Max Lucado Quotes

God's mercy and grace give me hope - for myself, and for our world.

Of him that hopes to be forgiven it is indispensably required that he forgive. It is, therefore, superfluous to urge any other motive. On this great duty eternity is suspended, and to him that refuses to practise it, the throne of mercy is inaccessible, and the Saviour of the world has been born in vain.

We are all sinners. But God heals us with an abundance of grace, mercy and tenderness

Whatever the reasons, when forgiveness happens it is always a miracle of grace. The obstacles in its way are immense

I am fallen, flawed and imperfect. Yet drenched in the grace and mercy that is found in Jesus Christ, there is strength

If we forgive other people, our hearts are made fit to receive forgiveness.

In the shadow of my hurt, forgiveness feel like a decision to reward my enemy. But in the shadow of the cross, forgiveness is merely a gift from one undeserving soul to another.

Grace comes free of charge to people who do not deserve it and I am one of those people... Now I am trying in my own small way to pipe the tune of grace. I do so because I know, more surely than I know anything, that any pang of healing or forgiveness or goodness I have ever felt comes solely from the grace of God.

Jesus understands our weaknesses and sins; and he forgives us if we allow ourselves to be forgiven.

It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.

You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you.

Life is not found in commandments or declarations of penalties, but in the promise of mercy and only in a gratuitous promise.

Grace is sufficient even though we huff and puff with all our might to try and find something or someone that it cannot cover. Grace is enough.

We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.

Spare me through your mercy, do not punish me through your justice.

We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.

The Holy Spirit, thank God, often enables people to forgive even though they are not sure how they did it.

I'm afraid we live at the mercy of a power, maybe a God, without mercy. And yet we find it, as I have, from others.

He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass if he would ever reach heaven; for everyone has need to be forgiven.

Catholics should be proselytizing about a God who is love, who represents a hereafter where there's no hell, who wants you to lead a life where you can confess your sins and feel much better afterwards. Those are lovely concepts of God.

The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness.

I thank the Lord for the great principle of repentance and forgiveness.

If in prayer I come before a throne of grace, the faults of my prayer will be overlooked.

I began to realize that when people experience the love of God, it casts out their fear and frees them from guilt.