God's present is his presence. His greatest gift is himself. Max Lucado More Quotes by Max Lucado More Quotes From Max Lucado The one thing that I cannot do without each day is hope. Max Lucado one-thing each-day Apple trees bear apples, wheat stalks produce wheat, and forgiven people forgive people. Max Lucado forgiveness apples people We're important, but not essential; valuable, but not indispensable. We have a part in the play, but we are not the main act. A song to sing, but we are not the featured voice. God is. Max Lucado voice play song Those who successfully go through tough times do so because they keep insisting. Max Lucado insisting tough-times tough I choose love. No occasion justifies hatred; no injustice warrants bitterness, I choose love. Today I will love God and what God loves. Max Lucado hatred today love Anxiety and fear are cousins but not twins. Fear sees a threat. Anxiety imagines one. Max Lucado cousin anxiety twins There is a rawness and a wonder to life. Pursue it. Hunt for it. Sell out to get it. Don't listen to the whines of those who have settled for a second-rate life and want you to do the same so they won't feel guilty. Your goal is not to live long; it's to live. Max Lucado goal want long Faith is the bird that sings while it is yet dark. Max Lucado dark bird What you and I might rate as an absolute disaster, God may rate as a pimple-level problem that will pass. He views your life the way you view a movie after you've read the book. When something bad happens, you feel the air sucked out of the theater. Everyone else gasps at the crisis on the screen. Not you. Why? You've read the book. You know how the good guy gets out of the tight spot. God views your life with the same confidence. He's not only read your story...he wrote it. Max Lucado air inspirational book Though the Bible was written over sixteen centuries by at least forty authors, it has one central theme-salvation through faith in Christ. Max Lucado sixteen inspirational christ Faith is the conviction that God knows more than we do about this life and He will get us through it. Max Lucado god-knows this-life conviction God answers the mess of life with one word: Grace. Max Lucado poor-choices grace answers Never underestimate the power that comes when a parent pleads with God on behalf of a child. Max Lucado underestimate parent children Resentment is when you allow what’s eating you to eat you up. Revenge is the raging fire that consumes the arsonist. Bitterness is the trap that snares the hunter. And mercy is the choice that can set them all free. Max Lucado choices revenge fire If you knew Jesus was coming tomorrow, what would you do today? Then do it! Max Lucado tomorrow today jesus The mind that is full of God is empty of anxiety. Are you troubled, restless, sleepless? Then think of God more! Max Lucado anxiety mind thinking Conflict is inevitable but combat is optional. Max Lucado ubuntu war peace God would rather give up His son..than give up on us Max Lucado giving-up giving son If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it. If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it. He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning... Face it, friend. He is crazy about you! Max Lucado uplifting morning inspirational First, God does not send people to hell. He simply honors their choice. Hell is the ultimate expression of God's high regard for the dignity of man. He has never forced us to choose Him, even when that means we would choose Hell. Max Lucado christian god mean
