God is. God does. God loves...YOU! He wants to quench your every thirst, meet your every need. His desire is that you should never thirst again, so come on, come to the W-E-L-L to recieve His Work, His Energy, His Lordship, and His Love.So what are you waiting for? If you're feeling thirsty-if your're spiritually dehydra… Read more…
The teenage soul is a thirsty machine, always looking, always yearning, always searching for that which is refreshing and filling. Plunge! is designed for teenagers who long to drink, to drink from the W-E-L-L.Throughout the course of this study , teens will seek out four ways in which their thirst can be satisfied. God's Work. God's Energy. His Lord… Read more…
"Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give will never be thirsty. The water I give will become a spring of water gushing up inside that person, giving eternal life." (John 4:13-14 NCV) Like the woman at the well, we recognize our need for living water. We need moisture, a swallow of water, a long, quench… Read more…
We are all somewhere in the blacksmith’s shop. We are either on the scrap pile, in the Master’s hands on the anvil, or in the tool chest. Some of us have been in all three. In this classic collection of inspirational readings, best-selling author Max Lucado takes us on a tour of the blacksmith’s shop—examining every tool and looking i… Read more…
This story, excerpted from Next Door Savior, will become the Easter giveaway book for churches next spring-in the vein of He Did This Just for You. In this story a woman gives her garbage of shame to the trashman; an old man hands over his heavy bag of regrets. Hundreds walk to the landfill and find it filled with trash. "Give it to me. Tomorrow. At the la… Read more…
Jesus. Holy or human? According to the Bible, he was-and is-both. Fully God and fully man. Our next door Savior. The Christ of your galaxies is the Christ of your Mondays. The Starmaker manages your travel schedule. Relax. You have a friend in high places. There is no person he won't touch. No place he won't go to find you. For even though he is in h… Read more…
The Leader's Guide for Next Door Savior. Master storyteller Max Lucado presents the life of Jesus Christ in stunning contrast, revealing the irresistible human qualities and the undeniably divine characteristics of Jesus. Lucado describes, as only he can, a Savior who is as approachable as a next-door neighbor, yet mighty enough to save humanity.… Read more…
Would you like to discuss the end of time and feel better because of it? "Life with no end? Space with no bounds? And what about Armageddon, the lake of fire, the mark of the beast? Am I supposed to feel good about all this?" If these words could be yours, you aren’t alone. There is much about the end of history … Read more…
The Christmas Classic, Max Lucado's Christmas Cross, is newly repackaged and redesigned, and ties in with a major movie release. A Chicago journalist finds himself in a small Texas town on Christmas Eve. Lonely, he encounters old faces and new facts...a hand carved manger, a father's guilt, a young girl's faith. The trip into the past holds his k… Read more…
God’s greatest desire is to be your dwelling place— the home for your heart. He doesn’t want to be merely a weekend getaway. He has no interest in being a Sunday bungalow or even a summer cottage. He wants to be your mailing address, your point of reference, your home…always. He wants you to live in the Great House of God. Using the L… Read more…
A crook on a cross. A wild man in a cemetery. A five-time divorcée. A grieving sister. A father at the end of his rope. People with questions. The Bible is absolutely full of them. Why are these portraits in the Bible? So we can look back in amazement at what Jesus did? No... these aren’t just Sunday school stories. They are historic moments in wh… Read more…
Weary travelers. You've seen them-everything they own crammed into their luggage. Staggering through terminals and hotel lobbies with overstuffed suitcases, trunks, duffels, and backpacks. Backs ache. Feet burn. Eyelids droop. We've all seen people like that. At times, we are people like that-if not with our physical luggage, then at least with our s… Read more…