A person is the product of his thoughts. I want to be happy and hopeful. Therefore, I will have thoughts that are happy and hopeful. I refuse to be victimized by my circumstances.” —Max Lucado

“Be patient. God is using today's difficulties to strengthen you for tomorrow. He is equipping you. The God who makes things grow will help you bear fruit.” —Max Lucado

“Lower your expectations of earth. This isn't heaven, so don't expect it to be.” —Max Lucado

“You are the only you God made ... God made you and broke the mold.” —Max Lucado

“God never promises to remove us from our struggles. He does promise, however, to change the way we look at them.” —Max Lucado

“Hope is not a granted wish or a favor performed; no, it is far greater than that. It is a zany, unpredictable dependence on a God who loves to surprise us out of our socks.” —Max Lucado

"Nothing lifts the weary soul like the promises of God." —Max Lucado

“When Jesus died on the cross, so did your sin; when He rose from the dead, so did your HOPE.” —Max Lucado

“The life of Jesus Christ is a message of hope, a message of mercy, a message

of life in a dark world.” —Max Lucado

“It's not the absence of storms that sets us apart. It's whom we discover in the storm: an unstirred Christ.” —Max Lucado

“One of the greatest gifts we can give people is the hope that their death is nothing to fear - you know, not that it has no fear in it, but the promise of scripture is that God will lead us through the valley of the shadow of death.” —Max Lucado

“God meets daily needs daily. Not weekly or annually. He will give you what you need when it is needed.” —Max Lucado

“Instant obedience will teach you more about God than a lifetime of Bible discussions.”  (The Purpose Driven Life)

“If God only used perfect people, nothing would get done. God will use anybody if you’re available.”  

“Without God, life has no purpose, and without purpose, life has no meaning. Without meaning, life has no significance or hope.”  (The Purpose Driven Life)

“You cannot exalt God and yourself at the same time.”  

“You were made by God and for God and until you understand that, life will never make sense.”  

“Happy moments, PRAISE GOD. Difficult moments, SEEK GOD. Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD. Painful moments, TRUST GOD. Every moment, THANK GOD”  

“If you have ever said, “I didn’t get anything out of worship today,” you worshiped for the wrong reason. Worship isn’t for you. It’s for God. ” 

“The deepest level of worship is praising God in spite of pain, trusting Him during a , surrendering while suffering, and loving Him when He seems distant.”

“We are product of our past but we don’t have to be prisoners of it.”  

“The truth is, almost everything we do is done poorly when we first start doing it – that’s how we learn.”  (The Purpose Driven Life)