More Quotes by Max Lucado
Stay strong! Your test will become your test-imony, your mess will become your mess-age.
Be patient. God is using today's difficulties to strengthen you for tomorrow. He is equipping you. The God who makes things grow will help you bear fruit.
God never said that the journey would be easy, but He did say that the arrival would be worthwhile.
Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day. If I succeed, I will give thanks. If I fail, I will seek his grace. And then, when this day is done, I will place my head on my pillow and rest.
Our Savior kneels down and gazes upon the darkest acts of our lives. But rather than recoil in horror, he reaches out in kindness and says, "I can clean that if you want." And from the basin of his grace, he scoops a palm full of mercy and washes away our sin.
The Bible is the story of two gardens: Eden and Gethsemane. In the first, Adam took a fall. In the second, Jesus took a stand. In the first, God sought Adam. In the second, Jesus sought God. In Eden, Adam hid from God. In Gethsemane, Jesus emerged from the tomb. In Eden, Satan led Adam to a tree that led to his death. From Gethsemane, Jesus went to a tree that led to our life.
The next time you're disappointed, don't panic. Don't give up. Just be patient and let God remind you He's still in control.
If your God is mighty enough to ignite the sun, could it be that He is mighty enough to light your path?
If there are a thousand steps between us and God, He will take all but one. He will leave the final one for us. The choice is ours.
Faith is the conviction that God knows more than we do about this life and He will get us through it.
