Max Lucado > Quotes

“A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.”
― Max Lucado

“Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.”
― Max Lucado, He Still Moves Stones

“You are the only you God made... God made you and broke the mold.”
― Max Lucado, Cure for the Common Life: Living in Your Sweet Spot

“Forgive and give as if it were your last opportunity. Love like there's no tomorrow, and if tomorrow comes, love again.”
― Max Lucado, Every Day Deserves a Chance: Wake Up to the Gift of 24 Hours

“Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realising you were the prisoner!”
― Max Lucado

“You weren't an accident. You weren't mass produced. You aren't an assembly-line product. You were deliberately planned, specifically gifted, and lovingly positioned on the earth by the Master Craftsman.”
― Max Lucado, The Christmas Candle

“When you are in the final days of your life, what will you want?

Will you hug that college degree in the walnut frame? Will you ask to be carried to the garage so you can sit in your car? Will you find comfort in rereading your financial statement? Of course not. What will matter then will be people. If relationships will matter most then, shouldn't they matter most now?”
― Max Lucado

“To lead the orchestra, you have to turn your back on the crowd.”
― Max Lucado

“God loves you just the way you are, but He refuses to leave you that way. He wants you to be just like Jesus. ”
― Max Lucado

“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

“Lower your expectations of earth. This isn't Heaven, so don't expect it to be.”
― Max Lucado

“He saw you cast into a river of life you didn't request. He saw you betrayed by those you love. He saw you with a body that gets sick and a heart that grows weak. He saw you in your own garden of gnarled trees and sleeping friends. He saw you staring into the pit of your own failures and the mouth of your own grave. He saw you in your own garden of Gethsemane and he didn't want you to be alone ... He would rather go to hell for you than to heaven without you.”
― Max Lucado

“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, Grace for the Moment Daily Bible-NCV

“I choose gentleness... Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it be only in praise. If I clench my fist, may it be only in prayer. If I make a demand, may it be only of myself.”
― Max Lucado

“When my daughter was a toddler, I used to take her to a park not far from our apartment. One day as she was playing in a sandbox, an ice-cream salesman approached us. I purchased her a treat, and when I turned to give it to her, I saw her mouth was full of sand. Where I had intended to put a delicacy, she had put dirt.

Did I love her with dirt in her mouth? Absolutely. Was she any less of my daughter with dirt in her mouth? Of course not. Was I going to allow her to keep the dirt in her mouth? No way. I loved her right where she was, but I refused to leave her there. I carried her over to the water fountain and washed out her mouth. Why? Because I love her.

God does the same for us. He holds us over the fountain. "Spit out the dirt, honey," our Father urges. "I've got something better for you." And so he cleanses us of filth; immorality, dishonesty, prejudice, bitterness, greed. We don't enjoy the cleansing; sometimes we even opt for the dirt over the ice cream. "I can eat dirt if I want to!" we pout and proclaim. Which is true—we can. But if we do, the loss is ours. God has a better offer.”
― Max Lucado, Just Like Jesus

“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, When God Whispers Your Name

“Remember, you are special because I made you. And I don't make mistakes.”
― Max Lucado

“Nature is God's first missionary. Where there is no Bible there are sparkling stars. Where there are not preachers there are spring times...
If a person has nothing but nature, then nature is enough to reveal something about God.”
― Max Lucado

“He loves each one of us like there is only one of us to love

(when God whisper your name)”
― Max Lucado

“Even though you may not understand how God works, you know he does.”
― Max Lucado, When God Whispers Your Name

“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, When God Whispers Your Name

“Feed your fears and your faith will starve. Feed your faith, and your fears will.”
― Max Lucado, Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear

“No person [should] walk out into the world to begin the day until he or she has stood beneath the cross to receive God’s love.”
― Max Lucado

“To the loved, a word of affection is a morsel; but to the love-starved, a word of affection can be a feast. ”
― Max Lucado

“Can you imagine a life with no fear? What if faith, not fear, was your default reaction to threats?”
― Max Lucado, Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear

“A book should be a garden that fits in the hands. Word-petals of color. Stems of strength. roots of truth. Turn a page and turn the seasons. Read the sentence and enjoy the roses. ”
― Max Lucado

“Though we may not be able to see His purpose or His plan, the Lord of heaven is on his throne and in firm control of the universe and our lives.”
― Max Lucado, America Looks Up: Reaching Toward Heaven for Hope and Healing

“It's not about winning or losing, but love and respect.”
― Max Lucado

“Sometimes God allows what he hates to accomplish what he loves.”
― Max Lucado

“A few songs with Him might change the way you sing. Forever.”
― Max Lucado, Next Door Savior

“There is no way our little minds can comprehend the love of God. But that did'nt keep him from coming.”
― Max Lucado, America Looks Up: Reaching Toward Heaven for Hope and Healing

“Let God have you, and let God love you - and don’t be surprised if your heart begins to hear music you’ve never heard and your feet learn to dance as never before.”
― Max Lucado

“How can a person deal with anxiety? You might try what one fellow did. He worried so much that he decided to hire someone to do his worrying for him. He found a man who agreed to be his hired worrier for a salary of $200,000 per year. After the man accepted the job, his first question to his boss was, "Where are you going to get $200,000 per year?" To which the man responded, "That's your worry.”
― Max Lucado

“Greed is not defined by what something costs; it is measured by what it costs you. If anything costs you your faith or your family, the price is too high. Such is the point Jesus makes in the parable of the portfolio.”
― Max Lucado, When God Whispers Your Name

“Though you see nothing, he is acting.”
― Max Lucado, Unknown Book 8540925

“God rewards those who seek Him. Not those who seek doctrine of religion or systems or creeds. Many settle for these lesser passions, but the reward goes to those who settle for nothing less than Jesus himself. And what is the reward? What awaits those who seek Jesus? Nothing short of the heart of Jesus.”
― Max Lucado, Just Like Jesus

“CAN is 100 times more important than IQ”
― Max Lucado

“Who are they to give stars or dots? They're Wemmicks just like you."
Eli to Punchinello (p. 25)”
― Max Lucado, You Are Special

“When God looks at you, he doesn’t see you; he sees the One who surrounds you. That means that failure is not a concern for you. Your victory is secure.”
― Max Lucado, Unknown Book 8540925

“The people who make a difference are not the ones with the credentials but the ones with the concern.”
― Max Lucado

“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, Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear

“When grace moves in... guilt moves out”
― Max Lucado, Max on Life: Answers and Insights to Your Most Important Questions

“God wants us to know we are saved, for saved people are dangerous people, willing to face off with the world, unafraid of the consequences since they know that, whatever happens, they will have eternal life.”
― Max Lucado, Max on Life: Answers and Insights to Your Most Important Questions

“God is God. He knows what he is doing. When you can’t trace his hand, trust his heart.”
― Max Lucado

“Confession is the act of inviting God to walk the acreage of our hearts. “There is a rock of greed over here, Father. I can’t budge it. And that tree of guilt near the fence? Its roots are long and deep. And may I show you some dry soil, too crusty for seed?” God’s seed grows better if the soil of the heart is cleared.”
― Max Lucado, Unknown Book 8540925

“We forget that IMPOSSIBLE is one of God's favorite words”
― Max Lucado, Max on Life: Answers and Insights to Your Most Important Questions

“We see a hearse; we think sorrow. We see a grave; we think despair. We hear of a death; we think of a loss. Not so in heaven. When heaven sees a breathless body, it sees the vacated cocoon & the liberated butterfly.”
― Max Lucado, Max on Life: Answers and Insights to Your Most Important Questions

“God leads us. God will do the right thing at the right time. And what a difference that makes.”
― Max Lucado, Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear

“God sees us with the eyes of a Father. He sees our defects, errors and blemishes. But He also sees our value.”
― Max Lucado

“You need someone to lift your spirits. You need someone to look you in the face and say, "This isn't the end. Don't give up. There is a better place than this. And I'll lead you there.”
― Max Lucado, Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear