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Honesty and vulnerability endear us to people they don't endanger us in our relationship.

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Max Lucado
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 11
Author
Theologian
Writer
San Angelo
Texas
Endanger
Vulnerability
Honesty
Relationship
People
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The Bible is full of stories of men and women who've found themselves in frightening situations but who chose to look up rather than look down - look up in faith - and God got them through it.
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Love the one who wears your ring. And cherish the children who share your name. Succeed at home first.
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God has high plans for you and me.
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The book, Max on Life, is really kind of a second chance to answer these questions.
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Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day. If I succeed, I will give thanks. If I fail, I will seek his grace. And then, when this day is done, I will place my head on my pillow and rest.
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Seek beauty and miss love. But seek love and find both.
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The meaning of life. The wasted years of life. The poor choices of life. God answers the mess of life with one word: 'grace.'
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God loves you just the way you are, but he refuses to leave you that way.
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It was a matter of going back through a lot of sermons and remembering the questions and conversations, where these ideas came from. So the book [Max on Life] is really kind of a second chance to answer these questions.
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It seems to me that election season is just a Petri dish for anger and cynicism.
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What if you woke up this morning and had only the things you thanked God for yesterday?
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To live as God's child is to know that you are loved by your Maker not because you try to please him and succeed, or fail to please him and apologize, but because he wants to be your Father. Nothing more.
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When all of earth turns against you, all of heaven turns toward you.
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The wizard [of Oz] says look inside yourself and find self. God says look inside yourself and find [the Holy Spirit]. The first will get you to Kansas. The latter will get you to heaven. Take your pick.
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No one wants your worries...not even you. Anxiety comes at a high cost. Let Jesus lead you beside still waters.
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I co-pastor now, so I preach six months, then another guy preaches six months. So that's really why I'm preparing for January, because I'll finish in June then I'll be writing and doing other projects for the rest of the year.
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We may not see the connection between the name Jesus and the phrase save his people from their sins, but Joseph would have. He was familiar with the Hebrew language.
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I think what happens is that we're so busy as pastors that we never get around to trying to turn that material into a book. It's a shame because there is so much good material out there that needs to be published.
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God sees in you a masterpiece about to happen
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Be a child again. Flirt. Giggle. Dip your cookies in your milk. Take a nap. Say you're sorry if you hurt someone. Chase a butterfly. Be a child again.
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