Just when the truth about life sinks in, His truth starts to surface. He takes us by the hand and dares us not to sweep the facts under the rug but to confront them with him at our side.
Max LucadoRead
Christ lived the life we could not live and took the punishment we could not take to offer the hope we cannot resist.
Interpretation
The quote reflects the belief in Christ's sacrificial role for humanity's redemption and the hope that brings.
This quote by Max Lucado emphasizes the Christian belief that Jesus Christ lived a perfect life and endured suffering on behalf of humanity. It points to the hope and salvation that believers find in His actions, suggesting that this hope is irresistible to those who understand its significance.
In practice
In a sermon about forgiveness and redemption, one might quote Max Lucado to highlight Christ's role in salvation.
Just when the truth about life sinks in, His truth starts to surface. He takes us by the hand and dares us not to sweep the facts under the rug but to confront them with him at our side.
When you're full of yourself, God can't fill you. But when you empty yourself, God has a useful vessel.
There's an antidote to our fears- trust. If we trust God more,we can fear less.
We will never be cleansed until we confess we are dirty. And we will never be able to wash the feet of those who have hurt us until we allow Jesus, the one we have hurt, to wash ours.
One of the things I discover a lot in marriage counseling is the husband or wife trying to get their spiritual thirst quenched by their partner; I think that's a real common mistake that we make.
Fear creates a form of spiritual amnesia
We are at a time in our country's history that inclusive language is better than exclusive language.
He comes into the world God knows how, walks on the water, gets out of his grave and goes up off the Hill of Howth. What drivel is this?
By daily dying, I have come to be.
These two are the parts. The inner silence - the silence so deep that there is no vibration in your being. You are, but there are no waves. You are just a pool without waves, not a single wave arises. The whole being silent, still. Inside, at the center, silence, and on the periphery, celebration and laughter. And only silence can laugh, because only silence can understand the cosmic joke.
My view is that we stand up for treating the animals in a considerate way, for completely renouncing the eating of meat and also for speaking out against it. This is what I do myself. And in this way many a one becomes aware of a problem that was put forward so late.
I can accept anything, except what seems to be the easiest for most people: the half-way, the almost, the just-about, the in-between.
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