Max Lucado Quotes

I wouldn't ever say if you're having tough times then there must be something wrong with you or your attitude. Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith. I encourage people to stay up, stay hopeful, stay faith-filled.

I had my battles. I had my times of just being upset and God would show me, 'Hey, I'm right here, I'll walk you through this and it doesn't make sense now but just trust me.' That's where faith come in - trust.

Whenever I go through any sort of bad patch, I remind myself that part of the game of cricket is God testing you.

See your weakness as a reason to pray the more, it should not be the reason for sadness or to abandon your post.

Failure sometimes enlarges the spirit. You have to fall back upon humanity and God.

Without faith, I don't think I'd be here.

Sometimes you find your strongest faith in the darkest corners.

And when things get tough, trust there is a bigger plan and that you will be stronger for it.

I believe that no matter what you believe, you're going to go through hard times.

I've been through difficult times where it just seems like hope is nowhere to be found, but those are some of the greater moments where we run to Christ a little faster and hang on a little tighter.

Within all of us there is a storm. Some believe it will never end: but he who has faith in the heavens above will weather any storm.

I promise you that one day you will stand aside and look at your difficult times, you will realize that he was always there beside you.

The reason so many of us struggle so intensely with adversity is that we have yet to adopt God's perspective and priorities.

Trust is not a passive state of mind. It is a vigorous act of the soul by which we choose to lay hold on the promises of God and cling to them despite the adversity that at times seeks to overwhelms us.

Never are we nearer the Light than when the darkness is deepest.

In the harsh face of life faith can read a bracing gospel.

That is when you need faith the most. Not when everything is going your way, not when you have much to be thankful for, but when there is darkness all around.

Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.

Life has a way of testing our anchors and tempting us to drift. Nevertheless, if our anchors are correctly placed in the rock of our Redeemer, they will hold—no matter the force of the wind, the strength of the tide, or the height of the waves.

We simply can't trust God's power fully until we experience it in the midst of our crisis.

Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.

The agony of a man's affliction is often necessary to put him into the right mood to face the fundamental things of life. The Psalmist says: "Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now have I kept Thy Word.

Faith is not to get you out of a hard place but to change your heart in the hard place.

When things start to get rough, you find comfort in your faith. Knowing that no matter what, you can dust yourself off and be okay.