucado Quotes
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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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God is always near us. Always for us. Always in us.
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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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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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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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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.
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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.
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God gives us people to love and things to use, not things to love and people to use.
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Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life.
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Don’t measure the size of the mountain; talk to the One who can move it.
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Gratitude lifts our eyes off the things we lack so we might see the blessings we possess.
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You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you.
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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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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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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.
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