Spiritual Growth

Grace. We talk as though we understand the term. The bank gives us a grace period. The seedy politician falls from grace. Musicians speak of a grace note. We describe an actress as gracious, a dancer as graceful. We use the word for hospitals, baby girls, kings, and premeal prayers. We ...

One day in the life of Christ. Call it a tapestry of turmoil: A noisy pictorial in which the golden threads of triumph knot against the black, frazzled strings of tragedy. Call it a symphony of emotions: A sunrise-to-sunset orchestration of extremes. One score is brassy with exuberanc...

How far do you want God to go in getting your attention? Don't answer too quickly. What if God moved you to another land? (As He did Abraham.) What if He called you out of retirement? (Remember Moses?) How about the voice of an angel or the bowel of a fish (Gideon and Jonah.) God does w...

Finding freedom from your fears is easier than you think. Let Max Lucado help you or your small group explore and find a spiritual solution to the growing minefield of fear. What if faith, not fear, was your default reaction to threats? In six sessions, Fearless addresses some of your b...

¿La ves? Está ahí, en el horizonte, a la par del sol de la mañana. Es una oportunidad y una elección. La oportunidad de hacer que este sea un gran día. Después de todo: “Este es el día que el Señor ha hecho; regocijémonos y alegrémonos en él”. Pero ¿y esos días de embotellamientos, aer...

Are you feeling a little dry? Edgy and rigid? Ineffective? What would it take to be more useful in the hands of the One who made you? Just come to the well, says bestselling author Max Lucado.In this renewing and life-giving book Max leads us to the four essential nutrients every soul n...

Each sunrise seems to bring fresh reasons for fear. They're talking layoffs at work, slowdowns in the economy, flare-ups in the Middle East, turnovers at headquarters, downturns in the housing market, upswings in global warming. The plague of our day, terrorism, begins with the word te...

¿Te cuesta creer que el Creador tiene tu nombre en Su corazón y en Sus labios? ¿No te has dado cuenta de que tu nombre está grabado en la mano de Dios (Is. 49:16)? Tal vez nunca has visto que tu nombre sea honrado, y no recuerdas que alguna vez lo hayan pronunciado con dulzura. En este ...

Linger on the hill of Calvary. Rub a finger on the timber and press the nail into your hand. Taste the tinge of cheap wine and feel the scrape of a thorn on your brow. Touch the velvet dirt, moist with the blood of God. Allow the tools of torture to tell their story. Listen as they...