Quote

We celebrate the First Advent to whet our appetites for the Second. We long for the next coming.

Max Lucado

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Max Lucado
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 11
Author
Theologian
Writer
San Angelo
Texas
Appetites
First
Advent
Long
Appetite
Celebrate
Second
Coming
Next
Whet
Firsts

More quotes by Max Lucado

Image
If we could solve the problem of who we are and where we are going, that it would have a huge impact on the culture and waterfall in on some of the more practical and social issues.
Max Lucado
Image
When Christ was born, so was our hope.
Max Lucado
Image
God wants the world to see what God can do with his purchased possessions. So he prunes you.
Max Lucado
Image
It's nothing mystical, necessarily. It's nothing secretive. It's just what we do with our body we do with our soul.
Max Lucado
Image
God did everything necessary to get Herod's attention. He sent messengers from the East and a message from the Torah. He sent wonders from the sky and words from Scripture. He sent the testimony of the heavens and the teaching of the prophets. But Herod refused to listen. He chose his puny dynasty over Christ. He died a miserable old man.
Max Lucado
Image
I think creative preaching is redundant.
Max Lucado
Image
To accept grace is to admit failure, a step we are hesitant to take. We opt to impress God with how good we are rather than confessing how great he is.
Max Lucado
Image
I've never really prided myself as being quick on my feet.
Max Lucado
Image
Patience is more than a virtue for long lines and slow waiters. Patience is the red carpet upon which God's grace approaches us.
Max Lucado
Image
God is recruiting for himself a people who will populate heaven.
Max Lucado
Image
The next time you're disappointed, don't panic. Don't give up. Just be patient and let God remind you He's still in control.
Max Lucado
Image
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.
Max Lucado
Image
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.
Max Lucado
Image
The sinless One took on the face of a sinner so that we sinners could take on the face of a saint.
Max Lucado
Image
You're special-not because of what you have. You're special because of who you are.
Max Lucado
Image
Indeed, baptism is a vow, a sacred vow of the believer to follow Christ. Just as a wedding celebrates the fusion of two hearts, baptism celebrates the union of sinner with Savior.
Max Lucado
Image
The cross is where God forgave his children without lowering his standards.
Max Lucado
Image
God would prefer we have an occasional limp than a perpetual strut.
Max Lucado
Image
You may go days without thinking of God, but there's never a moment when He's not thinking of you.
Max Lucado
Image
We preachers, people entrust us with their time week after week. I'm still stunned that people will let me talk to them for thirty minutes about anything I want to. It's a wonderful treasure that we are to steward.
Max Lucado