Answer the big question of eternity, and the little questions of life fall into perspective. Max Lucado More Quotes by Max Lucado More Quotes From Max Lucado The past does not have to be your prison. You have a voice in your destiny. You have a say in your life. You have a choice in the path you take. Max Lucado destinyvoicepast Next time a sunrise steals your breath or a meadow of flowers leave you speechless, remain that way. Say nothing, and listen as Heaven whispers, "Do you like it? I did it just for you." Max Lucado flowerinspirationalheaven Jesus tends to his people individually. He personally sees to our needs. We all receive Jesus' touch. We experience his care. Max Lucado religiouschristiangod Let your failures refine you, not define you. Max Lucado define-you 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. Max Lucado lightworrygiving God's highest desire is not to make us rich, successful or popular. His goal is to make us His Max Lucado goalsuccessfuldesire Don't be defined by your failures, be refined by them. Max Lucado refineddefined God has forgiven you; you'd be wise to do the same Max Lucado being-wiseforgivenwise Be a child again. Flirt. Giggle. Dip your cookies in your milk. Take a nap. Say you're sorry if you hurt someone. Chase a butterfly. Be a child again. Max Lucado hurtmotivationalchildren Scripture often reminds us that it's not enough to have ears - we must use them. Max Lucado scriptureuseears We are Jesus Christ's; we belong to him. But even more, we are increasingly him. He moves in and commandeers our hands and feet, requisitions our minds and tongues. We sense his rearranging: debris into the divine, pig's ear into silk purse. He repurposes bad decisions and squalid choices. Little by little, a new image emerges. Max Lucado pigsmovingjesus The purpose of the Bible? Salvation. God's highest passion is to get His children home. His book, the Bible, describes His plan of salvation. The purpose of the Bible is to proclaim god's plan and passion to save His children. Max Lucado passionbookchildren Off to one side sits a group of shepherds. They sit silently on the floor, perhaps perplexed, perhaps in awe, no doubt in amazement. Their night watch had been interrupted by an explosion of light from heaven and a symphony of angels. God goes to those who have time to hear him-and so on this cloudless night he went to simple shepherds. Max Lucado christmasangelsimple Want to snatch a day from the manacles of boredom? Do overgenerous deeds, acts beyond reimbursement. Kindness without compensation. Do a deed for which you cannot be repaid. Max Lucado boredomkindnessinspirational If we think that this life is all there is to life, then there is no interpretation of our problems, our pain, not even of our privileges. But everything changes when we open up to the possibility that God's story is really our story too. Max Lucado painstoriesthinking Your requests change history because your prayers change God! Max Lucado change-godrequestprayer Don't quit. For if you do, you may miss the answer to your prayers. Max Lucado prayermissinganswers Mark it down. You will never go where God is not. Max Lucado markinspirational Has worrying about tomorrow every changed it? Max Lucado changedtomorrowworry Forgive and give as if it were your last opportunity. Max Lucado lastsopportunitygiving
