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.
MAX LUCADOThe duty of the branch is to cling to the vine.
More Max Lucado Quotes
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If today were your last, would you do what you’re doing? Or would you love more, give more, forgive more?
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If your God is mighty enough to ignite the sun, could it be that He is mighty enough to light your path?
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Christ entered our world. As a result, we can enter His.
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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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When you’re full of yourself, God can’t fill you. But when you empty yourself, God has a useful vessel.
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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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Find joy in the ordinary.
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You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you.
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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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What if you woke up this morning and had only the things you thanked God for yesterday?
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Be patient. God is using today’s difficulties to strengthen you for tomorrow. He is equipping you. The God who makes things grow will help you bear fruit.
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Anxiety and fear are cousins but not twins. Fear sees a threat. Anxiety imagines one.
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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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Nails didn’t hold God to a cross. Love did.
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Your goal is not to know every detail of the future. Your goal is to hold the hand of the One who does and never, ever let go.
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