Somewhere, sometime, somehow you got tangled up in garbage, and you've been avoiding God. You've allowed a veil of guilt to come between you and your Father. You wonder if you could ever feel close to God again. The message of the torn flesh is you can. God welcomes you. God is not avoiding you. God is not resisting you. The curtain is down, the door is open, and God invites you in
Max LucadoThe maker of the stars would rather die for you than live without you. And that is a fact. So if you need to brag, brag about that.
Max LucadoIn a sense we're all children of God - Jesus is called the one and only Son. Monogeneo is the word, God's only "genetic" child. He bears the very essence of God. What we say about God we say about Jesus. So the promise rises and falls on the identity of Jesus.
Max LucadoWhen you're full of yourself, God can't fill you. But when you empty yourself, God has a useful vessel.
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