Max Lucado has touched millions with his signature storytelling writing style. For the last 20 years he’s also served as the senior pastor of the Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas. But he says his greatest accomplishment is finding a one-in-a-million wife in Denalyn and having three unbelievable daughters: Jenna, Andrea, and Sara. Learn more about Max and his books here: http://www.maxlucado.com/about/ All material from Max used on this website is Copyright W Publishing Group, used by permission.
Unfailing Love
My prayer for you this season of giving is that you will receive God’s love and accept your place as a dearly loved child in his heavenly family. Accept the love that came in the form of a newborn babe. Accept the forgiveness and grace bought for you through the cruel, nail-piercing reality of the Cross. Accept his [...] Read More >
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Have you been struggling in your marriage? Talk to a mentor confidentially and privately, via email. Have you ever made decisions about your relationships based on your feelings instead of the facts? When it comes to love, feelings rule the day. Emotions guide the ship. Goose bumps call the shots. But should they? Can feelings be [...] Read More >
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Learn more about the good and gracious God who continually welcomes us back to him: Take one of our Learning About God interactive online studies! Quiet heroes dot the landscape of our society. They don’t wear ribbons or kiss trophies; they wear spit-up and kiss boo-boos. They don’t make the headlines, but they do sew the [...] Read More >
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Take an interactive online study: Explore the life of Jesus through our series “Investigating Jesus’ Life“! “Free Flight: Rio de Janeiro to Miami, Florida.” I wasn’t the only person to hear about the offer but one of the few to phone and request details. The courier service offered an airline ticket to anyone willing to carry a [...] Read More >
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Learn more about Jesus, the Bible, and dozens of other topics in our online interactive life lessons! Two of our three daughters were born in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We lived in the North Zone, separated from our doctor’s office and hospital by a tunnel-pierced mountain range. During Denalyn’s many months of [...] Read More >
Tags: Bible, Devotional, God, healing, identity, Jesus, john 3:16, max lucado, Men, Redeemer, rio, salvation
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Do you need prayer? We’d be glad to pray with you! The problem is not that God hasn’t spoken but that we haven’t listened. Imagine your reaction if I were to take a telephone book, open it up, and proclaim, I have found a list of everyone who’s on welfare! Or what if I said, Here is [...] Read More >
Tags: Bible, compass, Devotional, direction, God, guidance, LIFE, max lucado, Men, purpose, Scripture
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Is This All There Is?
Is your life satisfying? Talk to someone who will come alongside you. Something is awry—we feel disconnected. We connect with a career, find meaning in family, yet long for something more. We feel the frustration I felt on Christmas morning, 1964. I assembled a nine-year-old’s dream gift: a genuine Santa Fe Railroad miniature train set, complete [...] Read More >
Tags: awry, Christmas, disconnected, Eden, flagship, Grandkids. kids, heaven, job, max lucado, promotion, reinstates, Santa Fe Railroad, wedding
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What if Things Only Get Worse?
Share your questions and prayer requests with an online mentor. Christ tells us that they will. He predicts spiritual bailouts, ecological turmoil, and worldwide persecution. Yet in the midst of it all, he contends bravery is still an option. (Matthew 24:4-14) Things are going to get bad, really bad, before they get better. And when conditions worsen, [...] Read More >
Tags: depression, Devotional, disaster, economy, finances, hope, max lucado, Men, Money, recovery, sadness, tragedy
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My Struggles are About Him
Would you like us to pray with you? Contact an online mentor anytime. What about your struggles? Is there any chance, any possibility, that you have been selected to struggle for God’s glory? Have you “been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake” (Philippians 1:29)? Here is [...] Read More >
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Is This All There Is?
Wondering what your purpose in life is? If you’re feeling despondent, talking to someone can help. Contact us anytime. Something is awry—we feel disconnected. We connect with a career, find meaning in family, yet long for something more. We feel the frustration I felt on Christmas morning, 1964. I assembled a nine-year-old’s dream gift: a genuine Santa [...] Read More >
Tags: Devotional, faith, Family, frustrated, future, God, hiding, Jesus, max lucado, Men, tired
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Daily online chats on TheLife.com explore a variety of interesting topics related to real life. Join an online chat today! [display_podcast] John the Baptist would never get hired today. No church would touch him. He was a public relations disaster. He “wore clothes made from camel’s hair, had a leather belt around his waist, and ate locusts [...] Read More >
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Connecting Through Technology
Do you use technology to stay in touch with family and friends?
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