Quotes by Max Lucado

Max Lucado (b. 1955) — Bestsellerautor und Pastor · evangelikal / freikirchlich · USA

Max Lucado (* 1955) ist ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Pastor und Bestsellerautor, der über viele Jahre die überkonfessionelle Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas, leitete. Er ist bekannt für seinen erzählerischen, seelsorgerlichen Stil über Gottes Gnade und Trost, wobei frühere konservative Äußerungen zu Homosexualität auch öffentliche Kontroversen auslösten. Für Bibelleser bieten seine Texte leicht verständliche, alltagsnahe Zugänge zu biblischen Geschichten, die dogmatische Schärfe zugunsten persönlicher Ermutigung in den Hintergrund stellen.

Era: Today

Recurring topics: Grace & Redemption, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Faith & Trust, Hope & Confidence, Love, Meaning & Identity, Eternity & Hope Beyond Death, Prayer & Silence

Quotes by Max Lucado

It wasn't the nails that held Jesus to the cross. It was love.
Max Lucado

As the hands of Jesus opened for the nails, the doors of heaven opened for you.
Max Lucado

It is right to call God holy; we speak the truth when we call him King. But if you want to touch God's heart, use the name he loves to hear. Call him Father.
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God wants to speak to us at work as clearly as he does in worship. You may go days without thinking of him, but there is not a moment when he is not thinking of you.
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He would never leave you in a fatherless world. Your name is written in God's family Bible. He himself wrote it in. And more than that, he paid the adoption fee.
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You can leave God - he still loves you. You can deny God - he still loves you. You can doubt God - he still loves you.
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We live under the protecting hand of an almighty King who watches over every circumstance of our lives and delights in doing us good. Nothing touches us that has not first passed through the filter of his love.
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In perfect knowledge of your imperfect life, God has committed himself to you.
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God's judgments have never surprised me, but I am always astonished by his grace.
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God accepts you no matter what state he finds you in. You don't need to clean up or stand on tiptoe. Just look up.
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God knows everything about you and loves you anyway. If you fail tomorrow and fall the day after, it won't surprise him; he already sees it now.
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The power of prayer does not depend on the one who speaks it, but on the One who hears it.
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God does what we cannot do, so that we can be what we dare not dream: perfect in his eyes.
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Does God love us because we are so good? No, he loves us because he is good.
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Our devotion may be inconsistent; God's devotion never is.
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God loves you even when you don't feel lovable. He loves you even when no one else does.
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Now be honest: did God save you so you could worry? Would he teach you to walk only to watch you fall? Would he let himself be nailed to a cross for your sin and then ignore your prayers? Unthinkable.
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We have a Father who rises to his best when we are at our end. A Father whose grace is strongest when our devotion is weakest.
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God keeps his promise. Look for yourself. In the manger. He is there. Look for yourself. In the tomb. He is no longer there.
Max Lucado

Maybe you no longer want to be God's child. But God does not want to stop being your Father.
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One day God will wipe away your tears. The hands that created space will touch your cheeks. The hands that clenched in agony when the nail pierced them will one day cup your face and wipe your tears away.
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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.
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Our Savior kneels down and looks at the darkest deeds of our lives. Yet he does not recoil in horror, but kindly reaches out his hand.
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Pray without ceasing! If necessary, use words.
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When you cannot see God's hand, trust his heart.
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The good news of the Bible is not that you love God, but that God loves you.
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God loves you as you are. But he doesn't want you to stay that way. He wants you to become like Jesus.
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The cross. How strange that an instrument of torture remains, to this day, the symbol of hope.
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On the day of his crucifixion, Jesus made a decision. He would rather go to hell for you than go to heaven without you.
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Feed your fears and your faith will starve. Feed your faith, and your fears will starve.
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A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.
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The resurrection changes everything. Death changes. It used to be the end; now it is the beginning.
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It is not God's plan for your heart to wander as a nomad. God doesn't want you to stay in the cold, but to come in to him and dwell with him.
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When it is cold on earth, we find comfort in knowing that the people we love are in the kind arms of God.
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There is no moment when Jesus is not speaking. There is no place where Jesus is not present. None.
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God's goodness is fueled by his nature, not by our merit.
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Have you noticed that God doesn't shut off your oxygen supply when you misuse his gifts? Aren't you glad that God gives you more than just what you thank him for?
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The hand that stilled the storm stills your guilt. The hand that cleansed the temple cleanses your heart.
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God welcomes you. God does not avoid you. God is not against you. The curtain is removed, the door is open, and God invites you in.
Max Lucado

Our God is not a fair-weather father. He is reliable.
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