--- title: "19 Sermons Quotes By Max Lucado" description: "19 Sermons quotes by Max Lucado. Plus more from Max Lucado and more Sermons sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad4/max-lucado-190_book_all-my-books-come-out-of-sermons-and-i-m_173112.jpg" --- > [All my books come out of sermons, and I'm really a pastor who writes rather than a writer who pastors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/all-my-books-come-out-of-sermons-and-i-m-really-a-pastor-who-writes/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad4/max-lucado-190_book_all-my-books-come-out-of-sermons-and-i-m_173112.jpg) > [Creativity has got to be the warp and woof, the heart and soul, of our sermons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/creativity-has-got-to-be-the-warp-and-woof-the-heart-and-soul-of-our/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/593/max-lucado-190_creativity_creativity-has-got-to-be-the-warp-and-wo_2860853.jpg) > [I don't think I have ever created an entire fiction piece or followed a historical piece and made that into a sermon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/i-don-t-think-i-have-ever-created-an-entire-fiction-piece-or-followed/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/140/max-lucado-190_fiction_i-don-t-think-i-have-ever-created-an-ent_2548518.jpg) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/in-march-2011-i-m-trying-to-decide-on-a-sermon-series-that-i-will/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f1/max-lucado-190_january_in-march-2011-i-m-trying-to-decide-on-a_2145463.jpg) > [Most of my sermons are inspirational, and I believe people need that encouragement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/most-of-my-sermons-are-inspirational-and-i-believe-people-need-that/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/201/max-lucado-190_believe_most-of-my-sermons-are-inspirational-and_695385.jpg) > [I want a real take-home quality to the sermon, so I built the whole sermon series around the word grace, those five…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/i-want-a-real-take-home-quality-to-the-sermon-so-i-built-the-whole/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b9/max-lucado-190_built_i-want-a-real-take-home-quality-to-the-s_2817132.jpg) > [I think I could do better in my approach to application. I think I could do better in preaching practical sermons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/i-think-i-could-do-better-in-my-approach-to-application-i-think-i/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd0/max-lucado-190_application_i-think-i-could-do-better-in-my-approach_2009113.jpg) > [All of my books began as sermons, so really the heart of the message is still the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/all-of-my-books-began-as-sermons-so-really-the-heart-of-the-message/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/879/max-lucado-190_book_all-of-my-books-began-as-sermons-so-real_93223.jpg) > [It was a matter of going back through a lot of sermons and remembering the questions and conversations, where these ideas came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/it-was-a-matter-of-going-back-through-a-lot-of-sermons-and/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/005/max-lucado-190_answers_it-was-a-matter-of-going-back-through-a_74219.jpg) > [It works well for me to go ahead and prepare the sermon with a chapter in mind. What that does is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/it-works-well-for-me-to-go-ahead-and-prepare-the-sermon-with-a/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dec/max-lucado-190_chapters_it-works-well-for-me-to-go-ahead-and-pre_3176254.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/i-ve-never-really-prided-myself-as-being-quick-on-my-feet-maybe-you/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46a/max-lucado-190_answers_i-ve-never-really-prided-myself-as-being_1810043.jpg) > [All of my sermons become books. I've been accused of having no unpublished thought. I encourage pastors to do that. I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/all-of-my-sermons-become-books-i-ve-been-accused-of-having-no/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42a/max-lucado-190_accused_all-of-my-sermons-become-books-i-ve-been_2648946.jpg) > [Maybe you've had the experience where somebody's asked you a question and you give an answer, then later in the day you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/maybe-you-ve-had-the-experience-where-somebody-s-asked-you-a-question/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bd/max-lucado-190_answers_maybe-you-ve-had-the-experience-where-so_361748.jpg) > [I have some friends whose sermons are extremely practical - so practical that I can put them right to use. I'm trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/i-have-some-friends-whose-sermons-are-extremely-practical-so/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/460/max-lucado-190_approach_i-have-some-friends-whose-sermons-are-ex_1212412.jpg) > [I don't have a lot of time in the sermon anyway. The sermon is only 25 minutes, which to me is frighteningly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/i-don-t-have-a-lot-of-time-in-the-sermon-anyway-the-sermon-is-only-25/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/877/max-lucado-190_feels_i-don-t-have-a-lot-of-time-in-the-sermon_1240800.jpg) > [I'm right now wrapping up the sermon series on grace. I'd like to figure out what this next series will be in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/i-m-right-now-wrapping-up-the-sermon-series-on-grace-i-d-like-to/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/853/max-lucado-190_church_i-m-right-now-wrapping-up-the-sermon-ser_585471.jpg) > [I'm thinking, "What difference will this sermon make in their lives tomorrow? What am I trying to give them that will make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/i-m-thinking-what-difference-will-this-sermon-make-in-their-lives/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/854/max-lucado-190_christ_i-m-thinking-what-difference-will-this-s_602690.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) > [What I try to do is narrow the sermon series down to one big question. In this case the question is: What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/what-i-try-to-do-is-narrow-the-sermon-series-down-to-one-big-question/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc0/max-lucado-190_beauty_what-i-try-to-do-is-narrow-the-sermon-se_2261827.jpg) ## Other authors on Sermons - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-spurgeon-22605.jpg) Charles Spurgeon 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sermons/charles-spurgeon/) - [Shannon L. Alder 14 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sermons/shannon-l-alder/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-martin-luther-64750.jpg) Martin Luther 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sermons/martin-luther/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-j-c-ryle-789.jpg) J. C. Ryle 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sermons/j-c-ryle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-dwight-l-moody-30976.jpg) Dwight L. Moody 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sermons/dwight-l-moody/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-vance-havner-93139.jpg) Vance Havner 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sermons/vance-havner/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sermons/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-robert-green-ingersoll-79794.jpg) Robert Green Ingersoll 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sermons/robert-green-ingersoll/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sermons/mahatma-gandhi/) ## 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/sermons/max-lucado/#itemlist", "name": "19 Sermons Quotes By Max Lucado", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All my books come out of sermons, and I'm really a pastor who writes rather than a writer who pastors.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Max Lucado" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/all-my-books-come-out-of-sermons-and-i-m-really-a-pastor-who-writes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad4/max-lucado-190_book_all-my-books-come-out-of-sermons-and-i-m_173112.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad4/max-lucado-190_book_all-my-books-come-out-of-sermons-and-i-m_173112.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad4/max-lucado-190_book_all-my-books-come-out-of-sermons-and-i-m_173112.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All my books come out of sermons, and I'm really a pastor who writes rather than a writer who pastors.” — Max Lucado", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Creativity has got to be the warp and woof, the heart and soul, of our sermons.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Max Lucado" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/creativity-has-got-to-be-the-warp-and-woof-the-heart-and-soul-of-our/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/593/max-lucado-190_creativity_creativity-has-got-to-be-the-warp-and-wo_2860853.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/593/max-lucado-190_creativity_creativity-has-got-to-be-the-warp-and-wo_2860853.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/593/max-lucado-190_creativity_creativity-has-got-to-be-the-warp-and-wo_2860853.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Creativity has got to be the warp and woof, the heart and soul, of our sermons.” — Max Lucado", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't think I have ever created an entire fiction piece or followed a historical piece and made that into a sermon.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Max Lucado" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/i-don-t-think-i-have-ever-created-an-entire-fiction-piece-or-followed/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/140/max-lucado-190_fiction_i-don-t-think-i-have-ever-created-an-ent_2548518.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/140/max-lucado-190_fiction_i-don-t-think-i-have-ever-created-an-ent_2548518.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/140/max-lucado-190_fiction_i-don-t-think-i-have-ever-created-an-ent_2548518.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't think I have ever created an entire fiction piece or followed a historical piece and made that into…” — Max Lucado", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In March 2011 I'm trying to decide on a sermon series that I will preach in January 2012. 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