Quotes from Max Lucado

he does pledge to reweave your pain for a higher purpose.

But there is no way we can move forward together if you're going to hold me hostage to the past.

Sometimes God takes his time...

How we handle our tough times stay with us a long time. (P68)

7Knowledge begins with respect for the LORD, but fools hate wisdom and discipline.

His history is redeemed not in minutes but in lifetimes.

Be fiercely loyal to one spouse. Fiercely loyal. Don't even look twice at someone else. No flirting. No teasing. No loitering at her desk or lingering in his office.

Next time you're in the car, take a look at the stoplights. Use them to help you remember to live for God. On red, remember that Jesus' blood takes away our sins. On yellow, be careful about what you do and say. And on green, praise God every chance you get.

On your wedding day, God loaned you his work of art: an intricately crafted, precisely formed masterpiece. He entrusted you with a one-of-a-kind creation. Value her. Honor him. Having been blessed with a Testore, why fiddle around with anyone else?

The heart of the human problem is the heart of the human. And God's treatment is prescribed in John 3:16.

The Spirit is the dove of peace who calms us, the gift giver who equips us, the river of living water who flows out of us to refresh the world.

Your enemies still figure into God's plan. Their pulse is proof: God hasn't given up on them. They may be out of God's will, but not out of his reach. You honor God when you see them, not as his failures, but as his projects.