Max Lucado

Unbroken communion with God is the intent and not the exception.  Within the reach of every Christian is the unending presence of God. maxlucado.com/listen/ever-in…

If you want to be just like Jesus, spend time listening for him. maxlucado.com/listen/learnin…

When God asks for your attention, he doesn’t want you to send a substitute. He invites you to vacation in his splendor. He invites you to feast at his table. He wants to spend time with you. maxlucado.com/listen/gods-in…

“Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed” (Lk 5:16). Jesus spent regular time with God, praying and listening. If Jesus, the Son of God, the sinless Savior of humankind, thought to clear his calendar to pray, wouldn’t we be wise to do the same? maxlucado.com/listen/listeni…

“A man with a skin disease came to Jesus. The man bowed down before him and said, ‘Lord, you can heal me if you will.’ Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man and said, ‘I will. Be healed!’ And immediately the man was healed.” [Matt 8:2-3] maxlucado.com/listen/the-tou…

“Be kind and loving to each other, and forgive each other just as God forgave you in Christ” (Ephesians 4:32). Relationships don’t thrive because the guilty are punished but because the innocent are merciful. maxlucado.com/listen/thirsty…

Few situations stir panic like being trapped in a relationship. Some opt to flee, to get out of the relationship. Others fight, and tension becomes a way of life. A few, however, discover another treatment: forgiveness. maxlucado.com/listen/a-passi…

God has ambitious plans for us. The same one who saved your soul longs to remake your heart. Imagine what it means to be just like Jesus. maxlucado.com/listen/what-we…

The heart of Jesus was purposeful. He aimed at one goal—to save humanity from its sin. “The Son of man came to seek and to save the lost” (Luke 19:10). maxlucado.com/listen/heart-o…

The love of people often increases with performance and decreases with mistakes. Not so with God’s love. He loves you right where you are, but he refuses to leave you that way. maxlucado.com/listen/jesus-w…

Imagine for one day—24 hours—Jesus were to become you. Your heart gets the day off, and your life is led by the heart of Christ. His priorities govern your actions. His passions drive your decisions. His love directs your behavior. maxlucado.com/listen/heart-l…

Sustaining grace. The grace that meets us at our point of need and equips us with courage, wisdom, and strength. It doesn’t promise the absence of struggle. But it does promise the presence of God. maxlucado.com/listen/grace-t…

“If we say we have no sin, we are fooling ourselves, and the truth is not in us. But if we confess our sins, he will forgive our sins, because we can trust God to do what is right. He will cleanse us from all the wrongs we have done.” [1 John 1:8-9]. maxlucado.com/listen/confess…

“Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my anxieties; and see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” [Psalm 139:23-24] maxlucado.com/listen/confess…

Confession is a radical reliance upon grace. maxlucado.com/listen/the-val…

Grace goes beyond mercy. Mercy gave the prodigal son a second chance, but grace threw him a party. Mercy forgave the thief on the cross; grace escorted him into paradise. Mercy pardons us; grace woos and weds us. maxlucado.com/listen/christ-…

Where grace is lacking, bitterness abounds. Where grace abounds, forgiveness grows. maxlucado.com/listen/let-gra…

“Since I, the Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet…do as I have done to you.” [John 13:14-15] maxlucado.com/listen/as-i-ha…

Grace is not blind. It sees the hurt full well. But grace chooses to see God’s forgiveness even more. Hebrews 12:15 urges us to, “See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.” maxlucado.com/listen/where-g…

“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest” (Matt 11:28). There is no fine print. God’s promise has no hidden language. Stretch yourself out in the hammock of grace. You can rest now. maxlucado.com/listen/enough-…