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Thoughts By Max Lucado

2023-03-21

An Unearthly Love

Live full lives, full in the fullness of God. Mark it down: God loves you with an unearthly love.

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2023-03-14

The Cure for Ingratitude

1st Thessalonians 5:18 tells us to “give thanks in everything!” In everything? In trouble, in the hospital, in a fix, in a mess, in distress? JESUS DID.

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2023-03-10

God’s Doing What’s Best for Us

He doesn’t delight in our sufferings, but He delights in our development".

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2023-02-25

What to Do with Worry

Next time you’re worried about your health or house or finances or flights, take a mental trip up the hill. Take your anxieties to the cross

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2023-02-19

I’m Here

"You are all around me--in front and in back--and have put your hand on me." Psalm 139:5 Pause and listen as His Majesty whispers ever so gently,

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2023-02-09

Disarming Anxiety

Your goal is not to know every detail of the future. Your goal is to hold the hand of the One who does; and never, ever let go! 

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2023-02-06

What You Were Made to Do

Your existence is not accidental. Your skills are not incidental. God shaped each person in turn!

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2023-02-03

Look to the Source of Help

Look to the Source of HELP: God—your rescuer, has the right vision.  He also has the right direction. Maybe you need your hope restored.

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2023-01-28

Your Kindness Quotient

How kind are you? What is your kindness quotient?

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2023-01-24

Leave Your Guilt at Calvary

Do you carry a load of guilt?  So many do. If our spiritual baggage were visible, do you know what you would see? Suitcases of guilt, bulging with binges, blowups, and compromises. The kid with the baggy jeans and the nose ring? He’d give anything to retract the words he said to his mother.

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2023-01-20

Give Thanks

Gratitude gets us through the hard stuff. To reflect on your blessings is to rehearse God’s accomplishments. To rehearse His accomplishments is to discover His heart. Gratitude always leaves us looking at God and away from dread. So practice gratitude!

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2023-01-17

Trust God to Lead

Worrying is one job you cannot farm out—but you can overcome it! And there’s no better place to begin than Psalm 23:2.  “He leads me beside the still waters,”

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2023-01-15

Fear Can Cause Us to Worship Safety

When fear shapes our lives, safety becomes our god. We worship the risk-free life.

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2023-01-05

God’s Joy

God's Joy. His is a joy which consequences cannot quench.  His is a peace which circumstances cannot steal.

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2022-12-26

Filling Our Minds with God’s Love

What happens when we fill our minds with thoughts of God’s love? Will standing beneath the downpour of his grace change the way we feel about others?

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2022-12-19

He Lives Within You

The virgin birth is more, much more, than a Christmas story; it is a picture of how close Christ will come to you. The first stop on his itinerary was a womb. Where will God go to touch the world? Look deep within Mary for an answer.

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2022-12-15

We Need A Saviour

"For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace"  Isaiah 9:6

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2022-12-02

God is Faithful

Our God is a promise-keeping God? Others may make a promise and forget it. But if God makes a promise, he keeps it.

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2022-11-17

Loneliness

Loneliness. Could it be one of God’s finest gifts? Scripture says, “Perfect love casts out fear.”

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2022-11-07

God, Our Defender

Here is a big question. What is God doing when you are in a bind?  When the lifeboat springs a leak?  When the rip cord snaps? 

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2022-11-02

So Many Hurts

If hurts were hairs—we’d all look like grizzlies! So many hurts.  When teachers ignore your work, their neglect hurts. When your girlfriend drops you, when your husband abandons you, when the company fires you, it hurts.  Rejection always does.  People bring pain. Sometimes deliberately.  So where do you turn?

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2022-10-29

No Child Ever Leaves God’s Sight

“Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6

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2022-10-25

Take Every Thought Captive

Change the thoughts, and you change the person. What happens when we fill our minds with thoughts of God’s love?

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2022-10-16

In a Storm

Jesus knows we’re in a storm.  Why doesn’t he come? Be assured—He is closer than you’ve ever dreamed!

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