Top 500 Max Lucado Quotes (2025 Update)
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351. “One of the things I discover a lot in marriage counseling is the husband or wife trying to get their spiritual thirst quenched by their partner; I think that’s a real common mistake that we make.”

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352. “There is nothing on earth that can satisfy our deepest longing. We long to see God. The leaves of life are rustling with the rumor that we will – and we won’t be satisfied until we do.”

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353. “Nothing has a greater impact on spiritual growth than reflection on Scripture. If churches could do only one thing to help people at all levels of spiritual maturity grow in their relationship with Christ, their choice is clear. They would inspire, encourage, and equip their people to read the Bible.1.”

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354. “Grace is everything Jesus. Grace lives because he does, works because he works, and matters because he matters. He placed a term limit on sin and danced a victory jig in a graveyard. 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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355. “No one can teach your child like you can. No nanny, Bible school teacher, aunt, or uncle has your authority. What a phenomenal privilege is yours.”

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356. “Be anxious for nothing. Nada. Zilch. Zero. Is this what he meant? Not exactly. He wrote the phrase in the present active tense, which implies an ongoing state. It’s the life of perpetual anxiety that Paul wanted to address. The Lucado Revised Translation reads, “Don’t let anything in life leave you perpetually breathless and in angst.” The presence of anxiety is unavoidable, but the prison of anxiety is optional.”

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357. “You are heaven’s Halley’s comet; we have one shot at seeing you shine.”

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358. “For you to be healthy, you must rest. Slow down, and God will heal you. He will bring rest to your mind, to your body, and most of all to your soul. He will lead you to green pastures.”

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359. “One of the greatest gifts we can give people is the hope that their death is nothing to fear – you know, not that it has no fear in it, but the promise of scripture is that God will lead us through the valley of the shadow of death.”

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360. “You don’t have wisdom for tomorrow’s problems. But you will tomorrow. You don’t have resources for tomorrow’s needs. But you will tomorrow. You don’t have courage for tomorrow’s challenges. But you will when tomorrow comes.”

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361. “Worry is irrelevant. It alters nothing. When was the last time you solved a problem by worrying about it?”

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362. “I am a spiritual being. After this body is dead, my spirit will soar. I refuse to let what will rot, rule the eternal. I choose self-control. I will be drunk only by joy. I will be impassioned only by my faith. I will be influenced only by God. I will be taught only by Christ. I choose self-control.”

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363. “Immerse yourself in the curriculum of grace.”

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364. “You can endure change by pondering His permanence.”

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365. “Thank you, God. For the jam on our toast and the milk on our cereal. For the blanket that calms us and the joke that delights us and the warm sun that reminds us of God’s love.”

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366. “Grace is not blind. It sees the hurt full well. But chooses to see God’s forgiveness even more.”

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367. “Vengeance fixes your attention on life’s ugliest moments. Is this where you want to look? Remember: God dispenses perfect justice.”

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368. “The key to spiritual growth is not increased church attendance or involvement in spiritual activities. People don’t grow in Christ because they are busy at church. They grow in Christ when they read and trust their Bibles.”

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369. “It’s God’s job to run the world. Sometimes we accomplish more by doing less.”

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370. “God’s delight is received upon surrender, not awarded upon conquest.”

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371. “Let’s be the people who look at the hurting until we hurt with them. No hurrying past, turning away, or shifting of eyes. No pretending or glossing over. Let’s look at the face until we see the person.”

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372. “When safety becomes our god, we worship the risk-free life. Can the safety lover do anything great? Can the risk-averse accomplish noble deeds? For God? For others? No. The fear-filled cannot love deeply. Love is risky. They cannot give to the poor. Benevolence has no guarantee of return. The fear-filled cannot dream wildly. What if their dreams sputter and fall from the sky? The worship of safety emasculates greatness. No wonder Jesus wages such a war against fear. His.”

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373. “Pieces don’t fit. Wine runs out. Water bottles burst. These are facts of life. But Jesus responds with this invitation: “Bring your problems to me.”

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374. “Faithful servants have a way of knowing answered prayer when they see it, and a way of not giving up when they don’t.”

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375. “What to change your life? Begin by saying, “The Lord is my shepherd.””

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376. “In Matthew 24:8, Jesus called these challenges birth pangs. Birth pangs must occur before a new birth. During this time the mother keeps focused on the end result, the moment she gets to hold that beautiful baby in her arms. She knows birth pangs don’t last forever and they signal a new beginning in her life. Calamities and catastrophes are the earthly pains that must occur before the birth of the new world. Hold on. Grit your teeth. The next push could be the last.”

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377. “Every quarter of a century an angel has touched one candle. Every prayer that was offered over the candle was answered. The Christmas Candle has become legendary.”

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378. “God has given us peace in our pain. He covers us all the time. Even when we are out of control, he is still there.”

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379. “Shame is a child of self-centeredness. Heaven’s occupants are not self-centered, they are Christ-centered. You will be in your sinless state. The sinless don’t protect a reputation or project an image. You won’t be ashamed. You’ll be happy to let God do in heaven what he did on earth – be honored in your weaknesses. Heads bowed in shame? No. Heads bowed in worship? No doubt.”

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380. “God has no cousins, only children.”

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381. “Just as a happy child cannot mis-hug, the sincere heart cannot mis-pray.”

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382. “Ggrace is God’s best idea – it’s His decision to ravage people by love, to rescue passionately, and to restore justly.”

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383. “The more radical the change, the greater the joy. And it’s worth every effort, for this is the joy of God.”

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384. “Forgive and give as if it were your last opportunity.”

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385. “There is a canyon of difference between doing your best to glorify God and doing whatever it takes to glorify yourself. The quest for excellence is a mark of maturity. The quest for power is childish.”

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386. “If you see your troubles as nothing more than isolated hassles and hurts, you’ll grow bitter and angry. Yet if you see your troubles as tests used by God for his glory and your maturity, then even the smallest incidents take on significance.”

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387. “Grace is the voice that calls us to change and then enables us to yield to its transforming power. Grace matters because Jesus matters, and it works because he does.”

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388. “Refusing to forgive is like ingesting a lethal dose of poison and hoping it kills my enemy.”

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389. “While we are shaking heads in disbelief, they are lifting hands in worship. While we are mourning at a grave, they are marveling at heaven. While we are questioning God, they are praising God.”

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390. “The Land of Promise is for those who simply remain to the end.”

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391. “Remember, disappointment is cured by revamped expectations.”

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392. “Give a man religion without reminding him of his filth, and the result will be arrogance in a three- piece suit.”

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393. “You were deliberately planned, specially gifted, and lovingly placed on this earth by God. In a world that decides your worth by the clothes you wear or the sports you play, let me tell you something – you are valuable because God created you.”

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394. “Are you weary? Catch your breath. Are you strong? Reserve passing judgment on the tired.”

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395. “Sometimes I wonder if we don’t see Christ’s love as much in the people he tolerated as in the pain he endured.”

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396. “Just when the truth about life sinks in, His truth starts to surface. He takes us by the hand and dares us not to sweep the facts under the rug but to confront them with him at our side.”

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397. “Real courage embraces the twin realities of current difficulty and ultimate triumph.”

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398. “Baptism is bowing before the Father and letting him do his work.”

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399. “How does God deal with your bitter heart? He reminds you that what you have is more important than what you don’t have. You still have your relationship with God. No one can take that.”

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400. “God wants to be as close to us as a branch is to a vine. One is an extension of the other. It’s impossible to tell where one starts and the other ends. The branch isn’t connected only at the moment of bearing fruit. The gardener doesn’t keep the branches in a box and then, on the day he wants grapes, glue them to the vine. No, the branch constantly draws nutrition from the vine. Separation means certain death.”

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