Max Lucado
Max Lucado
Max Lucadois a best-selling Christian author and writer and preacher at Oak Hills Churchin San Antonio, Texas...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
CountryUnited States of America
expectations heaven max
Lower your expectations of earth. This isn't heaven, so don't expect it to be.
pain struggle heartache
Your pain has a purpose. Your problems, struggles, heartaches, and hassles cooperate toward one end-the glory of God.
affair good-god mankind
We serve a good God who oversees the affairs of mankind.
inspirational people listening
People are watching the way we act, more than they are listening to what we say.
keys today tomorrow
The key is this: Meet today's problems with today's strength. Don't start tackling tomorrow's problems until tomorrow. You do not have tomorrow's strength yet. You simply have enough for today.
heart worry joy
Worry is to joy what a Hoover vacuum cleaner is to dirt: might as well attach your heart to a happiness-sucker and flip the switch.
reading book writing
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.
happy-life done valuable
You are valuable because you exist. Not because of what you do or what you have done - but simply because you are.
believe worry effort
When he says we’re forgiven, let’s unload the guilt. When he says we’re valuable, let’s believe him. . . . When he says we’re provided for, let’s stop worrying. God’s efforts are strongest when our efforts are useless
love-you past visions-of-the-future
Trust God's love. His perfect love. Don't fear He will discover your past. He already has. Don't fear disappointing Him in the future. He can show you the chapter in which you will. With perfect knowledge of the past and perfect vision of the future, He loves you perfectly in spite of both.
book writing thinking
I think you could say every pastor is writing this book [ Max on Life]; for many it just never gets published.
guilty innocent thrive
Relationships don't thrive because the guilty are punished but because the innocent are merciful.
thinking anxiety mind
The mind that is full of God is empty of anxiety. Are you troubled, restless, sleepless? Then think of God more!
enemy forgiving poison
Refusing to forgive is like ingesting a lethal dose of poison and hoping it kills my enemy.