I think I could do better in my approach to application. I think I could do better in preaching practical sermons. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
All of my books began as sermons, so really the heart of the message is still the same. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
In March 2011 I'm trying to decide on a sermon series that I will preach in January 2012. So, I'm about six months out. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Most of my sermons are inspirational, and I believe people need that encouragement. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
All my books come out of sermons, and I'm really a pastor who writes rather than a writer who pastors. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I don't have a lot of time in the sermon anyway. The sermon is only 25 minutes, which to me is frighteningly… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Maybe you've had the experience where somebody's asked you a question and you give an answer, then later in the day you… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I have some friends whose sermons are extremely practical - so practical that I can put them right to use. I'm trying… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I've never really prided myself as being quick on my feet. Maybe you've had the experience where somebody's asked you a question… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
It was a matter of going back through a lot of sermons and remembering the questions and conversations, where these ideas came… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I'm thinking, "What difference will this sermon make in their lives tomorrow? What am I trying to give them that will make… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I'm right now wrapping up the sermon series on grace. I'd like to figure out what this next series will be in… — 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 want a real take-home quality to the sermon, so I built the whole sermon series around the word grace, those five… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I don't think I have ever created an entire fiction piece or followed a historical piece and made that into a sermon. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Creativity has got to be the warp and woof, the heart and soul, of our sermons. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
All of my sermons become books. I've been accused of having no unpublished thought. I encourage pastors to do that. I think… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
It works well for me to go ahead and prepare the sermon with a chapter in mind. What that does is to… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
What I try to do is narrow the sermon series down to one big question. In this case the question is: What… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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