Max Lucado - God Quotes

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Patience is more than a virtue for long lines and slow waiters. Patience is the red carpet upon which God's grace approaches us.

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There is a canyon of difference between doing your best to glorify God and doing whatever it takes to glorify yourself. The quest for excellence is a mark of maturity. The quest for power is childish.

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The next time you are called to suffer, pay attention. It may be the closest you'll ever get to God.

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Waiting is a sustained effort to stay focused on God through prayer and belief.

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Grace is not blind. It sees the hurt full well. But chooses to see God's forgiveness even more.

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When troubles come our way, we can be stressed and upset, or we can trust God. Caleb could have cursed God. He didn't deserve the wilderness. He had to put his dreams on hold for four decades. Still he didn't complain or grow sour.

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Where we might think of sin as slip-ups or missteps, God views sin as a godless attitude that leads to godless action.

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I don't like hassles. But I love Christmas because it reminds us how "God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God" (Rom. 8:28 NLT).

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When you recognize God as Creator, you will admire Him. When you recognize His wisdom, you will learn from Him. When you discover His strength, you will rely on Him. But only when He saves you will you worship Him.

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If we are to be just like Jesus, we must have regular time of talking to God and listening to his Word.

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Your pain has a purpose. Your problems, struggles, heartaches, and hassles cooperate toward one end-the glory of God.

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God saves, not God empathizes, cares, listens, helps, assists, or applauds.

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You are who God says you are. Spiritually alive. Heavenly positioned. Connected to the Father. A billboard of mercy. An honored child.

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Does God know if I am ignored or rejected? Find the answer in the compassionate eyes of Christ as he stands to defend the adulterous woman.

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We exist to exhibit God, to display his glory. We serve as canvases for his brush stroke, papers for his pen, soil for his seeds, glimpses of his image.

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Which would you prefer? To be king of the mountain for a day? Or to be a child of God for eternity?

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Sin is not an unfortunate slip or a regrettable act; it is a posture of defiance against a holy God.

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The ultimate solution to POVERTY is found in the COMPASSION of God's people.

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If God were only mighty, we would Salute Him. But since he is Merciful and Mighty, we can approach Him.

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You have a God who hears you, the power of love behind you, the Holy Spirit within you, and all of heaven ahead of you. If you have the Shepherd, you have grace for every sin, direction for every turn, a candle for every corner and an anchor for every storm. You have everything you need.

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Bread of Life? Jesus lived up to the title. But an unopened loaf does a person no good. Have you received the bread? Have you received God's forgiveness?

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Others have promised and failed. But God has promised and succeeded. He loves you with an unfailing love.

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Trust God's love. His perfect love. Don't fear He will discover your past. He already has. Don't fear disappointing Him in the future. He can show you the chapter in which you will. With perfect knowledge of the past and perfect vision of the future, He loves you perfectly in spite of both.

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How does God deal with your bitter heart? He reminds you that what you have is more important than what you don't have. You still have your relationship with God. No one can take that.

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God, the Master Weaver. He stretches the yarn and intertwines the colors, the ragged twine with the velvet strings, the pains with the pleasures. Nothing escapes his reach.

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How grimy did God get when He reached down to clean you up? How grimy are you willing to get in order to be an 'imitator of God'?

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Jesus was not just godly, godlike, God hungry, God focused, or God worshipping. He was God. Not merely a servant of God, instrument of God, or friend of God, but Jesus was God.

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Since our greatest need was forgiveness, God sent us a Savior. He became like us, so we could become like Him.

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When it comes to Christ, you've got to do the same. Call him crazy, or crown him as king. Dismiss him as a fraud, or declare him to be God. Walk away from him, or bow before him, but don't play games with him.

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God grants us an uncommon life to the degree we surrender our common one.

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