Fear never wrote a symphony or poem, negotiated a peace treaty, or cured a disease. Fear never pulled a family out of poverty or a country out of bigotry. Fear never saved a marriage or a business. Courage did that. Faith did that. People who refused to consult or cower to their timidities did that. But fear itself? Fear herds us into a prison and slams the doors. Wouldn't it be great to walk out?
Max LucadoChristianity teaches salvation by grace through faith, every other religion teaches salvation through works and merit.
Max LucadoBe kind to yourself. God thinks you're worth his kindness. And he's a good judge of character.
Max LucadoIn the manger God loves you; through the cross God saves you. But has he taken you to his home? Not yet.
Max LucadoPeople assume when they come into a church and see a person up there speaking, 'That person must be a good person.' My challenge through the years has been believing that: 'I guess I must be a really good person.' I struggle with it. It just helps me to keep that confessional posture.
Max LucadoGod sees us with the eyes of a Father. He sees our defects, errors and blemishes. But He also sees our value.
Max LucadoBiblically defined marriage is a man and a woman for life, and so anything different than that is not God's ideal whether it be polygamy, whether it be divorce, whether it be a marriage between a man and a man or a woman and a woman. The ideal would be a man and a woman under a covenant of God's blessing.
Max Lucado