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Thoughts By Max Lucado

November 18, 2018

Strength to Overcome

God says, Receive the blessing of my victory. The question is not, will you overcome? It is, when will you overcome? Life will always bring challenges. But God will always give strength to face them.

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November 6, 2018

Sleeping Trouble

Millions of Americans have trouble sleeping! You may be one of them. Only one other living creature has as much trouble resting as we do. They are woolly, simpleminded, and slow…sheep. Sheep can’t sleep! For sheep to sleep, everything must be just right. No predators. No tension i

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October 31, 2018

An Anchor for the Soul

An anchor has one purpose—to steady the boat. The anchor for the soul is set, not on a boat or person or possession, but it is set in the inner sanctuary behind the curtain where Jesus has entered on our behalf.

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October 29, 2018

Forgiveness: Stay the Course

Vengeance is God’s. He will repay—whether ultimately on the Day of Judgment or intermediately in

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October 18, 2018

God is Father to the Fatherless

“Taste and see that the Lord is good.” A glimpse of God’s goodness changes us. If He is only slightly stronger than us, why pray? If He has limitations, questions, and hesitations, then you might as well pray to the Wizard of Oz.

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October 1, 2018

Mercy and Grace

You and I have stumbled in life.  We’ve done our best, only to trip and

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September 26, 2018

Pursue the Virtue of Contentment

Success is not defined by position or pay scale but by this: doing the most what you do the best. Better to be married to a happy person who has a thin wallet than a miserable person with a thick one.

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September 14, 2018

God Understands You

God, So human he could touch people. So mighty he could heal people. So heavenly he spoke with authority. So human he could blend in unnoticed for thirty years. So mighty he could change history and be unforgotten for two thousand years. Because Jesus was human, He understands you. And...

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September 9, 2018

We Like Sheep

We need a shepherd to care for us and to guide us. And Jesus is that Good Shepherd. The Shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep. The Shepherd who protects, provides, and possesses his sheep. The Psalmist says: The Lord is my shepherd! The imagery is carried over to the New Testament as Jesus is called the good shepherd of the sheep!

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September 5, 2018

God does Big Things with Small Deeds

God inhabits the tiny seed, empowers the tiny deed. He cures the common life by giving no common life, by offering no common gifts. Don't discount the smallness of your deeds.

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