Top 500 Max Lucado Quotes (2024 Update)
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351. “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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352. “Honesty and vulnerability endear us to people; they don’t endanger us in our relationship.”

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353. “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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354. “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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355. “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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356. “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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357. “You can endure change by pondering His permanence.”

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

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

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361. “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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362. “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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363. “God’s delight is received upon surrender, not awarded upon conquest.”

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364. “The maker of the stars would rather die for you than live without you. And that is a fact. So if you need to brag, brag about that.”

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365. “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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366. “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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367. “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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368. “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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369. “What to change your life? Begin by saying, “The Lord is my shepherd.””

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

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372. “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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373. “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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374. “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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375. “Worry divides the mind.”

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

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

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379. “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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380. “Remember, disappointment is cured by revamped expectations.”

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381. “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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382. “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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383. “Refusing to forgive is like ingesting a lethal dose of poison and hoping it kills my enemy.”

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384. “The sinful nature is all about self: pleasing self, promoting self, preserving self. Sin is selfish.”

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

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

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389. “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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390. “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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391. “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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392. “The Land of Promise is for those who simply remain to the end.”

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393. “Fear may fill our world, but it doesn’t have to fill our hearts.”

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394. “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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395. “God will use whatever he wants to display his glory. Heavens and stars. History and nations. People and problems.”

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396. “Most of my sermons are inspirational, and I believe people need that encouragement.”

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

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398. “Hiding out with the enemy brings only temporary relief.”

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399. “Aren’t you glad that God doesn’t give you only that which you remember to thank him for?”

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400. “If hurts were hairs, we’d all look like grizzlies.”

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