Top 500 Max Lucado Quotes (2024 Update)
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451. “God is not troubled by one who is conservative or liberal, and He certainly never inclines His ear toward a donkey or an elephant.”

— Max Lucado

452. “But God will use your mess for good. We see a perfect mess; God sees a perfect chance to train, test, and teach the future prime minister. We see a prison; God sees a kiln. We see famine; God sees the relocation of his chosen lineage. We call it Egypt; God calls it protective custody, where the sons of Jacob can escape barbaric Canaan and multiply abundantly in peace. We see Satan’s tricks and ploys. God sees Satan tripped and foiled.”

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453. “David knew what mattered most. The presence of God. He begged God for it.”

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454. “The one thing that I cannot do without each day is hope.”

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455. “It’s against God’s nature to remember forgiven sins.”

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456. “What child, whilst summer is happening, bothers to think that summer will end? What child when snow is on the ground stops to remember that not long ago the ground was snowless?”

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457. “Never let the church become a place where it’s just a Las Vegas display place for you to show off.”

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458. “It seems to me that election season is just a Petri dish for anger and cynicism.”

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459. “You see, it’s one thing to accept Him as Lord, another to recognize Him as Savior – but it’s another matter entirely to accept Him as Father.”

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460. “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.”

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461. “Wilderness begins with disconnections. It continues with deceit.”

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462. “In our parents’ day the nightly news communicated the catastrophe. Now it is a matter of minutes. We’ve barely processed one crisis, and then we hear of another.”

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463. “We preachers, people entrust us with their time week after week. I’m still stunned that people will let me talk to them for thirty minutes about anything I want to. It’s a wonderful treasure that we are to steward.”

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464. “What we realize is number one, people want to know what the Bible says. In their heart, they want to know the Bible but it is just hard to understand the big picture of it. And number two, they want to know where they plug in.”

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465. “You may be transferred, enlisted, commissioned, reassigned, or hospitalized – but brand this on your heart – you can never go where God is not.”

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466. “We rest in him, find our nourishment in him. His roof of grace protects us from storms of guilt. His walls of providence secure us from destructive winds. His fireplace warms us during the lonely winters of life. We linger in the abode of Christ and never leave.”

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467. “Pits have no easy exits.”

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468. “We will find grace to help us when we need it.”

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469. “To be saved by grace is to be saved by him – not by an idea, doctrine, creed, or church membership, but by Jesus himself, who will sweep into heaven anyone who so much as gives him the nod.”

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470. “Each star, numbered. Each star, named! Like every grain of sand. Every hair on his head. Every trouble that filled his day. Created. Numbered. Known.”

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471. “Just because you are idle, don’t assume God is.”

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472. “God seems less interested in talent and more interested in trust.”

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473. “Religion is intended to facilitate hope and faith. Much like a path is intended to facilitate a journey.”

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474. “Scripture often reminds us that it’s not enough to have ears – we must use them.”

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475. “There is not a hint of one person who was afraid to draw near him. There were those who mocked him. There were those who were envious of him. There were those who misunderstood him. There were those who revered him. But there was not one person who considered him too holy, too divine, or too celestial to touch. There was not one person who was reluctant to approach him for fear of being rejected. Remember that. Remember.”

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476. “Give your problems to Christ before your problems get to you.”

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477. “How many disasters would be averted if we’d go first, in faith, to Jesus?”

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478. “My book centers in on the New Testament, the goal being to help a person who wants to understand the Bible to see how what God did as revealed in the New Testament will reveal to them their own personal story.”

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479. “Wise is the man who learns the nonverbal language of his wife, who notes the nod and discerns the gestures. It’s not just what is said, but how. It’s not just how, but when. It’s not just when, but where. Good husbanding is good decoding. You’ve got to read the signs.”

— Max Lucado

480. “Live in such a way that the world will be glad you did.”

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481. “If you’re looking for a place with no change, try a soda machine.”

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482. “There is no way our little minds can comprehend the love of God. But that didn’t keep him from coming.”

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483. “We just need the government to be that greenhouse that permits our faith to grow.”

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484. “It’s up to me to promote my faith and somebody else to promote theirs. Let the government just protect our right to do so.”

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485. “First thought of the morning, last worry of the night – your Goliath dominates your day and infiltrates your joy.”

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486. “She couldn’t alter the past but this was her chance to change the future.”

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487. “Is it possible for an unbaptized believer to be saved? Yes, definitely. Should every believer be baptized? Yes, definitely.”

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488. “Just when the womb gets too old for babies, Sarai gets pregnant. Just when the failure is too great for grace, David is pardoned. And just when the road is too dark for Mary and Mary, the angel glows and the Savior shows and the two women will never be the same. The lesson? Three words. Don’t give up.”

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489. “His life is an example. I pray that God will heal Jim’s body. But until he does, God is using Jim to inspire people like me. God will do the same with you. He will use your struggle to change others.”

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490. “Once you have seen his face you will forever long to see it again.”

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491. “Today’s thoughts are tomorrow’s actions.”

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492. “We have been taught that the Christian life is a life of peace, and when we don’t have peace, we assume the problem lies within us.”

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493. “No wonder Chelsea’s memory had become her greatest weapon, a sword she wielded, wounding others to protect herself. For decades she had waged this war, but at what cost? Now she stood alone on the battlefield, bleeding and bruised. There were no victors in this war, and Chelsea counted herself among the casualties.”

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494. “Don’t you think God can work however he chooses?” “I believe God worked, and the rest is up to us.”

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495. “But for me, I am anot afraid, because the worst thing that could happen is getting to see “my Father eye to eye.”

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496. “A happy saint is one who is at the same time aware of the severity of sin and the immensity of grace.”

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497. “You’ll get through this. You fear you won’t. We all do. We fear that the depression will never lift, the yelling will never stop, the pain will never leave. Here in the pits, surrounded by steep walls and angry brothers, we wonder, Will this gray sky ever brighten? This load ever lighten? We feel stuck, trapped, locked in. Predestined for failure. Will we ever exit this pit? Yes! Deliverance is to the Bible what jazz music is to Mardi Gras: bold, brassy, and everywhere.”

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498. “I don’t have any desire to retire in the sense of not doing anything. As long as the Lord gives me strength I want to keep writing and keep preaching.”

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499. “I think that a church should be setting the pace for social justice.”

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500. “If Jesus heals you instantly, praise him. If you are still waiting for healing, trust him. Your suffering is your sermon.”

— Max Lucado