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A story does that: it will reach out and hook somebody and hold them for just a few moments while you unpack this story in their presence.

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Max Lucado
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 11
Author
Theologian
Writer
San Angelo
Texas
Moments
Stories
Unpack
Doe
Hook
Presence
Reach
Hold
Somebody
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Even though you may not understand how God works, you know he does.
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No place is too common. No person is too hardened. No distance is too far. There's no person God cannot reach. There's no limit to his love.
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If we think that this life is all there is to life, then there is no interpretation of our problems, our pain, not even of our privileges. But everything changes when we open up to the possibility that God's story is really our story too.
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Greed is not defined by what something costs it is measured by what it costs you. If anything costs you your faith or your family, the price is too high. Such is the point Jesus makes in the parable of the portfolio.
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He loves each one of us like there is only one of us to love (when God whisper your name)
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For years I thought my assignment or the Church's assignment was to articulate the Gospel and nothing more. Now I believe that if we don't support the verbal expression of the Gospel with physical demonstration of compassion, we are not imitating Jesus.
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There is a difference between grace and mercy. Mercy is the decision of God not to punish us. But grace is the decision of God to save and bless us.
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God will use your mess for good. We see a perfect mess God sees a perfect chance to train, test , and teach.
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I don't like hassles. But I love Christmas because it reminds us how God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God (Rom. 8:28 NLT).
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A little rain can straighten a flower stem. A little love can change a life.
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God is kind, but he is not soft. He takes us firmly by the hand and leads us into a radical life change.
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The apostle Paul never seemed to exhaust the topic of grace - what makes us think we can? He just kept coming at it and coming at it from another angle. That's the thing about grace. It's like springtime. You can't put it in a single sentence definition, and you can't exhaust it.
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Answer the big question of eternity, and the little questions of life fall into perspective.
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Our God is abundant in love and steadfast in mercy. He saves us, not because we trust in a symbol, but because we trust in a Savior.
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I think I could do better in my approach to application. I think I could do better in preaching practical sermons.
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