1. “When no one is watching, live as if someone is.” – Max Lucado
2. “On the eve of the cross, Jesus made his decision. He would rather go to hell for you than go to heaven without you. And the Angles Were Silent” – Max Lucado
3. “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
4. “Greed is not defined by what something costs; it is measured by what it costs you. If anything costs you your faith or your family, the price is too high. Such is the point Jesus makes in the parable of the portfolio.” – Max Lucado
5. “The cross is where God forgave his children without lowering his standards.” – Max Lucado
6. “There is no separation. There is no chasm between you and the heavens. There is no divider, no veil between you and God’s love.” – Max Lucado
7. “People are watching the way we act, more than they are listening to what we say.” – Max Lucado
8. “Pits have no easy exits.” – Max Lucado
9. “Do not meditate on the mess.” – Max Lucado
10. “When our deepest desire is not the things of God, or a favor from God, but God Himself, we cross a threshold.” – Max Lucado
11. “Gratitude. More aware of what you have than what you don’t. Recognizing the treasure in the simple – a child’s hug, fertile soil, a golden sunset. Relishing in the comfort of the common.” – Max Lucado
12. “Focus on giants – you stumble. Focus on God – Giants tumble.” – Max Lucado
13. “Remember, disappointment is cured by revamped expectations.” – Max Lucado
14. “Your pain has a purpose. Your problems, struggles, heartaches, and hassles cooperate toward one end-the glory of God.” – Max Lucado
15. “I simply think God is greater than our weakness. In fact, I think it is our weakness that reveals how great God is.” – Max Lucado
16. “Sometimes, the people who make a difference are not the ones with the credentials, but the ones with the concern.” – Max Lucado
17. “Waiting is an expectant patience. It’s a patience that says, “I don’t know what God is going to do, but I know God is going to do something.”” – Max Lucado
18. “For faith with no effort is no faith at all.” – Max Lucado
19. “Mark it down. You will never go where God is not.” – Max Lucado
20. “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
21. “The mind that is full of God is empty of anxiety. Are you troubled, restless, sleepless? Then think of God more!” – Max Lucado
22. “Blessed are those who know what on earth they are here on earth to do and set themselves about the business of doing it.” – Max Lucado
23. “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.” – Max Lucado
24. “Be kind to yourself. God thinks you’re worth his kindness. And he’s a good judge of character.” – Max Lucado
25. “God sees us with the eyes of a Father. He sees our defects, errors and blemishes. But He also sees our value.” – Max Lucado
26. “It’s okay to rest. Jesus fights when you cannot.” – Max Lucado
27. “But the greatest activity of life is well within your dominion. You can choose what you think about.” – Max Lucado
28. “Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realising you were the prisoner!” – Max Lucado
29. “Revenge is the raging fire that consumes the arsonist.” – Max Lucado
30. “Where do I go after I die? Is there a God? What do I do with my fears?” – Max Lucado
31. “Faith is the conviction that God knows more than we do about this life and He will get us through it.” – Max Lucado
32. “Every movie really does have a message. Somebody somewhere is trying to make a point or advance a cause or promote their agenda. There’s nothing wrong with that. They try to do so in an entertaining fashion.” – Max Lucado
33. “Be quick to pray. Stop talking to yourself. Talk to Christ.” – Max Lucado
34. “Love like there’s no tomorrow, and if tomorrow comes, love again.” – Max Lucado
35. “Meet your fears with faith.” – Max Lucado
36. “Is it possible for an unbaptized believer to be saved? Yes, definitely. Should every believer be baptized? Yes, definitely.” – Max Lucado
37. “Just because you are idle, don’t assume God is.” – Max Lucado
38. “Next time a sunrise steals your breath or a meadow of flowers leaves you speechless, remain that way. Say nothing, and listen as Heaven whispers, “Do you like it? I did it just for you.”” – Max Lucado
39. “Our moods may shift, but God’s doesn’t. Our minds may change, but God’s doesn’t. Our devotion may falter, but God’s never does. Even if we are faithless, He is faithful, for He cannot betray himself. He is a sure God.” – Max Lucado
40. “God does not play favorites.” – Max Lucado
41. “The lack of God-centeredness leads to self-centeredness.” – Max Lucado
42. “Fear will always knock on your door. Just don’t invite it in for dinner. And for heaven’s sake, don’t offer it a bed for the night.” – Max Lucado
43. “Faith is the bird that sings while it is yet dark.” – Max Lucado
44. “You are the only you God made… God made you and broke the mold.” – Max Lucado
45. “The only mistake is not to risk making one.” – Max Lucado
46. “When God sends signs, be faithful. Let them lead you to Scripture. As Scripture directs, be humble. Let it lead you to worship. And.” – Max Lucado
47. “We just need the government to be that greenhouse that permits our faith to grow.” – Max Lucado
48. “Apple trees bear apples, wheat stalks produce wheat, and forgiven people forgive people.” – Max Lucado
49. “Remember, you are special because I made you. And I don’t make mistakes.” – Max Lucado
50. “Whether or not storms come, we can not choose. But where we stare during a storm, that we can.” – Max Lucado
51. “Wilderness begins with disconnections. It continues with deceit.” – Max Lucado
52. “You are never more like Jesus than when you pray for others. Pray for this hurting world.” – Max Lucado
53. “Once you have seen his face you will forever long to see it again.” – Max Lucado
54. “No one can do everything, but everyone can do something.” – Max Lucado
55. “Are you weary? Catch your breath. Are you strong? Reserve passing judgment on the tired.” – Max Lucado
56. “If we are to be just like Jesus, we must have regular time of talking to God and listening to his Word.” – Max Lucado
57. “Want to learn to forgive? Then consider how you’ve been forgiven.” – Max Lucado
58. “Sentences are like just caught fish. Spunky today, stinky tomorrow.” – Max Lucado
59. “How we handle our tough times stays with us for a long time.” – Max Lucado
60. “The stone was moved – not for Jesus – but for the women; not so Jesus could come out, but so the women could see in!” – Max Lucado
61. “Nails didn’t hold God to a cross. Love did.” – Max Lucado
62. “Baptism is the initial step of a faithful heart.” – Max Lucado
63. “Fear corrodes our confidence in God’s goodness.” – Max Lucado
64. “Live in such a way that the world will be glad you did.” – Max Lucado
65. “Find joy in the ordinary.” – Max Lucado
66. “Your requests change history because your prayers change God!” – Max Lucado
67. “His life is an example. I pray that God will heal Jim’s body. But until he does, God is using Jim to inspire people like me. God will do the same with you. He will use your struggle to change others.” – Max Lucado
68. “Sometimes God takes his time:.” – Max Lucado
69. “Can you imagine a life with no fear? What if faith, not fear, was your default reaction to threats?” – Max Lucado
70. “It’s up to me to promote my faith and somebody else to promote theirs. Let the government just protect our right to do so.” – Max Lucado
71. “Struggles come, for sure. But so does God.” – Max Lucado
72. “Sometimes God allows what he hates to accomplish what he loves.” – Max Lucado
73. “Has worrying about tomorrow every changed it?” – Max Lucado
74. “Yes, your family history has some sad chapters. But your history doesn’t have to be your future. The generational garbage can stop here and now.” – Max Lucado
75. “Baptism is bowing before the Father and letting him do his work.” – Max Lucado
76. “He promises a lamp unto our feet, not a crystal ball into the future.” – Max Lucado
77. “If you aren’t you, we don’t get you.” – Max Lucado
78. “Let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. ROMANS 12:2 NLT.” – Max Lucado
79. “Each one of us should lead a life stirring enough to start a movement.” – Max Lucado
80. “If prayer depends on how I pray, I’m sunk. But if the power of prayer depends on the One who hears the prayer, and if the One who hears the prayer is my Daddy, then I have hope.” – Max Lucado
81. “Worry divides the mind.” – Max Lucado
82. “Changing directions in life is not tragic. Losing passion in life is.” – Max Lucado
83. “CAN is 100 times more important than IQ” – Max Lucado
84. “Sow seeds of hope and enjoy optimism. Sow seeds of doubt and expect insecurity.” – Max Lucado
85. “You change your life by changing your heart.” – Max Lucado
86. “When God is all you have, then all you have, is all you need.” – Max Lucado
87. “I’ve never been surprised by God’s judgment, but I’m still stunned by His grace.” – Max Lucado
88. “The worst part of all is that, without forgiveness, bitterness is all that is left.” – Max Lucado
89. “When we put someone in our jail cell of hatred, we are stuck guarding the door.” – Max Lucado
90. “A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.” – Max Lucado
91. “Don’t see yourself as a product of your parents DNA, but rather as a brand new idea from heaven.” – Max Lucado
92. “You may be transferred, enlisted, commissioned, reassigned, or hospitalized – but brand this on your heart – you can never go where God is not.” – Max Lucado
93. “Don’t quit. For if you do, you may miss the answer to your prayers.” – Max Lucado
94. “The past does not have to be your prison. You have a voice in your destiny. You have a say in your life. You have a choice in the path you take.” – Max Lucado
95. “If there was anything Jesus wanted everyone to understand, it was this: a person is worth something simply because he or she is a person.” – Max Lucado
96. “What to change your life? Begin by saying, “The Lord is my shepherd.”” – Max Lucado
97. “The most powerful life is the most simple life. The most powerful life is the life that knows where it’s going, that knows where the source of strength is; it is the life that stays free of clutter and happenstance and hurriedness.” – Max Lucado
98. “The big news of the Bible is not that you fight for God but that God fights for you.” – Max Lucado
99. “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.” – Max Lucado
100. “Those who successfully go through tough times do so because they keep insisting.” – Max Lucado
101. “Don’t be defined by your failures, be refined by them.” – Max Lucado
102. “But prayer isn’t asking God to do what we want. Prayer is asking God to what is right.” – Max Lucado
103. “When we see death, we see disaster. When Jesus sees death, he sees deliverance!” – Max Lucado
104. “You can climb too high for your own good. Linger too long at high altitudes and your hearing dulls and your eyesight dims.” – Max Lucado
105. “Everything changes when we see the face of God.” – Max Lucado
106. “Who has more reason to worship than the astronomer who has seen the stars? Than the surgeon who has held a heart? Than the oceanographer who has pondered the depths?” – Max Lucado
107. “We will find grace to help us when we need it.” – Max Lucado
108. “May you live in such a way that your death is just the beginning of your life.” – Max Lucado
109. “Write today’s worries in sand. Chisel yesterday’s victories in stone.” – Max Lucado
110. “Find a promise that fits your problem, and build your prayer around it.” – Max Lucado
111. “A nation is blessed when it has godly leaders.” – Max Lucado
112. “A woman’s heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.” – Max Lucado
113. “Your home is your giant-size privilege, your towering priority.” – Max Lucado
114. “God’s mercies are new every morning. Receive them.” – Max Lucado
115. “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
116. “God meets our needs one day at a time.” – Max Lucado
117. “It’s against God’s nature to remember forgiven sins.” – Max Lucado
118. “No one can pray and worry at the same time. When we worry, we aren’t praying. When we pray, we aren’t worrying.” – Max Lucado
119. “The people who make a difference are not the ones with the credentials but the ones with the concern.” – Max Lucado
120. “Stay strong! Your test will become your testimony, your mess will become your message.” – Max Lucado
121. “Let your failures refine you, not define you.” – Max Lucado
122. “To have a pure heart, we must submit all thoughts to the authority of Christ. If we are willing to do that, he will change us to be like him.” – Max Lucado
123. “You’ll never know Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you have. Are you in the wilderness? Find refuge in God’s presence. Find comfort in his people.” – Max Lucado
124. “I believe for God not to allow pain to happen in the world is for Him to extract free will from the world.” – Max Lucado
125. “Your serenity matters to heaven. God’s presence encapsulates your life.” – Max Lucado
126. “You’ll regret opening your mouth. You’ll rarely regret keeping it shut.” – Max Lucado
127. “Remember, God is in this crisis. Ask him to give you an index card–sized plan, two or three steps you can take today.” – Max Lucado
128. “Faithful servants have a way of knowing answered prayer when they see it, and a way of not giving up when they don’t.” – Max Lucado
129. “Of all the things you must earn in life, God’s unending affection is not one of them. You have it.” – Max Lucado
130. “Worry is to joy what a Hoover vacuum cleaner is to dirt: might as well attach your heart to a happiness-sucker and flip the switch.” – Max Lucado
131. “There is something cold about a God who cannot relate to what you and I feel.” – Max Lucado
132. “Immerse yourself in the curriculum of grace.” – Max Lucado
133. “Answer the big question of eternity, and the little questions of life fall into perspective.” – Max Lucado
134. “Forgive and give as if it were your last opportunity.” – Max Lucado
135. “To the loved, a word of affection is a morsel; but to the love-starved, a word of affection can be a feast. ” – Max Lucado
136. “A happy saint is one who is at the same time aware of the severity of sin and the immensity of grace.” – Max Lucado
137. “Forgiveness doesn’t diminish justice; it just entrusts it to God. He guarantees the right retribution.” – Max Lucado
138. “The difference between mercy and grace? Mercy gave the prodigal son a second chance. Grace gave him a feast.” – Max Lucado
139. “When God looks at you, he doesn’t see you; he sees the One who surrounds you. That means that failure is not a concern for you. Your victory is secure.” – Max Lucado
140. “You can. With God’s help you can close the gap between the person you are and the person you want to be.” – Max Lucado
141. “Though you see nothing, he is acting.” – Max Lucado
142. “The ultimate solution to POVERTY is found in the COMPASSION of God’s people.” – Max Lucado
143. “Every faith has its story; every faith has its roots.” – Max Lucado
144. “Grace is not blind. It sees the hurt full well. But chooses to see God’s forgiveness even more.” – Max Lucado
145. “Children spell love with four letters: T-I-M-E…” – Max Lucado
146. “If today were your last, would you do what you’re doing? Or would you love more, give more, forgive more? Then do so! Forgive and give as if it were your last opportunity. Love like there’s no tomorrow, and if tomorrow comes, love again.” – Max Lucado
147. “When you’re full of yourself, God can’t fill you. But when you empty yourself, God has a useful vessel.” – Max Lucado
148. “You are valuable because you exist. Not because of what you do or what you have done – but simply because you are.” – Max Lucado
149. “This much is sure: contagious calm will happen to the degree that we turn to him.” – Max Lucado
150. “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
151. “The question is not, will God keep his promises, but, will we build our lives upon them?” – Max Lucado
152. “Forgive and give as if it were your last opportunity. Love like there’s no tomorrow, and if tomorrow comes, love again.” – Max Lucado
153. “You’re never without hope, because you’re never without prayer.” – Max Lucado
154. “When we’re in the middle of a difficult time, we have to speak against that lie that says, “God is not here.” We have to draw near to God.” – Max Lucado
155. “You weren’t an accident. You weren’t mass produced. You aren’t an assembly-line product. You were deliberately planned, specifically gifted, and lovingly positioned on the earth by the Master Craftsman.” – Max Lucado
156. “Praise is the highest occupation of any being.” – Max Lucado
157. “A few songs with Him might change the way you sing. Forever.” – Max Lucado