About four days a week, I do pretty good at having a morning prayer time. But even at that, it's a rambling sort of thing. What I have learned to do better is to try to keep my mind turned toward God and ear inclined toward God throughout the day, and I think I'm doing better at that, but I've got a long way to go.

— Max Lucado

A few songs with Him might change the way you sing. Forever.

— Max Lucado

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

— Max Lucado

A season of suffering is a small assignment when compared to the reward. Rather than begrudge your problem, explore it. Ponder it. And most of all, use it. Use it to the glory of God.

— Max Lucado

A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.

— Max Lucado

But prayer isn't asking God to do what we want. Prayer is asking God to what is right.

— Max Lucado

Christmas is best pondered, not with logic, but with imagination.

— Max Lucado

Confession is the act of inviting God to walk the acreage of our hearts. “There is a rock of greed over here, Father. I can’t budge it. And that tree of guilt near the fence? Its roots are long and deep. And may I show you some dry soil, too crusty for seed?” God’s seed grows better if the soil of the heart is cleared.

— Max Lucado

Conflict is inevitable, but combat is optional.

— Max Lucado

Create a trophy room in your heart. Each time you experience a victory, place a memory on the shelf. Before you face a challenge, take a quick tour of God’s accomplishments. Look at all the paychecks he has provided, all the blessings he has given, all the prayers he had answered. Imitate the shepherd boy David. Before he fought Goliath, the giant, he remembered how God had helped him kill a lion and a bear (1 Samuel 17:34-36). He faced his future by revisiting the past.

— Max Lucado