Max Lucado Daily Devotional

If you want to be utterly distraught, spend a few moments in the presence of the U.S. National Debt Clock in New York City. It uses 306 light bulbs to endlessly declare the U.S. debt and each family’s share. As I pondered the clock this question came to me. What if heaven had one of these?  A marquee that measured our spiritual debt?  Does it click at each infraction?  We lie…click.  We gossip…click. We demand our way…click.  A financial liability is one matter, but a spiritual one?  The debt of sin has a serious consequence.  It separates us from God.  What do … Listen Now

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When Tyler Sullivan was 11-years-old he skipped school so he could meet the president of the United States. Barack Obama was visiting Tyler’s hometown of Golden Valley, Minnesota, and Tyler’s father had introduced the president at an event.  When Tyler met him, President Obama realized Tyler was missing school. The president asked an aide to bring him a card with presidential letterhead. He then wrote a note to Tyler’s teacher. It said,  Please excuse Tyler. He was with me. (signed) Barack Obama, the president. It’s not every day the president speaks up on behalf of a kid. But every day Jesus speaks up for … Listen Now

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Have you ever have anyone stand up for you?  The answer is yes.  Jesus stands at this very moment, offering intercession on your behalf! Jesus says to you what he said to Peter. Knowing the apostle was about to be severely tested by Satan, Jesus assured him, “But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail” (Luke 22:32). Jesus promises to pray and stand up for you. When we forget to pray, he remembers to pray. When we are full of doubt, he is full of faith. Where we are unworthy to be heard, he is ever worthy to be … Listen Now

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Jesus was undiluted deity. No wonder no one argued when he declared, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me” (Matthew 28:18). He has authority over everything. And he has it forever! Yet in spite of this lofty position, Jesus was willing for a time to forgo the privileges of divinity and enter humanity. Are you troubled in spirit?  He was too. (John 12:27) Are you so anxious you could die?  He was too. (Matthew 26:38) Are you overwhelmed with grief?  He was too. (John 11:35) So human he could touch people. So mighty he could heal people. So … Listen Now

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You and I have stumbled in life.  We’ve done our best, only to trip and fall.  The distance between where we are and where we want to be is impassable. Where do we turn? I suggest we look to one of God’s sweetest promises: “For our high priest [Jesus] is able to understand our weaknesses.  He was tempted in every way that we are, but he did not sin.  Let us, then, feel very sure that we can come before God’s throne where there is grace.  There we can receive mercy and grace to help us when we need it”  (Hebrews 4:15-16). … Listen Now

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I’m wondering if you’d be willing to join me in a prayer of repentance—repentance from arrogance.  What have we done that God did not first do?  What do we have that God didn’t first give us?  Have any of us ever built anything that God could not destroy? Have we created any monument that the Master of the stars can’t reduce to dust? God asks this question through the prophet Isaiah: “To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?  says the Holy One. Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens:  Who created all these? He who brings out the … Listen Now

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“Do you see a person wise in their own eyes?  There is more hope for a fool than for them” (Proverbs 26:12). God hates pride. How do we explain God’s abhorrence of the haughty heart?  Simple. God resists the proud because the proud resist God. Arrogance will not admit to sin.  The heart of pride never confesses, never repents, never asks for forgiveness.  Pride is the hidden reef that shipwrecks the soul. Pride comes at a high price. Don’t pay it. Choose instead to stand on the offer of grace. “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble” (1 Peter 5:5). Isn’t … Listen Now

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You may find yourself in an impossible situation. You feel outnumbered and outmaneuvered.  You want to quit.  Could I ask you to memorize this promise and ask God to bring it to mind?  Write it where you’ll find it.  Tattoo it, if not on your skin at least on your heart: “When a believing person prays, great things happen” (James 5:16). If you’ve taken on the name of Christ, you have clout with the most powerful being in the universe.  When you speak, God listens. Jesus said, “When two of you get together on anything at all on earth and make a … Listen Now

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Do you know that God delights in hearing your prayers!  We can’t even get the plumber to call us back, so why would God listen to our prayers?  Your prayers matter to God because you matter to God.  You aren’t just anybody, you are his child. When God saved you, he enlisted you.  He gave not only forgiveness for your past but also authority in the present and a role in the future.  This life is on-the-job training for eternity. “If we endure, we will also reign with him” (2 Timothy 2:12). When you, as God’s child, seek to honor the family … Listen Now

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Perhaps standing before you is a wall of fear.  Brick upon brick of anxiety and dread. Haunting you are the kings of confusion.  Thanks to them, you’ve struggled with your identity and destiny. You’ve bought the lie that life has no purpose…that life has no absolutes. As a child of God, it comes down to a simple decision to believe and receive your position as an heir of God and coheir with Christ. The Scriptures say in 1 John 4:17, “In this world we are like Jesus.”  Our inheritance is every bit as abundant as that of Jesus himself. What he receives, … Listen Now

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