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Max Lucado Quotes - Page 21

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In this post-modern culture in which we live - where people question absolute truth - stories are resistant to platitudes; they're resistant to me making declarations of truth to them. A story can do that in kind of a

In this post-modern culture in which we live - where people question absolute truth - stories are resistant to platitudes; they're resistant to me making declarations of truth to them. A story can do that in kind of a Trojan-horse fashion.

Fashion, Horse, People

Source: www.preaching.com

I don't think I have ever created an entire fiction piece or followed a historical piece and made that into a sermon.

Thinking, Historical, Fiction

Source: www.preaching.com

God has a timeline. And because of Bethlehem, we have an idea where we stand on it.

Ideas, Bethlehem, Timelines

Source: www.biblegateway.com

God wants you to know that he gets you.

Want, Knows

Source: www.biblegateway.com

Every movie really does have a message. Somebody somewhere is trying to make a point or advance a cause or promote their agenda. There's nothing wrong with that. They try to do so in an entertaining fashion.

Fashion, Trying, Doe

"Pastor/Author Max Lucado talks about seeing his bestselling book 'The Christmas Candle' turned into a movie". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.

God did everything necessary to get Herod's attention. He sent messengers from the East and a message from the Torah. He sent wonders from the sky and words from Scripture. He sent the testimony of the heavens and the teaching of the prophets. But Herod refused to listen. He chose his puny dynasty over Christ. He died a miserable old man.

Teaching, Men, Sky

Source: www.biblegateway.com

Unhappiness on earth cultivates a hunger for heaven. By gracing us with a deep dissatisfaction, God holds our attention.

Heaven, Attention, Earth

Max Lucado (1999). “When God Whispers Your Name”, p.226, Thomas Nelson Inc

If relationships matter most then [at the end of our lives], shouldn't they matter most now?

Matter, Ends, Our Lives

There's something about compassion that causes society to say, 'We're going to take this person seriously.' Take Mother Teresa. She was confrontational on abortion, but she wasn't rejected by society.

Mother, Compassion, Abortion

Demanding respect is like chasing a butterfly. Chase it, and you'll never catch it. Sit still, and it may light on your shoulder.

Butterfly, Light, May

Twitter post from Jul 17, 2015

Live in such a way that the world will be glad you did.

World, Way, Glad

Max Lucado, Jenna Lucado Bishop (2010). “You Were Made to Make a Difference”, p.21, Thomas Nelson Inc

God grants us an uncommon life to the degree we surrender our common one.

Inspirational, Degrees, Common

FaceBook post by Max Lucado from Jun 28, 2011

Your challenge is not your challenge. Your challenge is the way you think about your challenge. Your problem is not your problem; it is the way you look at it.

Thinking, Challenges, Looks

"Anxious for Nothing: An Interview with Max Lucado". Interview with Jonathan Petersen, www.biblegateway.com. September 19, 2017.

How does God deal with your bitter heart? He reminds you that what you have is more important than what you don't have. You still have your relationship with God. No one can take that.

God, Christian, Religious

Max Lucado (1999). “He Still Moves Stones”, p.24, Thomas Nelson Inc

Does God know if I am ignored or rejected? Find the answer in the compassionate eyes of Christ as he stands to defend the adulterous woman.

Eye, Doe, Answers

Source: www.biblegateway.com

The idea of a spiritual heart transplant is a vivid image to me; once you have the heart of somebody else inside you, then that heart is there. Jesus' heart is inside me, and my heart is gone. So if God were to place a stethoscope against my chest, he would hear the heart of Jesus Christ beating.

Spiritual, Jesus, Heart

Sentences are like just caught fish. Spunky today, stinky tomorrow.

Today, Tomorrow, Caught

The temptation is for us to share our own opinions, our own thoughts and to speak from the whole realm of possibility. We can't do that as pastors. We need to have a strong voice of conviction, and the way we can do that is through Scripture.

Strong, Voice, Temptation

Source: www.sermoncentral.com

Through the years, I have always enjoyed anything Chuck Swindoll has written. When I first got into writing Chuck's books really modeled a style of writing that I thought was accessible to people and yet still biblical. I wanted to do that.

Book, Writing, Biblical

"Max Lucado on 'Glory Days,' Being a Grandparent and His Favorite Book of the Bible (Interview)". Interview with Kelly Wilson Mize, www.christianpost.com. February 8, 2016.

Sometimes when you read the Bible, you find yourself asking, "How does this book know that about me? How does it know that about our world - especially when it was written so long ago?"

Book, Long Ago, Our World

Source: www.biblegateway.com

I guess grace doesn't have to [be] logical. If it did, it wouldn't be grace.

Grace, Logical, Miscellaneous

Max Lucado (2011). “No Wonder They Call Him the Savior -: Discover Hope in the Unlikeliest Place?Upon the Cross”, p.67, Thomas Nelson Inc

Be kind to yourself. God thinks you're worth his kindness. And he's a good judge of character.

Kindness, Character, Thinking

FaceBook post by Max Lucado from Apr 23, 2010

When you give a gift to one of God's children, you give a gift to God.

Children, Healing, Giving

Max Lucado (1998). “Jacob's Gift”, p.1, Thomas Nelson Inc

I think you can tilt too far to the side of the story where the message is just simply entertainment. So I think your goal has to be to craft in one sentence what the truth is you are trying to convey. And then you find or create a story that you wrap around that truth.

Thinking, Goal, Trying

Source: www.preaching.com

What you do for a tree, God does for you.

Tree, Doe

Source: www.biblegateway.com

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