Quotes from Max Lucado

David did many might deeds in his life. He did many foolish deeds in his life. But perhaps the noblest was their rarely discussed deed: he honored the tired soldiers at Brook Besor. (Facing Your Giants) p 78

In God's plan every life is long enough and every death is timely. And though you and I might wish for a longer life, God knows better. And—this is important—though you and I may wish a longer life for our loved ones, they don't. Ironically, the first to accept God's decision of death is the one who dies.

Jesus entered our world not like a human but as a human.

Do art critics give awards to the canvas? Is there a Pulitzer for ink? Can you imagine a scalpel growing smug after a successful heart transplant? Of course not. They are only tools, so they get no credit for the accomplishments. And the message of the Twenty-third Psalm is that we have nothing to be proud about either.

since the power of prayer is in the one who hears it and not the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference.

So did yours. Joseph's pit came in the form of a cistern. Maybe yours came in the form of a diagnosis, a foster home, or a traumatic injury. Joseph was thrown in a hole and despised. And you? Thrown in an unemployment line and forgotten. Thrown into a divorce and abandoned, into a bed and abused. The pit. A kind of death, waterless and austere. Some people never recover. Life is reduced to one quest: get out and never be hurt again. Not simply done. Pits have no easy exits.

I was raised in the greatest of homes... just a really great dad, and I miss him so much... he was a good man, a real simple man... Very faithful, always loved my mom, always provided for the kids, and just a lot of fun.

Truth can arrive within the story and ride latent - a bit incognito - within a story, and people are more prone to receive it.

The claims of Christ are always on trial, and we remain under oath! We are his witnesses for truth.

If today were your last, would you do what you're doing? Or would you love more, give more, forgive more?

There's no limit to God's love.

What the new mate, sports car, or unexpected check could never do, Christ says, "I Can." You'll love how he achieves it. He reconnects your soul with God.

God loves you because He has chosen to do so.

Seek beauty and miss love. But seek love and find both.

He loves each one of us like there is only one of us to love (when God whisper your name)

No place is too common. No person is too hardened. No distance is too far. There's no person God cannot reach. There's no limit to his love.

God offers authentic LOVE. His devotion is the real deal. But He won't give you the genuine until you surrender the imitations.

Children spell love with four letters: T-I-M-E.

I just love preaching.

I love everything about the Christmas season.

Here's what I really love: I love a funny story that I can tag a serious line on the end of.

We have the freedom to pray and the freedom to love the God of our heart. And we have been forgiven by the only one who could condemn us. We are truly free.

God meets daily needs daily. Not weekly or annually. He will give you what you need when it is needed.

Become a worry-slapper. Treat frets like mosquitoes. Do you procrastinate when a bloodsucking bug lights on your skin? 'I'll take care of it in a moment.' Of course you don't! You give the critter the slap it deserves. Be equally decisive with anxiety.