Life to the Max - A Max Lucado Digital Sampler
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This digital sampler includes excerpts from selected Max Lucado titles, offering a glimpse into the contents of these six books, all of which can help you live life to the max. Titles include: Max on Life, Outlive Your Life, Fearless, It’s Not About Me, Cure for the Common Life, and Live Loved. Copyrighted by Max Lucado and published by Thomas Nelson.
Max Lucado
Since entering the ministry in 1978, Max Lucado has served churches in Miami, Florida; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and San Antonio, Texas. He currently serves as the teaching minister of Oak Hills Church in San Antonio. He is the recipient of the 2021 ECPA Pinnacle Award for his outstanding contribution to the publishing industry and society at large. He is America's bestselling inspirational author with more than 150 million products in print. Visit his website at MaxLucado.com Facebook.com/MaxLucado Instagram.com/MaxLucado Twitter.com/MaxLucado Youtube.com/MaxLucadoOfficial The Max Lucado Encouraging Word Podcast
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Life to the Max - A Max Lucado Digital Sampler - Max Lucado
LIFE TO THE MAX
A Max Lucado Digital Sampler
Max Lucado
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Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations in Max on Life are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com
Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations in Outlive Your Life, Fearless, Cure for the Common Life, and Live Loved are taken from the New King James Version®. © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations in It’s Not About Me are taken from the New American Standard Bible®, © The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1977, 1995. Used by permission.
Other Scripture references are from the following sources: The Holy Bible, New Living Translation (NLT). © 1996, 2004. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. J. B. Phillips: The New Testament in Modern English, Revised Edition (PHILLIPS). © J. B. Phillips 1958, 1960, 1972. Used by permission of Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc. The New King James Version® (NKJV). © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The New Century Version® (NCV). © 2005 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The New American Standard Bible® (NASB). © The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by permission. The Holy Bible, New International Version® (NIV), NIV®. © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. The Message (MSG) by Eugene H. Peterson. © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group. All rights reserved. The Contemporary English Version (CEV). © 1991 by the American Bible Society. Used by permission. The Living Bible (TLB). © 1971. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. The King James Version (KJV). The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible (NRSV). © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-0-8499-9165-3
Contents
1. Max on Life
2. Outlive Your Life
3. Fearless
4. It’s Not About Me
5. Cure for the Common Life
6. Live Loved
Notes
This digital sampler includes excerpts from selected Max Lucado titles, offering a glimpse into the contents of these six books, all of which can help you live life to the max. All titles — Max on Life, Outlive Your Life, Fearless, It’s Not About Me, Cure for the Common Life, and Live Loved — are copyrighted by Max Lucado and published by Thomas Nelson.
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Max on Life
9780849991653_INT_0006_0011. I’VE BEEN DISAPPOINTED SO MANY TIMES BY HUMAN LOVE, AND I THINK THIS HAS GIVEN ME A FAULTY VIEW OF GOD’S LOVE. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW HIS LOVE IS DIFFERENT FROM HUMAN LOVE?
Human love is convenient. It suits the needs of the person at the time and works into his schedule.
God’s love is eternal. You are always on God’s itinerary. Come and go as you wish, but he’s always there.
Human love is limited. It can love only as much as it wants to give.
God’s love is unlimited. He has ample amounts of love and even uses words like abundant when talking about pouring out his love on people.
Human love is emotional. Feelings dominate a human’s love landscape. We feel as though we’re in love, or we don’t feel as though we’re in love. Hormones, sleeplessness, worry, past hurts, Mexican food—all complicate these emotions.
God’s love is committed. While God has feelings for us, his feelings don’t dictate his love. His love is based on a decision to love us. Your actions don’t increase or decrease his commitment. His love is a deeper and more secure love than the fluctuating Ferris wheel of feeling.
Human love is