God's goal is not to get what you want; it is to get you what you need. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Today's belief is tomorrow's behavior. If you want to be happier person tomorrow, sow seeds of happiness today. — 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
He saw you in your own Gethsemane and He didn't want you to be alone..He would rather go to hell for you… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
When you read that our heavenly home is similar to a bride, tell me, doesn't it make you want to go home. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I try to help people see that God uses pain, that pain is one of the ways God shapes us into 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
God will use whatever he wants to display his glory. Heavens and stars. History and nations. People and problems. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Vengeance fixes your attention on life's ugliest moments. Is this where you want to look? Remember: God dispenses perfect justice. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
To live as God's child is to know that you are loved by your Maker not because you try to please him… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
All preaching should be as creative as we can make it. We've been entrusted with such a treasure. To have anywhere from… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
God wants us to know we are saved, for saved people are dangerous people, willing to face off with the world, unafraid… — 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
Usually I'm able to prepare a message about two to three weeks in advance.I know some preachers don't like that. They want… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Do you believe that God is near? He wants you to. He wants you to know that He is in the midst… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I don't have any desire to retire in the sense of not doing anything. Because as long as the Lord gives me… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
We're also a multi-site church, so we have other pastors on other campuses who want to read the message before the video… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I think we live in slavery to fear. Most people don't have an answer to the death question and really don't even… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
You want to make a difference in your world? Live a holy life: Be faithful to your spouse. Be the one at… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I don't get the impression that most sources of media - like television and movies - are trying to get out a… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
When you are in the final days of your life, what will you want? Will you hug that college degree in the… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
If I'm a young mom or young dad, I can find a great source of strength. God has promised that He will… — 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
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
Someday I want to go back and maybe write another book on those seven sayings. I just think they are kind of… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Listen carefully to the feedback your readers give you. Dont write unless people want you to write, a lot of people write… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Nature is God's workshop. The sky is his resume. The universe is his calling card. You want to know who God is?… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I believe you select a president who best represents what you think are the values that God wants us to have. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I don't have any desire to retire in the sense of not doing anything. As long as the Lord gives me strength… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
No one wants your worries...not even you. Anxiety comes at a high cost. Let Jesus lead you beside still waters. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
God wants the world to see what God can do with his purchased possessions. So he prunes you. — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
We preachers, people entrust us with their time week after week. I'm still stunned that people will let me talk to them… — 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
There is a rawness and a wonder to life. Pursue it. Hunt for it. Sell out to get it. Don't listen to… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Were studying in Philippians, and Im trying to figure out this passage, Paul says I want to know Christ. What does that… — 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
