Blog Posts by Max Lucado

Facing Doubters, Deniers, and Defenders

To understand John 3:16 — indeed to understand Jesus — this title is required reading: “... one and only Son...” For God so loved the world that He gave His ...

Jesus: The Only One and Only

…He gave His one and only Son… Two of our three daughters were born in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We lived in the North Zone, separated ...

God Is Listening

When you wonder if anyone is listening, know this: God is. Your voice matters in Heaven. He takes you very seriously. When you enter His presence, He turns to you ...

It’s a Jungle Out There: The Burden of Hopelessness

He restores my soul. — Psalm 23:3 NKJV I wonder if you could imagine yourself in a jungle. A dense jungle. A dark jungle. Your friends convinced you it was ...

A Great Idea

Editor’s note: Did you know that some of our most popular devotionals are actually kids’ devotionals? It’s true! Enjoy this one today from Max Lucado’s You Can Count on God ...

Grace for the Moment for Families

For Kids: Jesus Knows Some people might think, Jesus, it’s easy for You up there. You’re in Heaven. You just don’t know how hard it is down here. But those ...

When Your World Turns Against You

Get up, we must go. Look, here comes the man who has turned against Me. The words were spoken to Judas. But they could have been spoken to anyone. They ...

Did Jesus Have Fun?

Writings from He Gets Us From the beginning, we’ve wanted to share the real Jesus. At some point along the way, we realized that despite our best efforts to show ...

Open Mind, Open Heart

Elie Wiesel was a correspondent for a Jewish newspaper in Paris, France, in 1954. A decade earlier he was a prisoner in a Jewish concentration camp. A decade later he ...

God Will Help You Get Through Grief

We don’t discuss graveyards to brighten our day. Cemeteries aren’t typically known for their inspiration. But an exception was found in a graveyard near Bethany. And that one exception is ...

Searching the Night for a Light

So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a ...

Because of Bethlehem: God Has a Face

The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. — John 1:14 MSG The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who ...

God Guides the Wise

Holiday time is highway time. Ever since the magi packed their bags for Bethlehem, the birth of Jesus has caused people to hit the road. Our Christmas trips have a ...

God Sees What We Can’t

No one is like the Lord our God, who rules from Heaven. — Psalm 113:5 NCV On a trip to the United Kingdom, our family visited a castle. In the ...

It’s Going to Turn Out All Right

“Don’t be afraid,” he said. “Take courage. I am here!” — Matthew 14:27 NLT God’s call to courage is not a call to naïveté or ignorance. We aren’t to be ...

The Cure for Disappointment

The Cure for Disappointment I am the Lord, the God of every person on the earth. Nothing is impossible for Me. — Jeremiah 32:27 We need to hear that God ...

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