Max Lucado (born January 11, 1955) is a best-selling Christian author and writer and preacher at Oak Hills Church (formerly the Oak Hills Church of Christ) in San Antonio, Texas.
Those who successfully go through tough times do so because they keep insisting.
When we see death, we see disaster. When Jesus sees death, he sees deliverance!
Love the one who wears your ring. And cherish the children who share your name. Succeed at home first.
You are saved, not because of what you do, but because of what Christ did. And you are special, not because of what you do, but because of whose you are. And you are his. And because we are his, let's forget the shortcuts and stay on the main road. He knows the way. He drew the map. He knows the way home.
Don't be defined by your failures, be refined by them.
He came, not as a flash of light or as an unapproachable conqueror, but as one whose first cries were heard by a peasant girl and a sleepy carpenter. God tapped humanity on its collective shoulder, "Pardon me," he said, and eternity interrupted time, divinity interrupted carnality, and heaven interrupted the earth in the form of a baby. Christianity was born in one big heavenly interruption.
If you are 8 hours a day in a job you hate, you're not going to be a very good spouse; it can contribute to chemical dependency, financial mismanagement.
I don't think God is a gender. He presents himself as a father but he comes to us with the tenderness of a mother. In some of the parables, he is the housewife who cleans the house looking for the lost coin.
The secret of loving is living loved.
You are never more like Jesus than when you pray for others. Pray for this hurting world.
How we handle our tough times stays with us for a long time.
The duty of the branch is to cling to the vine.
Nothing fosters courage like a clear grasp of grace. . . & nothing fosters fear like an ignorance of mercy
One phrase summarizes the horror of hell. "God isn't there. "
The influence of the Church does not depend on the Church, it depends on the Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit will never lose its influence. He is God and He is influencing society.
People are watching the way we act, more than they are listening to what we say.
When I was a young kid, my dad, a man of few words, told my brother and me, "Boys, Christmas is about Jesus. " I thought about what he said, and I began asking the Christmas questions. I've been asking them ever since. I love the answers I've found.
In order to find Jesus, every one of us needs direction. God gives it. The story of the wise men shows us how. The star sign was enough to lead the magi to Jerusalem. But it took Scripture to lead them to Jesus.
God gives us people to love and things to use, not things to love and people to use.
Compassion gives us a common ground to stand on regardless of your faith background. It gives us a chance to stand shoulder-to-shoulder rather than go fist-to-fist with somebody.