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I don't have any desire to retire in the sense of not doing anything. Because as long as the Lord gives me strength I want to keep writing and keep preaching. I love what I do.

Max Lucado

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Max Lucado
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 11
Author
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Writer
San Angelo
Texas
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Anger is the noise of the soul the unseen irritant of the heart the relentless invader of silence.
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Forgiveness is choosing to see your offender with different eyes.
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Next time a sunrise steals your breath or a meadow of flowers leave you speechless, remain that way. Say nothing, and listen as Heaven whispers, Do you like it? I did it just for you.
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You weren't an accident. You weren't mass produced. You aren't an assembly-line product. You were deliberately planned, specifically gifted, and lovingly positioned on the earth by the Master Craftsman.
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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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God is always near us. Always for us. Always in us.
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Of all the things you must earn in life, God's unending affection is not one of them. You have it.
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My co-pastor is Randy Frazee. Randy is the brightest bulb in this box. He really has a feeling for what a church needs in terms of maturity, so I listen to him.
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The church is never a place to show off. Do your good deeds quietly. Serve don't seek to be seen
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