Quotes from Max Lucado

A person may have feigned belief but not meant it. Judas is an example of one who seemed to have been saved but in truth was not. For three years he followed Christ. While the others were becoming apostles, he was becoming a tool of Satan.

God is there in the kindness of a stranger. In the beauty of the sunset. In the gentle word and the hug just when you need it.

Your belief system is not concerned with the exterior of the tent but the interior. It is the set of convictions (poles)—all of them unseen—upon which your faith depends. If your belief system is strong, you will stand. If it is weak, the storm will prevail.

God sent Jesus to tell us he knows what it is like to be a human in this world.

And at the supper, Jesus is not the served but the servant. It was Jesus who, during the supper, put on the garb of a servant and washed the disciples' feet (John 13:5).

God's thoughts are not our thoughts. They are not anything like ours. Our thoughts aren't even in the same neighborhood.

You will never go wrong doing what is right.

I praise you because you made me in an amazing and wonderful way. [ Psalm 139:14 NCV ]

We love earthly things that rust and break. God loves heavenly things that last forever. We are overjoyed by our victories. He is overjoyed by our confessions.

Perceived control creates calm. Lack of control gives birth to fear.

consequence free.

We look at the Nike star player with the million-dollar smile and say, "I want to be like him." God points to His Son—who suffered the cross to save you—and says, "I want you to be like Him.