“Admonishment is high-octane encouragement. The word literally means ‘putting in mind.’ To admonish is to deposit truth into a person’s thoughts. Above all, admonishment is truth spoken into a difficult circumstance. It inserts the chlorine tablet of veracity into the algae of difficulty.”- Max Lucado “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching […]
“We are never called to redeem the world. ‘Savior of humanity’ is not on your job description or mine. Encourage, correct, applaud, and admonish? By all means. But save the world? In no way. There is only one Messiah and one throne. He isn’t you, and the throne isn’t yours.”- Max Lucado “Finally, you should […]
“Jesus shared truth but graciously. Jesus offered grace but truthfully. Grace and truth. Acceptance seeks to offer both.”- Max Lucado “Then all of you can join together in one voice, giving grace and glory to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, accept each other just as Christ has accepted you so that […]
“Your Levi is your ‘opposite you.’ ‘Opposite yous’ can drain your joy bank. There is a tension, an awkwardness. Anger — low grade or high flame — can flare. Inability to manage the relationship can lead to isolation, prejudice, and bigotry.”- Max Lucado “Later, as Jesus left the town, he saw a tax collector named […]
“You’ve been UnScrooged from stinginess enough times to know the easiest way to make yourself smile is to make someone else smile first.”- Max Lucado “Whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. And whoever desires to be first among you , let him be your slave — just as the […]
“Quiet servants. The supporting cast of the kingdom of God. They seek to do what is right. . . . They embody this verse: ‘For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.’ (Galatians 5:13.”- Max Lucado In Chapter […]
“The act of praying for others has a boomerang effect. It allows us to shift the burden we carry for others to the shoulders of God. . . . Impossible burdens are made bearable because we pray about them. . . . Don’t let the difficulties of life suck you under. Give them to God […]
“Someone you know is under attack. You may not know what to say. You may not have resources to help. But you have this: you have prayer.”- Max Lucado “Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great […]
“Greet one another for your sake. Experience the joy of showing people they matter. Greet one another for their sake. What is small to you may be large to them. Most of all, greet one another for Jesus’ sake.”- Max Lucado Max Lucado concludes Chapter 5 of How Happiness Happens as he observes that a […]
“Social media takes rage to a new level. The online banter blisters and bruises. Words we might never say to a person’s face, we feel safe to post on the internet. Rudeness has reached the point where we can all relate to the sign I saw in a medical lab: ‘If you are grouchy, rude, […]
“We are not God’s gift to humanity. He loves us and indwells us and has great plans for us. God can use each of us, but he doesn’t need any of us. We are valuable but not indispensable. We are the ax, the saw, the rod, and the cane.”- Max Lucado “Can an ax boast […]
“It’s a slippery slope, this thing of self-promotion. What begins as a desire to serve Christ metastasizes into an act of impressing people. When this happens, gifted Marthas become miserable mumblers.”- Max Lucado As Jesus and the disciples continued on their way to Jerusalem, they came to a certain village where a woman named Martha […]