His Kingdom Will Never End

His kingdom will never end. Luke 1:33

No Room

Here I am! I stand at the door and knock.Revelation 3:20

God Sent a Savior

God has given a son to us.… His name will be Wonderful Counselor, Powerful God … Prince of Peace.Isaiah 9:6

Touch the World

She brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrappedHim in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger.Luke 2:7, NKJV


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Hang In There

Is anything too hard for the Lord? No!Genesis 18:14

Hidden in His Love

He … loads me with love and mercy Psalm 103:4

God Knows the Answers

If any of you needs wisdom, you should ask God for it.James 1:5

A Tiny Seed, A Tiny Deed

Do not despise…small beginnings, for the LORD rejoices to see the work begin. Zechariah 4:10 NLT

Don't Leave Feeling Unforgiven

Don't Leave Feeling Unforgiven - Max Lucado

A Fire Burning

A Fire Burning - Max Lucado

Taking No Chances

Taking No Chances · Max Lucado

Pray!

By Max Lucado

 

 

Anyone who is having troubles
should pray. Anyone who is happy
should sing praises.
James 5:13

When a believing person prays—great things happen.
If you want to deepen your prayer life—pray. Don’t prepare to pray. Just pray. Don’t read about prayer. Just pray. Don’t attend a lecture on prayer or engage in discussion about prayer. Just pray.
James 5:13 says anyone who’s having troubles should pray. Anyone who’s happy should sing praises.
Posture, tone, and place are personal matters. Do what works for you. Just don’t overthink it. In other words, don’t be so concerned about wrapping the gift that you never give it. Better to pray awkwardly than not at all.
And if you feel you should only pray when you’re inspired, that’s okay. Just see to it that you are inspired every day.

A Holy Gift

Christ carried our sins in his body on the cross.  I Peter 2:24 

In an act that broke the heart of the Father, yet honored the holiness of heaven, sin-purging judgment flowed over the sinless Son of the ages.

And heaven gave earth her finest gift.  The Lamb of God who took away the sin of the world.

“My God, my God, why did you abandon me?”  Why did Christ scream those words?

So you’ll never have to.

He Saved You

“Because he delights in me, he saved me.”  Psalm 18:19

You thought he saved you because of your good works or good attitude or good looks. Sorry. If that were the case, your salvation would be lost when your voice went south or your works got weak. There are many reasons God saves you: to bring glory to himself, to appease his justice, to demonstrate his sovereignty. But one of the sweetest reasons God saved you is because he is fond of you.

Come and See

“Can anything good from Nazareth?” Philip answered, “Come and see.”  John 1:46

Can anything good come out of Nazareth? Come and see.

See Wilberforce fighting to free slaves in England . . .

Journey into the jungles and hear the drums beating in praise . . .

Venture into the gulags and dungeons of the world and hear the songs of the saved refusing to be silent.

Come and see.

God Did

“The Lord will arise over you, and His glory will be seen upon you.”  Isaiah 60:2 NKJV

When we create a redeemer, we keep him safely distant in his faraway castle. We allow him only the briefest of encounters with us. We permit him to swoop in and out with his sleigh before we can draw too near. We wouldn’t ask him to take up residence in the midst of a contaminated people. In our wildest imaginings we wouldn’t conjure a king who became one of us. But God did.

Why Did He Do It?

“Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows.”  Isaiah 53:4 NIV



Why did Jesus live on earth as long as he did? Why not step into our world just long enough to die for our sins and then leave? Why not a sinless year or week?  Why did He have to live a life? To take on our sins is one thing, but to take on our sunburns, our sore throats? To experience death, yes – but to put up with life? To put up with long roads, long days, and short tempers? Why did He do it?
Because he wants you to trust Him.

Max Lucado

Matter of the Heart

“Create in me a clean heart, O God.”  Psalm 51:10 TLB


Ever blamed your plight on Washington? (If they’d lower the tax rates, my business would work.) Inculpated your family for your failure? (Mom always liked my sister more.) . . .
Consider the prayer of David: “Create in me a new heart, O God . . .”
Real change is an inside job. You might alter things a day or two with money and systems, but the heart of the matter is and always will be, the matter of the heart.

Max Lucado

When We See Jesus

“His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like flames of fire.”  Revelation 1:14

What would a person look like if he had never sinned? If no worry wrinkled his brow and no anger shadowed his eyes? If no bitterness snarled his lips and no selfishness bowed his smile? If a person had never sinned, how would he appear? We’ll know when we see Jesus.

Max Lucado

The Choice is Ours

“You have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.”  1 Peter 1:23 NIV


We are free either to love God or not. He invites us to love Him. He urges us to love Him. He came that we might love Him. But, in the end, the choice is yours and mine. To take that choice from each of us, for Him to force us to love Him, would be less than love . . .
He leaves the choice to us.

by Max Lucado