Stay strong! Your test will become your test-imony, your mess will become your mess-age.
MAX LUCADOGive your problems to Christ before your problems get to you.
More Max Lucado Quotes
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A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.
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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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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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God has proven himself as a faithful father. Now it falls to us to be trusting children.
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When grace moves in guilt moves out.
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If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.
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Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realising you were the prisoner!
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With God, every day matters, every person counts. And that includes you.
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God loves you simply because He has chosen to do so. He loves you when you don’t feel lovely. He loves you when no one else loves you. Others may abandon you, divorce you, and ignore you, but God will love you always. No matter what!
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God never said that the journey would be easy, but He did say that the arrival would be worthwhile.
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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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Anxiety and fear are cousins but not twins. Fear sees a threat. Anxiety imagines one.
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The difference between mercy and grace? Mercy gave the prodigal son a second chance. Grace gave him a feast.
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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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Don’t quit. For if you do, you may miss the answer to your prayers.
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The duty of the branch is to cling to the vine.
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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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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 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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When we put someone in our jail cell of hatred, we are stuck guarding the door.
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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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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.
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God’s highest desire is not to make us rich, successful or popular. His goal is to make us His
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As we meditate on Christ’s life, we find strength for our own.
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The lack of God-centeredness leads to self-centeredness.
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You are valuable because you exist. Not because of what you do or what you have done – but simply because you are.
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