Max Lucado

Paul said in 1 Corinthians 13:4, “Love does not envy!” A number of years ago I learned of a new church across town. A friend came to me with this report: The church is great. It’s bursting at the seams—the largest one in town. A more spiritual Max would have rejoiced. A more mature Max would have thanked God. But the Max who heard the report did not act mature or spiritual. He acted jealous. Rather than celebrate God’s work, I was obsessed with my own. I wanted our church to be the biggest. Sickening!

In a profound moment of conviction, God let me know that the church is his church, not mine. The work is his work, not mine. And my life is his life, not mine. My job was not to question him, but to trust him. The cure for jealousy? Trust!

From A Love Worth Giving

Luke 6:35 says, “But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back.”

Impossible on our own? 

Yes... until  you fully comprehend the sacrifice that God made to forgive your sins.

Thank you Jesus!

faith, hope and love and the greatest of these is LOVE

1 John 4:19 it says, “We love, because he first loved us.” 

Ephesians 4:32, “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”

I am so thankful for the love of God which enables me to love those closest to me and those the farthest away...because He loves all of His creation and I love Him.

Max Lucado

Suppose you were to stand on a stage while a film of every secret and selfish moment of your life was projected on the screen behind you? Would you not scream for the heavens to have mercy? And would you not feel just a fraction of what Christ felt on the cross? The icy displeasure of a sin-hating God?

The Bible says Christ carried all our sins in his body. See Christ on the cross? That’s a gossiper hanging there. See Jesus? Embezzler….liar…bigot. Hold it, Max! Don’t you lump Christ with those evildoers. I didn’t. HE did. More than place his name in the same sentence, he placed himself in their place. And yours! With hands nailed open, he invited God, Treat me as you would them.  And God did. “My God, my God, why did you abandon me?” (Matthew 27:46). Why did Christ scream those words? It’s simple–so you will never have to!

we miss you Jamey!

you are always in my thoughts....the loss never lessens we just learn to live with it. I love you my sonny one...I love you!

From the inside out!

I always read Max excerpts after I do my Bible Study in the morning. I gauge my accuracy many times on confirmation of his teaching that day, Today I hit the mark...yeah! God is faithful to let me know I am on the right track :)

From Next Door Savior
~Max Lucado

My dog Molly couldn’t be a sweeter mutt. She sees every person as a friend and every day as a holiday. I have no problem with Molly’s attitude. I have a problem with her habits. Eating scraps out of the trash. Licking dirty plates in the dishwasher. What kind of behavior is that? It’s dog behavior!

Here’s my idea: a me-to-her transfusion. I want to deposit in her a kernel of human character. As it grows, will she not change? You think the plan is crazy? What I’d like to do with Molly, God does with us. He changes our nature from the inside out. God doesn’t send us to obedience school to learn new habits; he deposits a new heart–his heart–within us. Forget training; he gives transplants!

中国新声代 李成宇 谭芷昀 《You Raise Me Up》