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Thoughts By Max Lucado

2024-11-22

All Things New

Can an acorn become a rose? Can a whale fly like a bird?  Can lead become gold?  I don’t think so!

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2024-11-17

The Winsomeness of Holiness

1 Thess. 4: Do all you can to lead a peaceful life. Take care of your own business, and do your own work as we have already told you. If you do, then people who are not believers will respect you.

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2024-11-08

Focus on God’s Majesty

As long as our eyes are on God’s majesty there is a bounce in our step. 

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2024-11-05

Gratitude

Gratitude gets us through the hard stuff! To reflect on your blessings is to rehearse God’s accomplishments. To rehearse God’s accomplishments is to discover his heart!

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2024-11-04

He Loves to be with the Ones He Loves

Holiday travel. It isn't easy. Then why do we do it? You know the answer. We love to be with the ones we love.

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2024-10-26

Who Can Fathom Eternity?

'God has planted eternity in the hearts of men.'   Ecclesiastes 3:10 (TLB) It doesn't take a wise person to know that people long for more than earth.

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2024-10-23

Quiet Time with God

A quiet time with God is very similar to a date. Here are some tools to help you keep your very special date with God.

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2024-10-18

When You Speak, God Hears

You can talk to God because God listens. Your voice matters in heaven. He takes you very seriously.

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2024-10-15

Choosing the Uncommon Life

Joseph's fiancee was pregnant. But Joseph tanked his reputation. He swapped his reputation for a pregnant fiancee and an illegitimate son and made the big decision of discipleship. He placed Gods plan ahead of his own.

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2024-10-05

Our Problem is Sin

“Fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out.”  Romans 12:2 (MSG)

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2024-10-03

Fear of What’s Next

“I am going away” John 14:28 Imagine their shock when they heard Jesus say those

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2024-10-02

Open Bible, Open Heart, Open Ears

Do you have a Bible? Read it! When anxiety termites away at your peace, read Philippians 4:6: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”

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2024-10-01

Read Your Life Backward

“God is working in you to help you want to do and be able to

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2024-09-16

Born Again

Devotional: Jesus said, “Unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God (John 3:3).” Born again?

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2024-09-08

Sealed by God

As a parent, when our children stumble, we don’t disown them. We may punish or reprimand, but cast them out of the family? We cannot. They are biologically connected to us.

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2024-09-02

Don’t Replace God

Vengeance fixes your attention on life’s ugliest moments. Score settling freezes your stare at cruel

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2024-08-31

Words of Strength

Do not withhold encouragement from the discouraged. Do not keep affirmation from the beaten down! Speak words that make people stronger. 

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2024-08-24

The Holy Who?

We comprehend God as Jesus, the Son? But God as Spirit? The word itself is mystical.

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2024-08-08

Don’t Leave Feeling Unforgiven

“In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace” Ephesians 1:7 If only I could believe God’s forgiveness.

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2024-08-02

Forgiving is Not Excusing

To forgive is to move on, not to think about the offense anymore.

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2024-07-29

Be Still

In the midst of your daily storms, and in the storms that affect the entire world, make it a point to be still and set your sight on God.

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2024-07-28

Every Knee Shall Bow

The supreme surprise of hell is this: Christ went there so you won't have to.

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2024-07-18

Thump-Thud, Thump-Thud

There’s nothing like a good thump to reveal the nature of a heart. Jesus said that out of the nature of the heart a man speaks (Luke 6:45).

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2024-07-16

Nevertheless

Two types of thoughts continually vie for your attention. One proclaims God’s strengths; the other lists your failures.

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