--- title: "6 Communicate Quotes By Max Lucado" description: "6 Communicate quotes by Max Lucado. Plus more from Max Lucado and more Communicate sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/530/max-lucado-190_altars_the-prodigal-son-story-is-i-think-the-gr_797379.jpg" --- > [The Prodigal Son story is, I think, the greatest short-story ever written. It has such drama in it, such great characters, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/the-prodigal-son-story-is-i-think-the-greatest-short-story-ever/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/530/max-lucado-190_altars_the-prodigal-son-story-is-i-think-the-gr_797379.jpg) > [What I may intend for a story to communicate and what a story ends up communicating could be two different things. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/what-i-may-intend-for-a-story-to-communicate-and-what-a-story-ends-up/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2be/max-lucado-190_communicate_what-i-may-intend-for-a-story-to-communi_814886.jpg) > [The purpose of the Bible is simply to proclaim God's plan to save His children. It asserts that man is lost and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/the-purpose-of-the-bible-is-simply-to-proclaim-god-s-plan-to-save-his/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34e/max-lucado-190_bible_the-purpose-of-the-bible-is-simply-to-pr_909133.jpg) > [I do think there is great strength, though, in starting a sermon with a story, then returning to that story at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/i-do-think-there-is-great-strength-though-in-starting-a-sermon-with-a/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba1/max-lucado-190_audience_i-do-think-there-is-great-strength-thoug_1760519.jpg) > [You don't have to be dishonest to communicate the gospel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/you-don-t-have-to-be-dishonest-to-communicate-the-gospel/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa0/max-lucado-190_christianity_you-don-t-have-to-be-dishonest-to-commun_2637471.jpg) > [God uses every possible means to communicate with you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/god-uses-every-possible-means-to-communicate-with-you/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bb/max-lucado-190_communicate_god-uses-every-possible-means-to-communi_2951002.jpg) ## Other authors on Communicate ## More by Max Lucado > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/i-really-enjoy-making-people-laugh-i-ve-discovered-that-s-a-great/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/when-we-look-at-the-love-of-christ-we-make-a-wonderful-discovery-love/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/you-will-be-at-your-best-forever-even-now-you-have-good-moments/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/ageing-we-laugh-about-it-and-we-groan-about-it-we-resist-it-but-we/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/you-ve-already-learned-haven-t-you-that-a-promise-made-is-not-always/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) > [God is near whether you sense His presence or not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/god-is-near-whether-you-sense-his-presence-or-not/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/if-you-re-feeling-pain-express-that-to-the-lord-if-you-re-feeling/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) > [The church is never a place to show off. Do your good deeds quietly. Serve; don't seek to be seen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/the-church-is-never-a-place-to-show-off-do-your-good-deeds-quietly/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) > [If there are a thousand steps between us and God, He will take all but one. He will leave the final one for us.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/if-there-are-a-thousand-steps-between-us-and-god-he-will-take-all-but/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/god-s-love-never-ceases-never-god-doesn-t-love-us-less-if-we-fail-or/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/are-you-on-the-eve-of-change-embrace-it-accept-it-don-t-resist-it/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) > [There's no limit to God's love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/there-s-no-limit-to-god-s-love/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) > [God will use whatever he wants to display his glory. Heavens and stars. History and nations. People and problems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/god-will-use-whatever-he-wants-to-display-his-glory-heavens-and-stars/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) > [Whether or not storms come, we can not choose. But where we stare during a storm, that we can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/whether-or-not-storms-come-we-can-not-choose-but-where-we-stare/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) > [Write today's worries in sand. Chisel yesterday's victories in stone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/write-today-s-worries-in-sand-chisel-yesterday-s-victories-in-stone/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communicate/max-lucado/#itemlist", "name": "6 Communicate Quotes By Max Lucado", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Prodigal Son story is, I think, the greatest short-story ever written. It has such drama in it, such great characters, it's so clear and concise, and it's entertaining in the sense that everyone can relate to it. But you have no doubt what our Lord was trying to communicate in the heart of that story. So the truth was not sacrificed on the altar of entertainment in that case. 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