More Quotes by Max Lucado
Your goal is not to know every detail of the future. Your goal is to hold the hand of the One who does and never, ever let go.
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.
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.
God is God. He knows what he is doing. When you can’t trace his hand, trust his heart.
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.
No one can pray and worry at the same time. When we worry, we aren't praying. When we pray, we aren't worrying.
Anxiety and fear are cousins but not twins. Fear sees a threat. Anxiety imagines one.
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.
The presence of fear does not mean you have no faith. Fear visits everyone. But make your fear a visitor and not a resident.
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.
