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. Max Lucado More Quotes by Max Lucado More Quotes From Max Lucado For those who never pray, maybe now you will. For those of us who attempt to pray, maybe we can pray more. Max Lucado praying God has work for you to do. Max Lucado Does God understand you? Find the answer in Bethlehem. Max Lucado bethlehem answers doe We preachers, people entrust us with their time week after week. I'm still stunned that people will let me talk to them for thirty minutes about anything I want to. It's a wonderful treasure that we are to steward. Max Lucado treasure want people To me that's always a little satisfying - to find an underdeveloped topic and start developing it. Max Lucado topics developing littles We're also a multi-site church, so we have other pastors on other campuses who want to read the message before the video plays on the weekend services. So it just works better for me. Max Lucado weekend church play We act like God's only good when the outcome is good. We say, 'We've got a good God because I've got a good job.' But what if I don't have a good job? Does that mean God's not good anymore? Max Lucado what-if jobs mean The English name Jesus traces its origin to the Hebrew word Yeshua. Yeshua is a shortening of Yehoshuah, which means "Yahweh saves." Max Lucado names mean jesus Not everybody can create a foundation that's worth a billion dollars, but all of us can figure out those things we do. I really think God loves us too much to give us an assignment we don't enjoy doing. Max Lucado foundation giving thinking I want a real take-home quality to the sermon, so I built the whole sermon series around the word grace, those five letters. Max Lucado real grace home All I did was collect a few of the questions I've been asked through the years, write up a brief response and put them in this publication. As a pastor, you get asked questions and receive emails. Many of them I had answered, but just in conversation. So we kind of re-crafted the question and answered it. It turned out to be an interesting exercise. I hope it's encouraging for people. Max Lucado exercise writing years I co-pastor now, so I preach six months, then another guy preaches six months. So that's really why I'm preparing for January, because I'll finish in June; then I'll be writing and doing other projects for the rest of the year. Max Lucado june writing years God did everything necessary to get Herod's attention. He sent messengers from the East and a message from the Torah. He sent wonders from the sky and words from Scripture. He sent the testimony of the heavens and the teaching of the prophets. But Herod refused to listen. He chose his puny dynasty over Christ. He died a miserable old man. Max Lucado teaching sky men I see that a lot in my own life and in the lives of others.Does the presence of pain mean the absence of God? Max Lucado pain doe mean Most people have settled for a wimpy grace. It's something that doesn't change their lives. There is a difference between grace and mercy. Mercy is the decision of God not to punish us. But grace is the decision of God to save and bless us. Max Lucado grace-and-mercy differences people The Scripture says, "This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it" [Psalm 118:24].Glory days are days that can happen right now. The key is understanding some basic principles that don't just apply to any one season of life but transcend all seasons of life - not allowing our circumstances to define our outlook on life, but allowing what God's Word says about life to define that outlook. Max Lucado outlook-on-life understanding keys It's my hope that as you dip your toe into the Bible's story and viewpoint, you'll find yourself feeling that the Good Book knows more about the world - and about you - than any normal book does. Max Lucado finding-yourself feelings book Our kids were God's kids first... We tend to forget this fact, regarding our children as "our" children, as though we have the final say in their health and welfare. We don't. All people are God's people, including the small people who sit at our tables. Max Lucado religious christian god Thats usually what I gravitate to, I read The Perfect Storm, then I read Into Thin Air . Max Lucado storm air perfect I've never really prided myself as being quick on my feet. Max Lucado feet
