Lucado Quotes & Sayings

Failure is a form of quicksand. Take immediate action or you'll be sucked under. — Max Lucado

God never said that the journey will be easy, but he did said that the arrival will be worthwhile — Max Lucado

Answer this: A thousand years from now, will it matter what title the world gave you? No, but it will make a literal hell of a difference whose child you are. — Max Lucado

My thinking is that miracles exist to reveal God, but miracles don't exist for God to do me any favors. — Max Lucado

Forgiveness doesn't diminish justice; it just entrusts it to God. He guarantees the right retribution. — Max Lucado

She couldn't alter the past but this was her chance to change the future. — Max Lucado

Waiting is a sustained effort to stay focused on God through prayer and belief. — Max Lucado

I'd like to think I'm going upriver in talking about world-view topics rather than particular political or controversial topics. — Max Lucado

God's solution is a prayer away! — Max Lucado

God never said that the journey would be easy, but He did say that the arrival would be worthwhile. — Max Lucado

God will use whatever he wants to display his glory. Heavens and stars. History and nations. People and problems. — Max Lucado

God sees us with the eyes of a Father. He sees our defects, errors and blemishes. But He also sees our value. — Max Lucado

Moses preferred to go nowhere with God than anywhere without him. — Max Lucado

Be kind to yourself. God thinks you're worth his kindness. And he's a good judge of character. — Max Lucado

Why is the cross the symbol of our faith? To find the answer, look no further than the cross itself. Its design couldn't be simpler. One beam horizontal - the other vertical. One reaches out - like God's love. The other reaches up - as does God's holiness. One represents the width of his love; the other reflects the height of his holiness. The cross is the intersection. The cross is where God forgave his children without lowering his standards. — Max Lucado

Demanding respect is like chasing a butterfly. Chase it, and you'll never catch it. Sit still, and it may light on your shoulder. — Max Lucado

Forgiveness is not saying that the one who hurt you was right. Forgiveness is stating that God is faithful and he will do what is right. — Max Lucado

Your pain has a purpose. Your problems, struggles, heartaches, and hassles cooperate toward one end-the glory of God. — Max Lucado

God's unrivaled goodness undergirds everything else we can say about prayer. If he is like us, only slightly stronger, then why pray? If he grows weary, then why pray? If he has limitations, questions, and hesitations, then you might as well pray to the Wizard of Oz. However, if God is at once Father and Creator, holy - unlike us - and high above us, then we at any point are only a prayer away from help. — Max Lucado

What you and I might rate as an absolute disaster, God may rate as a pimple-level problem that will pass. He views your life the way you view a movie after you've read the book. When something bad happens, you feel the air sucked out of the theater. Everyone else gasps at the crisis on the screen. Not you. Why? You've read the book. You know how the good guy gets out of the tight spot. God views your life with the same confidence. He's not only read your story ... he wrote it. — Max Lucado

God's blessings are dispensed according to the riches of his grace, not according to the depth of our faith. — Max Lucado

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. — Max Lucado

You change your life by changing your heart. — Max Lucado

If you have a pulse, you're going to have pain. — Max Lucado

When you recognize God as Creator, you will admire Him. When you recognize His wisdom, you will learn from Him. When you discover His strength, you will rely on Him. But only when He saves you will you worship Him. — Max Lucado

If you aren't you, we don't get you. — Max Lucado

So did yours. Joseph's pit came in the form of a cistern. Maybe yours came in the form of a diagnosis, a foster home, or a traumatic injury. Joseph was thrown in a hole and despised. And you? Thrown in an unemployment line and forgotten. Thrown into a divorce and abandoned, into a bed and abused. The pit. A kind of death, waterless and austere. Some people never recover. Life is reduced to one quest: get out and never be hurt again. Not simply done. Pits have no easy exits. — Max Lucado

Nature is God's first missionary. Where there is no Bible there are sparkling stars. Where there are not preachers there are spring times ...
If a person has nothing but nature, then nature is enough to reveal something about God. — Max Lucado

It's against God's nature to remember forgiven sins — Max Lucado

Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right. — Max Lucado

What I urge is that you learn to master your life by living each day in a day-tight compartment and this will certainly ensure your safety throughout your entire journey of life. — Max Lucado

God does not exist to make a big deal out of us. We exist to make a big deal out of him. It's not about you. It's not about me. It's all about him. — Max Lucado

When you teach on a familiar text, you're capitalizing on common knowledge. When you teach on an unfamiliar text, you're having to build a bridge of understanding, and we need to do that as well. — Max Lucado

28People did not think it was important to have a true knowledge of God. So God left them and allowed them to have their own worthless thinking and to do things they should not do. 29They are filled with every kind of sin, evil, selfishness, and hatred. They are full of jealousy, murder, fighting, lying, and thinking the worst about each other. They gossip 30and say evil things about each other. They hate God. They are rude and conceited and brag about themselves. They invent ways of doing evil. They do not obey their parents. 31They are foolish, they do not keep their promises, and they show no kindness or mercy to others. 32They know God's law says that those who live like this should die. But they themselves not only continue to do these evil things, they applaud others who do them. — Max Lucado

God loves you simply because He has chosen to do so. He loves you when you don't feel lovely. He loves you when no one else loves you. Others may abandon you, divorce you, and ignore you, but God will love you always. No matter what! — Max Lucado

Those in the circle of Christ had no doubt of his love; those in our circles should have no doubt about ours. — Max Lucado

Reasons for Joy Happy are the people whose God is the LORD. Psalm 144:15 "How's life?" someone asks. And we who've been resurrected from the dead say, "Well, things could be better." Or "Couldn't get a parking place." Or "My parents won't let me move to Hawaii." Or "People won't leave me alone so I can finish my sermon on selfishness." ... Are you so focused on what you don't have that you are blind to what you do? You have a ticket to heaven no thief can take, an eternal home no divorce can break. Every sin of your life has been cast to the sea. Every mistake you've made is nailed to the tree. You're blood-bought and heaven-made. A child of God - forever saved. So be grateful, joyful - for isn't it true? What you don't have is much less than what you do. — Max Lucado

God owns everything and gives us all things to enjoy. He is a good shepherd to us, his little flock. Trust him, not stuff. Move from the fear of scarcity to the comfort of provision. Less hoarding, more sharing. "Do good . . . be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share. — Max Lucado

When your tongue is sharp enough to slice a rock. How — Max Lucado

I would not have said anything about Mr. Trump, never - I would never have said anything if he didn't call himself a Christian. It'd be none of my business whatsoever to make any comments about his language, his vulgarities, his slander of people, but I was deeply troubled ... that here's a man who holds up a Bible one day, and calls a lady "bimbo" the next. — Max Lucado

You meant evil against me," Joseph told his brothers, using a Hebrew verb that traces its meaning to "weave" or "plait." "You wove evil," he was saying, "but God rewove it together for good."

God, the Master Weaver. — Max Lucado

God didn't look at our frazzled lives and say, "I'll die for you when you deserve it." No, despite our sin, in the face of our rebellion, he chose to adopt us. And for God, there's no going back. His grace is a come-as-you-are promise from a one-of-a-kind King. You've been found, called, and adopted; so trust your Father and claim this verse as your own: "God shows his great love for us in this way: Christ died for us while we were still sinners" (Rom. 5:8 NCV). And you never again have to wonder who your father is - you've been adopted by God and are therefore an "heir of God through Christ" (Gal. 4:7 NKJV). — Max Lucado

The next time you are called to suffer, pay attention. It may be the closest you'll ever get to God. — Max Lucado

Ask God to show you specific areas in your life that require his special "renewing" attention. — Max Lucado

When we look at the love of Christ, we make a wonderful discovery. Love is more a decision than an emotion! Christ-like love applauds good behavior. At the same time Christ-like love refuses to endorse misbehavior. Jesus loved His apostles, but He wasn't silent when they were faithless. Jesus loved the people in the temple, but He didn't sit still when they were hypocritical. — Max Lucado

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. — Max Lucado

Our kids were God's kids first ... We tend to forget this fact, regarding our children as "our" children, as though we have the final say in their health and welfare. We don't. All people are God's people, including the small people who sit at our tables. — Max Lucado

Sometimes God takes his time: — Max Lucado

You'll regret opening your mouth. You'll rarely regret keeping it shut. — Max Lucado

Is it possible for an unbaptized believer to be saved? Yes, definitely. Should every believer be baptized? Yes, definitely. — Max Lucado

Grace is a God who stoops. — Max Lucado

Has worrying about tomorrow every changed it? — Max Lucado

Maybe your family is more drama than delight, more crazy than kind? I can't say that your family will ever understand or bless you, but I know God will. Let God give you what your family doesn't. If your earthly family doesn't support you, then let your heavenly one take its place. — Max Lucado

All of my sermons become books. I've been accused of having no unpublished thought. I encourage pastors to do that. I think there are so many great sermons that never really get circulation. — Max Lucado

When God gives an assignment, he also gives the skill. Study your skills, then, to reveal your assignment. — Max Lucado

If we are to be just like Jesus, we must have regular time of talking to God and listening to his Word. — Max Lucado

God meets daily needs daily. Not weekly or annually. He will give you what you need when it is needed. — Max Lucado

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. — Max Lucado

God would rather give up His son..than give up on us — Max Lucado

Death is God's way of taking people away from evil. From what kind of evil? An extended disease? An addiction? A dark season of rebellion? We don't know. But we know that no person lives one day more or less than God intends. "All the days planned for me were written in your book before I was one day old" (Ps. 139:16). — Max Lucado

If we can understand that death is not the end but is really a transition into the next life, the great part of life, that frees us up into receiving God's courage and his help. — Max Lucado

God is fond of you. If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it. If He had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it. He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning. Face it, friend, He's crazy about you. — Max Lucado

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. — Max Lucado

Nothing fosters courage like a clear grasp of grace ... & nothing fosters fear like an ignorance of mercy — Max Lucado

There was a time I wanted to go into politics. And so all of a sudden, here I am, I guess. I'm in the thick of it. — Max Lucado

What Christ does in us and through us will always be 'exceedingly abundantly above all we ask or think.' — Max Lucado

For faith with no effort is no faith at all. — Max Lucado

It does little good to make the trip and miss the journey! — Max Lucado

Sustaining grace promises not the absence of struggle but the presence of God. — Max Lucado

Grace is God as heart surgeon, cracking open your chest, removing your heart - poisoned as it is with pride and pain - and replacing it with his own. — Max Lucado

Through is a favorite word of Gods ... [follow with] (Isa. 43.2) — Max Lucado

If you concern yourself with your neighbor's talents, you'll neglect your own. But if you concern yourself with yours, you could inspire both! — Max Lucado

If relationships matter most then [at the end of our lives], shouldn't they matter most now? — Max Lucado

It's God's job to run the world. Sometimes we accomplish more by doing less. — Max Lucado

Imagine Jesus today: He is leaning over, bending down close to someone who is hurt. He's listening. His eyes fill with tears as He hears that person's troubles. Then His hand gently brushes away a tear. He was hurt once too. He understands. — Max Lucado

God dispenses his goodness not with an eyedropper but a fire hydrant. Your heart is a Dixie cup, and his grace is the Mediterranean Sea. You simply can't contain it all. So let it bubble over. Spill out. Pour forth. And enjoy the flood. — Max Lucado

Your financial struggles have not gone unnoticed in heaven. — Max Lucado

Changing directions in life is not tragic. Losing passion in life is. — Max Lucado

Which would you prefer? To be king of the mountain for a day? Or to be a child of God for eternity? — Max Lucado

Filter your pain through the brevity of this life and the unending beauty of the next. — Max Lucado

13I pray that the God who gives hope will fill you with much joy and peace while you trust in him. Then your hope will overflow by the power of the Holy Spirit. — Max Lucado

My concern is that somebody would make a decision against Christianity because of Mr. Trump's behavior. — Max Lucado

Feed your fears and your faith will starve. Feed your faith, and your fears will. — Max Lucado

CAN is 100 times more important than IQ — Max Lucado

Repeat it to yourself over and over until it trumps the voices of fear and angst. "The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in your, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over your with singing" (Zeph. 3:17 NIV) — Max Lucado

Be quick to pray. Stop talking to yourself. Talk to Christ. — Max Lucado

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. — Max Lucado

You're special-not because of what you have. You're special because of who you are ... — Max Lucado

The lack of God-centeredness leads to self-centeredness. — Max Lucado

The same hand that stilled the seas stills your guilt.
The same hand that cleansed the Temple cleanses your heart.
The hand is the hand of God.
The nail is the nail of God.
And as the hands of Jesus opened for the nail, the doors of heaven opened for you. — Max Lucado

I guess grace doesn't have to [be] logical. If it did, it wouldn't be grace. — Max Lucado

God's love never ceases. Never. Though we spurn him. Ignore him. Reject him. Despise him. Disobey him. He will not change. Our evil cannot diminish his love. Our goodness cannot increase it. Our faith does not earn it anymore than our stupidity jeopardizes it. God doesn't love us less if we fail or more if we succeed. God's love never ceases.1 — Max Lucado

The Bible urges us to be respectful to all people, especially people with whom we have disagreements, to never libel people, to never label people. — Max Lucado

The one thing that I cannot do without each day is hope. — Max Lucado

God has proven himself as a faithful father. Now it falls to us to be trusting children. — Max Lucado

When times get hard, remember Jesus. When tears come, remember Jesus. When fear pitches his tent in your front yard. When death looms, when anger singes, when shame weighs heavily. Remember Jesus. Can you still remember? Are you still in love with Him? Remember, Paul begged, remember Jesus. Before you remember anything, remember Him. If you forget anything, don't forget Him. — Max Lucado

You are who God says you are. Spiritually alive. Heavenly positioned. Connected to the Father. A billboard of mercy. An honored child. — Max Lucado

There is no way our little minds can comprehend the love of God. But that didn't keep him from coming. — Max Lucado

All my books come out of sermons, and I'm really a pastor who writes rather than a writer who pastors. — Max Lucado

Since our greatest need was forgiveness, God sent us a Savior. He became like us, so we could become like Him. — Max Lucado