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A couple of things have helped. One is that I dont travel any, that takes a lot of time from peoples schedules, if they travel, so I dont travel.

A couple of things have helped. One is that I dont travel any, that takes a lot of time from peoples schedules, if they travel, so I dont travel.

Max Lucado
Couple, Schedules, Ifs
Source: www.crosswalk.com

Some people find the gift of salvation. For others the gifts are smaller: a kind word, a good deed. But all the gifts are from God.

Max Lucado
People, Deeds, Kind
Source: www.biblegateway.com

I was about 21 when I read that [Mere Christianity], and my faith was really being shaken during those days. Its a great, classic book.

Max Lucado
Book, Classic, Christianity
Source: www.crosswalk.com

Maybe your life resembles a Bethlehem stable. Crude in some spots, smelly in others. Not much glamour. Not always neat. People in your circle remind you of stable animals: grazing like sheep, stubborn like donkeys, and that cow in the corner looks a lot like the fellow next door. You, like Joseph, knocked on the innkeeper's door. But you were too late. Or too old, sick, dull, damaged, poor, or peculiar. You know the sound of a slamming door.

Max Lucado
Animal, Sheep, Doors
Source: www.biblegateway.com

My co-pastor is Randy Frazee. Randy is the brightest bulb in this box. He really has a feeling for what a church needs in terms of maturity, so I listen to him.

Max Lucado
Maturity, Feelings, Church
Source: www.sermoncentral.com

I was praying about what I needed to teach. I felt it wasn't time to move out of the theme of Romans, which is salvation by grace through faith.

Max Lucado
Moving, Grace, Praying
Source: www.sermoncentral.com

Fredrick Buechner kind of loosened me up, hes got a little irreverency to him and I have a little too much reverancy.

Max Lucado
Littles, Too Much, Kind
Source: www.crosswalk.com

I really enjoyed reading the writings of Fredrick Buechner, I havent read anything by him in probably a decade but about 20 years ago I read four or five books of his and it helped me.

Max Lucado
Book, Reading, Writing
Source: www.crosswalk.com

Very, very rarely will I leave San Antonio to speak somewhere else. I used to do that, and it just about wore me out, so I quit traveling.

Max Lucado
Somewhere Else, San Antonio, Quitting
Source: www.crosswalk.com

What I may intend for a story to communicate and what a story ends up communicating could be two different things. And it could be an even more positive thing.

Max Lucado
Two, Stories, May
Source: www.preaching.com

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, pausing to tell a joke or to tell a light-hearted story, because I know my audience has been working with me now for 20 or 25 minutes. And if I can get them to laugh, get oxygen into their system, it wakes up those who might be sleeping, so there's something about using a story to draw people back in right before you drive home your final point. In that case I think it's real legitimate just to use a story for story's sake.

Max Lucado
Real, Sleep, Home
Source: www.preaching.com

We just need the government to be that greenhouse that permits our faith to grow.

Max Lucado
Government, Needs, Permit
Source: www.pbs.org

The Prodigal Son story is, I think, the greatest short-story ever written. It has such drama in it, such great characters, it's so clear and concise, and it's entertaining in the sense that everyone can relate to it. But you have no doubt what our Lord was trying to communicate in the heart of that story. So the truth was not sacrificed on the altar of entertainment in that case. And it can be.

Max Lucado
Drama, Heart, Character
Source: www.preaching.com

I do believe that leaders have to be held to a higher standard, especially Christian leaders. I put myself in that camp.

Max Lucado
Christian, Believe, Leader
Source: www.wbur.org

We are such a sound-bite culture; people are so accustomed to flipping through their television so quickly that we only have just a few seconds to grab someone's attention.

Max Lucado
People, Culture, Attention
Source: www.preaching.com

God is using my struggle. My struggle is the answer to the prayer.

Max Lucado
Prayer, Struggle, Answers
"Max Lucado on his new film and why December is so painful for so many". Interview with Sarah Pulliam Bailey, religionnews.com. November 22, 2013.

In a sense we're all children of God - Jesus is called the one and only Son. Monogeneo is the word, God's only "genetic" child. He bears the very essence of God. What we say about God we say about Jesus. So the promise rises and falls on the identity of Jesus.

Max Lucado
Jesus, Children, Fall
Source: www.biblestudytools.com

God knows just the place where you'll be placed. He has a barren living room in desperate need of warmth and joy. A corner of the world needs some color. He selected you with that place in mind.

Max Lucado
Color, Joy, Mind
Source: www.biblegateway.com

Gratitude. More aware of what you have than what you don't. Recognizing the treasure in the simple - a child's hug, fertile soil, a golden sunset. Relishing in the comfort of the common.

Max Lucado
Gratitude, Children, Sunset
Max Lucado (2012). “Six Hours One Friday: Living in the Power of the Cross”, p.45, Thomas Nelson Inc

We might question God's actions, decisions, or declarations. But we can never, ever question his zany, stunning, unquenchable affection.

Max Lucado
Decision, Might, Action
Source: www.biblegateway.com

If God is willing to be born in a barnyard, then expect him to be at work anywhere - bars, bedrooms, boardrooms, and brothels.

Max Lucado
Bars, Bedroom, Born
Source: www.biblegateway.com

The book on my nightstand right now isnt anything that inspired me, but it entertained me. I read a book on Labor Day, it was a holiday, and I have three daughters, and we all went to the shopping mall and I sat on the bench and read a book while they shopped, it was called The Greatest Golfer there Ever Was, it was a great book, easy to read and entertaining.

Max Lucado
Daughter, Book, Holiday
Source: www.crosswalk.com

I didn't want to just write stories that were entertaining. Nor did I want to be so scholarly that people couldn't digest it.

Max Lucado
Writing, People, Stories
Source: ww2.christianpost.com

I picked up this book called Blue Mountain, supposed to be a really good book on the Civil War.

Max Lucado
War, Book, Blue
Source: www.crosswalk.com

When it comes to Christ, you've got to do the same. Call him crazy, or crown him as king. Dismiss him as a fraud, or declare him to be God. Walk away from him, or bow before him, but don't play games with him.

Max Lucado
Christian, Jesus, Kings
Max Lucado (2012). “Next Door Savior: Near Enough to Touch, Strong Enough to Trust”, p.126, Thomas Nelson Inc

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