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The Applause Of Heaven
by
Max Lucado
It is what you always dreamed but never expected. It's having God as your dad, your biggest fan, and your best friend. It is having the King of Kings in your cheering section. It is hearing the applause of heaven. Max Lucado believes that the Beatitudes provide what we need to discover the the joy of God. Much more than a how-to book on happiness. The Applause of Heaven is
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Published
February 29th 2000
by Thomas Nelson
(first published 1990)
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I never really understood the meaning of the Be attitudes. Couldn't even tell you what they meant or how many but I did wonder about their meaning. Max Lucado has helped to clarify. I will do this without the help of the book and see if I get it right. Probably in a mixed order but that's OK.
1. Blessed are the poor in spirit. In the past I just gave it a passing thought that perhaps that meant the indigent. I find however that I am poor in spirit. but guess what? That's a good thing to realize t...more
1. Blessed are the poor in spirit. In the past I just gave it a passing thought that perhaps that meant the indigent. I find however that I am poor in spirit. but guess what? That's a good thing to realize t...more
Another terrific volume by Lucado, who writes with such lucidity and simplicity. This book reached me at a low time in my life and served as a great pick-up. Lucado has a keen way of finding us in our vulnerable places and using those places to encourage, rather than berate, us. For example, his description of Robert Reed:
"I have everything I need for joy!" Robert Reed said.
"Amazing!" I thought.
His hands are twisted and his feet are useless. He can't bathe himself. He can't feed himself. He c...more
"I have everything I need for joy!" Robert Reed said.
"Amazing!" I thought.
His hands are twisted and his feet are useless. He can't bathe himself. He can't feed himself. He c...more
This book was written in true Max Lucado fashion. Anecdotes of real life mixed with the story of the Sermon on the Mount. I can't wait for God's applause when I get to heaven. Follows are a paragraph and a quote that stirred my soul.
"An ordinary night with ordinary sheep and ordinary shepherds. And were it not for a God who loves to hook "extra" on the front of the ordinary, the night would have gone unnoticed. The sheep would have been forgotten, and the shepherds would have slept the night awa...more
"An ordinary night with ordinary sheep and ordinary shepherds. And were it not for a God who loves to hook "extra" on the front of the ordinary, the night would have gone unnoticed. The sheep would have been forgotten, and the shepherds would have slept the night awa...more
What a wonderful book! "The Applause of Heaven" looks at the Beatitudes and brings them to life with stories and lessons for everyone. Two of my favorite passages are:
pg. 51 "But when you mourn, when you get to the point of sorrow for your sins, when you admit that you have no other option but to cast all your cares on Him, and when there is truly no other name that you can call, then cast all your cares on Him, for He is waiting in the midst of the storm."
pg. 66 "And it is when we are out of op...more
pg. 51 "But when you mourn, when you get to the point of sorrow for your sins, when you admit that you have no other option but to cast all your cares on Him, and when there is truly no other name that you can call, then cast all your cares on Him, for He is waiting in the midst of the storm."
pg. 66 "And it is when we are out of op...more
If you think you life is worthless and you deserve to see if you belong. Read this book, I so much have felt alone in this world through family failures, friends failures, but no where else have I learned that God loves me so much that the Angels applause when I arrise in the mornings. No matter the messed up hair, the yawning, the circumstance, the Angels themselves loves us through God and we matter in the scheme of things. I was a new christain when I read this book. It gave me a new prospect...more
I don't know what took me so long to read something by Max Lucado. I think my son and aspiring author would enjoy this author's ability to bring a story to life and paint such beautiful word pictures. Max beautifully brings to life the Word of God and uses ordinary and extraordinary illustrations to relate it these ancient words of wisdom to our lives today. What a gift!
Loved this book. Its a very simple look at the Beatitudes,The Applause of Heaven was written in 1990 and was one of the first books Max Lucado wrote. The 200 pages is divided into 18 chapters focused on the Beatitudes found in Matthew 5. Each chapter starts with a picture representing in some way the theme or message of the chapter.
Dec 28, 2011
J. Robert Ewbank
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4 of 5 stars
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religion
This is a good book by Lucado. Uses his family and experiences to show the Christian faith anld how it works. Was not sure if I would like this type of book because I normally read theology rather than stories, but it was a book well worth reading.
J. Robert Ewbank author "John Wesley, Natural Man, and the 'Isms'"
J. Robert Ewbank author "John Wesley, Natural Man, and the 'Isms'"
This book mainly talks about the Beatitudes. I have certainly learned a lot from this book. Max Lucado uses creative writing that is why I finished reading this book in just a few seatings.
This is a very good teaching on The Sermon on the Mount--basically the Beatitudes that Jesus taught. It is written in a welcoming style and one can identify with it immediately.
Easily one of the best books I've ever read. Max Lucado pulls no puches telling about Beattitudes and what God does for us and what we should be doing to enter the kingdom of heaven. A very well written book and one I could easily read many times over.
Just started it, till now it's good. It tells of others testimonies and stories of their lives. I am interested in it so that's a good sign lol.
May 04, 2013
Crissy Dalbec
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faith,
relationship-self-help
I ready this book during a time where my grandma was dying. It was just what I need to hear at that time. Great great book!
Lucado is such a talented writer giving glimpses of scriptures from a fresh and different perspective.
What a great look at the beatitudes. Warning reading this book will make you want to be a better person. I will read this book again.
This is amazing and I can reread the past two pages over and over again with tears in my eyes.
This book is an easy-to-digest study of the "be attitudes" in Matthew 5. Some of the parallels he made really hit home for me, and made these well known scripture speak to me in a whole new way. Brilliant writing. Transformation message!
creative study on the beatitutes. (for Tim Anderson/Bailiwick middle school Sunday School class)
An interesting and thought provoking perspective based on The Sermon on the Mount.
I read this right after Mike died and it was a joyous book to read during my grief.
A fresh look a the Beatitudes - inspiring, informative, entertaining!!
One of my most favorite books of all time. I have read it over and over.
Max Lucado - read early in my walk. = encouraging, but sometimes a bit fluffy.
This book was a blessing to me. Its value is in the scriptural picture of heaven that it paints.
I love how Max thinks and writes. This is a beautiful book.
very good insight, helped me understand beatitudes alot better. would recomend this book.
Aug 26, 2011
David Campton
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3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
new-testament-theology,
popular-theology
Easily read exposition of the Beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount.
I did this as a Bible study from Sept 2008 and finished in March 2009
Me encanto, solo puedo decirles esto: léanlo.
Sugod pa lang, nanghubag na akong mata. hehe :))
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Max Lucado has touched millions with his signature storytelling writing style. Awards and accolades follow Max with each book he writes. Max is the first author to win the Gold Medallion Christian Book of the Year three times—1999 for Just Like Jesus, 1997 for In the Grip of Grace and 1995 for When God Whispers Your Name. In 2005, Reader’s Digest dubbed him “America’s Best Preacher.” In addition,...more
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