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You are valuable because you exist. Not because of what you do or what you have done - but simply because you are.

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Max Lucado
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 11
Author
Theologian
Writer
San Angelo
Texas
Valuable
Exist
Simply
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Life

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Jesus will press his thumb against the cheek of humanity and wipe away all tears.
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My first encounters with faith came about the time I was a Boy Scout, at about 14 or 15. I made the logical deduction that they operate the same way I treated my faith like earning a merit badge, and everything about Christianity was about earning merit badges.
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Praise is the highest occupation of any being
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Forgiveness doesn't diminish justice it just entrusts it to God. He guarantees the right retribution.
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I get one hour, really 25 minutes in a sermon on a weekend, to combat all the hours of the week that people are told you are what you have through billboards, commercials, and sitcoms, and so forth.
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Gratitude. More aware of what you have than what you don't. Recognizing the treasure in the simple - a child's hug, fertile soil, a golden sunset. Relishing in the comfort of the common.
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God comes on his own terms. He comes when commands are revered, hearts are clean, and confession is made.
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Our task is to stand tall in God's love, secure in our place, sparkling in kindness, surrounded by his goodness, freely giving to all who come our way. You, me, and the Christmas tree. Picked, purchased, and pruned.
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It seems to me that election season is just a Petri dish for anger and cynicism.
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We get a lot of unsolicited manuscripts here. Im not even a publisher, but we get several a week. I dont read them, but I do glance through some of them, and some people dont need to be writing, they have something else.
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We've been taught that the Christian life is a life of peace, and when we don't have peace, we assume the problem lies within us. Not only do we feel anxious, but we also feel guilty about our anxiety! The result is a downward spiral of worry, guilt, worry, guilt.
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Prayer pushes us through life's slumps, propels us over the humps and pulls us out of the dumps. Prayer is the oomph we need to get the answers we seek.
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We (Christians) are always in the presence of God. There is never a non-sacred moment! His presence never diminishes. Our awareness of His presence may falter, but the reality of His presence never changes.
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God never said that the journey would be easy, but He did say that the arrival would be worthwhile.
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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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I love everything about the Christmas season.
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No person is too hardened.
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The Bible is God's Word given in man's language
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We celebrate the First Advent to whet our appetites for the Second. We long for the next coming.
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How my relationship with my parents influenced my writing, really not at all. My dad was a mechanic, my mom a nurse.
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