Max Lucado Quotes

A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.

Stay strong! Your test will become your test-imony, your mess will become your mess-age.

Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day.

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.

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."

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realising you were the prisoner!

Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.

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.

If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.

There is a difference between grace and mercy. Mercy is the decision of God not to punish us. But grace is the decision of God to save and bless us.

The maker of the stars would rather die for you than live without you. And that is a fact. So if you need to brag, brag about that.

Worry is irrelevant. It alters nothing. When was the last time you solved a problem by worrying about it?

Focus on giants - you stumble. Focus on God - Giants tumble.

No one can pray and worry at the same time.

The next time you're disappointed, don't panic. Don't give up. Just be patient and let God remind you He's still in control.

God will use your mess for good. We see a perfect mess; God sees a perfect chance to train, test , and teach.

On the eve of the cross, Jesus made his decision. He would rather go to hell for you than go to heaven without you.

What if you woke up this morning and had only the things you thanked God for yesterday?

People are watching the way we act, more than they are listening to what we say.

Grace is the voice that calls us to change and then gives us the power to pull it off.

You change your life by changing your heart.

God is able to accomplish, provide, help, save, keep, subdue... He is able to do what you can't. He already has a plan. God's not bewildered. Go to Him.

Don't worry about having the right words; worry more about having the right heart. It's not eloquence he seeks, just honesty.

God can't fill you when you are already full of yourself.

The church is never a place to show off. Do your good deeds quietly. Serve; don't seek to be seen

Two types of voices command your attention today. Negative ones fill your mind with doubt, bitterness, and fear. Positive ones purvey hope and strength. Which one will you choose to heed?

God answers the mess of life with one word: Grace.

God is faithful even when his children are not.

God loves you just the way you are, but he refuses to leave you that way.

Baptism separates the tire kickers from the car buyers.

The people who make a difference are not the ones with the credentials but the ones with the concern.

You are valuable because you exist. Not because of what you do or what you have done - but simply because you are.

Our belief in God is not blind faith. Belief is having a firm conviction something is true, not hoping it's true.

The meaning of life. The wasted years of life. The poor choices of life. God answers the mess of life with one word: 'grace.'

Lower your expectations of earth. This isn't heaven, so don't expect it to be.

God never said that the journey would be easy, but He did say that the arrival would be worthwhile.

Gratitude lifts our eyes off the things we lack so we might see the blessings we possess.

The difference between mercy and grace? Mercy gave the prodigal son a second chance. Grace gave him a feast.

The mind that is full of God is empty of anxiety. Are you troubled, restless, sleepless? Then think of God more!

Those who successfully go through tough times do so because they keep insisting.

You may go days without thinking of God, but there's never a moment when He's not thinking of you.

Write today's worries in sand. Chisel yesterday's victories in stone.

Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life.

God does not exist to make a big deal out of us. We exist to make a big deal out of him. It's not about you. It's not about me. It's all about him.

A season of suffering is a small assignment when compared to the reward. Rather than begrudge your problem, explore it. Ponder it. And most of all, use it. Use it to the glory of God.

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.

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.

Anxiety and fear are cousins but not twins. Fear sees a threat. Anxiety imagines one.

God gives us people to love and things to use, not things to love and people to use.