Your goal is not to know every detail of the future. Your goal is to hold the hand of the One who does and never, ever let go.
Max LucadoIt works well for me to go ahead and prepare the sermon with a chapter in mind. What that does is to force me to be very thrifty in my language, tighten up my words and not ramble so much. It puts some fiber in the sermon.
Max LucadoAll I did was collect a few of the questions I've been asked through the years, write up a brief response and put them in this publication. As a pastor, you get asked questions and receive emails. Many of them I had answered, but just in conversation. So we kind of re-crafted the question and answered it. It turned out to be an interesting exercise. I hope it's encouraging for people.
Max LucadoI simply think God is greater than our weakness. In fact, I think it is our weakness that reveals how great God is.
Max Lucado