Max Lucado Zitate

“Forgive and give as if it were your last opportunity. Love like there's no tomorrow, and if tomorrow comes, love again.”

“If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it. If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it. He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning… Face it, friend. He is crazy about you!”

“I choose gentleness… Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it be only in praise. If I clench my fist, may it be only in prayer. If I make a demand, may it be only of myself.”

“Remember, you are special because I made you. And I don't make mistakes.”

“Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.”

“To lead the orchestra, you have to turn your back on the crowd.”

“Don't worry about having the right words; worry more about having the right heart. It's not eloquence he seeks, just honesty.”

“You'll get through this. It won't be painless. It won't be quick. But God will use this mess for good. In the meantime don't be foolish or naïve. But don't despair either. With God's help you will get through this.”

“You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you.”

“Focus on giants - you stumble.
Focus on God - Giants tumble.”

“‎Mark it down: God loves you with an unearthly love. You can't win it by being winsome. You can't lose it by being a loser. But you can be blind enough to resist it”

“You are the only you God made… God made you and broke the mold.”

“Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realising you were the prisoner!”

“You weren't an accident. You weren't mass produced. You aren't an assembly-line product. You were deliberately planned, specifically gifted, and lovingly positioned on the earth by the Master Craftsman.”

“Once there was an old man who lived in a tiny village. Although poor, he was envied by all, for he owned a beautiful white horse.”

“Whether it be a curse or a blessing, I can’t say. All we can see is a fragment. Who can say what will come next?”

“No one knows if it is a blessing or a curse. No one is wise enough to know. Only God knows.”

“God loves you just the way you are, but Heto leave you that way. He wants you to be just like Jesus.”

“Lower your expectations of earth. This isn't Heaven, so don't expect it to be.”

“Be a child again. Flirt. Giggle. Dip your cookies in your milk. Take a nap. Say you're sorry if you hurt someone. Chase a butterfly. Be a child again.”

“Feed your fears and your faith will starve. Feed your faith, and your fears will.”

“Nature is God's first missionary. Where there is no Bible there are sparkling stars. Where there are not preachers there are spring times…
If a person has nothing but nature, then nature is enough to reveal something about God.”

“The key is this: Meet today's problems with today's strength. Don't start tackling tomorrow's problems until tomorrow. You do not have tomorrow's strength yet. You simply have enough for today.”

“The past does not have to be your prison. You have a voice in your destiny. You have a say in your life. You have a choice in the path you take.”

“We may speak about a place where there are no tears, no death, no fear, no night; but those are just the benefits of heaven. The beauty of heaven is seeing God.”

“Even though you may not understand how God works, you know he does.”

“Let God have you, and let God love you - and don’t be surprised if your heart begins to hear music you’ve never heard and your feet learn to dance as never before.”

“He loves each one of us like there is only one of us to love

(when God whisper your name)”

“To the loved, a word of affection is a morsel; but to the love-starved, a word of affection can be a feast.”