Everything is being cancelled… games, shows, vacations...
cancellations everywhere! But God will never cancel his promise to take care of us!
Do not interpret the presence of problems as the absence of God. He has promised “never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”
Who would've imagined that this amazing person would have said "yes" to me! But she did❤️. 39 years ago today we became husband and wife. Given the chance, I'd ask her again in a heartbeat.
@DenalynLucado
37 years ago today, this beautiful daughter of God made my dreams come true by saying “I do”. I’m still in awe and in love. Happy anniversary
@DenalynLucado
- I’m forever yours.
If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it. If he had a wallet, your photo would be in it. He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning. Whenever you want to talk, he'll listen. He can live anywhere in the universe, and he chose your heart.
#jesus
I confessed my hypocrisy to our elders, and they did what good pastors do. They covered me with prayer and designed a plan to help me cope with demands. I admitted my struggle to the congregation and in doing so activated a dozen or so conversations with members who battled the
38 years ago today, this ravishing bride made me the happiest human in history. She is even more beautiful today- inside and out, the love of my life and joy of my heart. Happy anniversary, Denalyn.
@DenalynLucado
It's easy to praise God during seasons of wellness. But it's often during the greatest distress we feel the Lord's presence poured upon us the most. It's during life's heartbreaking moments we learn to trust this God who provided unimaginable strength during unimaginable pain.
If prayer depends on how I pray, I’m sunk. But if the power of prayer depends on the One who hears the prayer, and if the One who hears the prayer is my Daddy, then I have hope.
#BeforeAmen
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@chassidyhurstphotography
42 years ago today, the preacher asked, "Do you take this woman...?"
My answer on that day? "Yes!"
My answer today? "Yes!"
Yes, the years have flown.
Yes, she's beautiful inside and out.
Yes, I'd do it again in a heartbeat.
Happy anniversary, Denalyn.
I'm still saying
“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” (Isaiah 9:6)
Thank you to all who’ve prayed for Max this week! He’s feeling better, his energy is returning, and he’s grateful for the prayers and concern. – Team Lucado
Ponder this promise.
The King of the universe is speaking on your behalf. He is calling out to the heavenly Father. He is urging the help of the Holy Spirit. He is advocating for a special blessing to be sent your way. You do not fight the wind and waves alone.
#UnshakableHope
Praying for
#ElPaso
and
#Dayton
“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me. Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.” [Psalm 23:4]
Introducing Rosie to the Pacific. When she saw the ocean & waves for the 1st time, she asked, “When does it turn off?” It doesn’t, sweetie.
We ask the same. Not about oceans - but about God’s love. Surely it will dry up and stop flowing, right?
When does it turn off? Never.
Before we had in-laws or grandkids, we were 5. We grabbed some precious Christmas Eve moments tonight. So glad these ladies got their looks from their momma. Love ‘em like crazy.
In this season, talk of shortages is everywhere we turn. A shortage of hospital beds, of supplies & groceries, of the needed vaccine. But there is one thing of which we will never run short…we will never run short of God’s love.
You weren't an accident. You weren't mass produced. You aren't an assembly-line product. You were deliberately planned, specifically gifted, and lovingly positioned on the earth by the Master Craftsman.
We are guilty and he is innocent. We are filthy and he is pure. We are wrong and he is right. He is not on that cross for his sins. He is there for ours.
#goodfriday
Lift up your eyes. Don't get lost in your troubles. Dare to believe that good things will happen. Dare to believe that God was speaking to you when he said, "In everything God works for the good of those who love him." (Romans 8:28)
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#AnxiousForNothing
Children have a tendency to say, “Look at me!” Yet many adults spend their grown- up years saying the same. Isn’t it time we grew up? We were made to live a life that says, “Look at God!” People are to look at us and see not us but the image of our Maker.
Arrogance stiffens the knee so it will not kneel, hardens the heart so it will not admit sin. The heart of pride never confesses, never repents, never asks for forgiveness. Indeed, the arrogant never feel the need for forgiveness. Pride is the hidden reef that shipwrecks the soul
It is not God's will that you face every day with dread and trepidation. He made you for more than a life of breath-stealing angst and mind-splitting worry. He has a new chapter for your life. And he is ready to write it.
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#anxiousfornothing
There is a reason the windshield is bigger than the rearview mirror. Your future matters more than your past. God's grace is greater than your sin. What you did was not good. But your God is good. And he will forgive you. He is ready to write a new chapter in your life.
Easter cannot be canceled. The church doors might be closed, but the promise is alive and well. What the angel said on the first Easter, he says still.
“He is not here. He is risen from the dead as he said He would” (Matt 28:6).
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I spent the day playing golf with one of my favorite people -
@michaelwsmith
. We don’t play the best golf, but we sure have a great time. Michael is a genuine gift to us all.
What is your favorite Michael W. Smith song? Moment? Memory?
Let God have you, and let God love you - and don’t be surprised if your heart begins to hear music you’ve never heard and your feet learn to dance as never before.
"Immanuel" means God with us! Not just "God made us" or "God thinks about us." Not just "God above us" but God "where we are!" God…with…us! He breathed our air and walked this earth.
He stooped. Low enough to sleep in a manger, work in a carpentry shop, sleep in a fishing boat. Low enough to rub shoulders with crooks & lepers. Low enough to be spat upon, slapped, nailed, & speared. Low. Low enough to be buried.
And then he stood.
Racism will not flourish when people believe their neighbors bear God's image. Will society write off the indigent, the mentally ill, the inmate or the refugee? Not if we believe, truly believe, that every human being is God's idea.