D. T. Max Quotes

Jesus came to save us from our own sins.

Regardless of the circumstances that surrounded your arrival, you are not an accident. God planned you before you were born.

When Christ was born, so was our hope.

No place is too common. No person is too hardened. No distance is too far. There's no person God cannot reach. There's no limit to his love.

The Bible is God's Word given in man's language

You'll regret opening your mouth. You'll rarely regret keeping it shut.

God does not relish our sufferings, but He delights in our development.

The pulpit is no place for self-promotion. It is a great place for self-deprecation.

I believe for God not to allow pain to happen in the world is for Him to extract free will from the world.

God's delight is received upon surrender, not awarded upon conquest.

The ultimate solution to POVERTY is found in the COMPASSION of God's people.

God wants no one to leave our presence empty handed.

It's okay to rest. Jesus fights when you cannot.

The secret of loving is living loved.

Aging is God's idea. It's one of the ways he keeps us headed homeward.

God will restore his planet and his children to their Garden of Eden splendor. It'll be perfect. Perfect in grandeur. Perfect in righteousness. Perfect in harmony.

I remember enjoying writing those, theres two clues of a gift: you enjoy doing it and people enjoy you doing it.

If you are 8 hours a day in a job you hate, you're not going to be a very good spouse; it can contribute to chemical dependency, financial mismanagement.

Live in such a way that you would not have to change your plans.

Forgiveness is choosing to see your offender with different eyes.

You long for one true friend? You have one. And because you do, you have a choice. You can... ponder the malice of your monster or the kindness of your Christ.

God offers authentic LOVE. His devotion is the real deal. But He won't give you the genuine until you surrender the imitations.

Jesus isn't a God who stayed on the mountaintop - he's a Savior who came down and lived and worked with the people.

Patience is more than a virtue for long lines and slow waiters. Patience is the red carpet upon which God's grace approaches us.

Grace is not blind. It sees the hurt full well. But chooses to see God's forgiveness even more.

The worst part of all is that, without forgiveness, bitterness is all that is left

There's an antidote to our fears- trust. If we trust God more,we can fear less.

You can climb too high for your own good. Linger too long at high altitudes and your hearing dulls and your eyesight dims.

How we handle our tough times stays with us for a long time.

The claims of Christ are always on trial, and we remain under oath! We are his witnesses for truth.

The Bible is full of stories of men and women who've found themselves in frightening situations but who chose to look up rather than look down - look up in faith - and God got them through it.

History is not an endless succession of meaningless circles but a directed movement toward a great event.

That's what I'm hoping we can all do, is come together in a spirit of prayer.

God understands how you feel and has faced what you face.

We will find grace to help us when we need it

Fear may fill our world, but it doesn’t have to fill our hearts.

God wants to help you find your way home.

God is not troubled by one who is conservative or liberal, and He certainly never inclines His ear toward a donkey or an elephant.

I don't like hassles. But I love Christmas because it reminds us how "God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God" (Rom. 8:28 NLT).

Jesus came to save us, not just from politics, enemies, challenges, or difficulties.

Every person is unique.

Revenge is the raging fire that consumes the arsonist.

When you read that our heavenly home is similar to a bride, tell me, doesn't it make you want to go home.

No place is too common.

Children spell love with four letters: T-I-M-E.

Nothing fosters courage like a clear grasp of grace... & nothing fosters fear like an ignorance of mercy

The moment Mary touched God's face is the moment God made his case: there's no place he will not go.

God knows what it's like to be a human. When I talk to him about deadlines or long lines or tough times, he understands. He's been there. He's been here.

I'm a preacher first and a writer second, although my role is changing a bit at the church. I'm going to bring on a co-teacher, but I'll still be a pastor and a writer.

I try to help people see they're going to have these times in which they turn away, in which they deny Christ and their faith grows cold, their convictions weakened; but Jesus is waiting.