Here's what I really love: I love a funny story that I can tag a serious line on the end of. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I try to be honest; I really do try not to exaggerate the story. I try to be accurate. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I think there is something about a story that is enduring. Stories take on a life of their own. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
The Bible is the story of two gardens. Eden and Gethsemane. In the first, Adam took a fall. In the second, Jesus… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Truth can arrive within the story and ride latent - a bit incognito - within a story, and people are more prone… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I would guess that about 75% of my stories are like that - personal experiences that I probably over-milk. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
A story does that: it will reach out and hook somebody and hold them for just a few moments while you unpack… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I think there is a time, if I can say this; there is a time in a message where you might just… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
God cast you in His play, wrote you into His story. He has a definite direction for your life. Fulfill it and… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
In order to find Jesus, every one of us needs direction. God gives it. The story of the wise men shows us… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
The Bible is full of stories of men and women who've found themselves in frightening situations but who chose to look up… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
If we think that this life is all there is to life, then there is no interpretation of our problems, our pain,… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
In this post-modern culture in which we live - where people question absolute truth - stories are resistant to platitudes; they're resistant… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Matthew loved the magi. He gave their story more square inches of text than he gave the narrative of the birth of… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I'm convinced that the Christian claim is really true, that this is just a warm up to the big event. That this… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
And we need to share our story. Not with everyone but with someone. There is someone who is like you were. And… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
The Prodigal Son story is, I think, the greatest short-story ever written. It has such drama in it, such great characters, it's… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I think you can tilt too far to the side of the story where the message is just simply entertainment. So I… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
The Bible is the story of two gardens: Eden and Gethsemane. In the first, Adam took a fall. In the second, Jesus… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
What you and I might rate as an absolute disaster, God may rate as a pimple-level problem that will pass. He views… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
For all its peculiarities and unevenness, the Bible has a simple story. God made man. Man rejected God. God won't give up… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I've found great virtue in two-thirds of the way into the message; right before I'm really want to nail home a point,… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
You cover 50 yards on the playing field of faith with a story that downplays your success. You cover 3 yards, or… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
It's my hope that as you dip your toe into the Bible's story and viewpoint, you'll find yourself feeling that the Good… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I didn't want to just write stories that were entertaining. Nor did I want to be so scholarly that people couldn't digest… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I think a story is an attention grabber. I think it's a truth conveyor. Those are two great features of a good… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I believe the Bible tells a story we recognize as true. I don't just mean it tells an accurate story - though… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
What I may intend for a story to communicate and what a story ends up communicating could be two different things. And… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
My book centers in on the New Testament, the goal being to help a person who wants to understand the Bible to… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
The strength of a story is that it stays with people and it gives an opportunity for that story to connect with… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Well, I think the main message is there is more to your story. There is more than what happens between the crib… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
It's such a unique story. Book of Joshua in the Bible wasn't always my favorite book, by the way. Only some ago… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I do think there is great strength, though, in starting a sermon with a story, then returning to that story at the… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that the purpose of life is not this life. It is to equip us, whatever our role is going… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Every time we equip the church with a verse, chapter or a story from the Bible, we're really placing another weapon in… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I could easily go through all my books and mark the ones that were original, mark the ones that were adapted or… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I really enjoy making people laugh; I've discovered that's a great technique. That's as powerful as stirring their sorrow, stirring their compassion, because that… — Max Lucado Copy Share
When we look at the love of Christ, we make a wonderful discovery. Love is more a decision than an emotion! Christ-like love applauds… — Max Lucado Copy Share
You will be at your best forever, Even now you have good moments. Occasional glimpses of your heavenly self. When you change your baby's… — Max Lucado Copy Share
“Ageing. We laugh about it, and we groan about it. We resist it, but we cant't stop it. And with the chuckles and wrinkles… — Max Lucado Copy Share
“You’ve already learned, haven’t you, that a promise made is not always a promise kept? Just because someone is called your dad, that doesn’t… — Max Lucado Copy Share
If you're feeling pain, express that to the Lord. If you're feeling worried, express those worries. One passage that gives me comfort is in… — Max Lucado Copy Share
The church is never a place to show off. Do your good deeds quietly. Serve; don't seek to be seen — Max Lucado Copy Share
If there are a thousand steps between us and God, He will take all but one. He will leave the final one for us.… — Max Lucado Copy Share
God's love never ceases. Never... God doesn't love us less if we fail or more if we succeed. God's love never ceases. — Max Lucado Copy Share
Are you on the eve of change? Embrace it. Accept it. Don't resist it. Change is not only a part of life, change is… — Max Lucado Copy Share
God will use whatever he wants to display his glory. Heavens and stars. History and nations. People and problems. — Max Lucado Copy Share
Whether or not storms come, we can not choose. But where we stare during a storm, that we can. — Max Lucado Copy Share
