The Max Lucado Encouraging Word Podcast

Is your Christmas shaping up to be a difficult one? In this episode, Max will encourage you to take heart: God is still in his temple, still on his throne, still in control. If you could use more joy and hope this Christmas season, Max's book Because of Bethlehem is available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: MaxLucado.com

On a starlit night in the company of sheep, cattle, Jesus entered our world not like a human but as a human. In this episode, Max looks at what this means for us today, and the comfort we can find in the miracle of Immanuel-God with us. If you could use more joy and hope this Christmas season, Max's book Because of Bethlehem is available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: MaxLucado.com

Could you use some Christmas this Christmas? In this first episode of the Because of Bethlehem Series, Max encourages us in the miracle of Christ's birth and the promise of his return as we reflect on the true meaning of Christmas: Immanuel, God with us. If you could use more joy and hope this Christmas season, Max's book Because of Bethlehem is available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: MaxLucado.com

In the final epsiode of the You Are Never Alone Series, Max encourages us in the overarching message and purpose of the miracles as recorded in the Gospel of John-that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. If you'd like more comfort and encouragement, Max's book You Are Never Alone is available now wherever books are sold. Visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

No matter where you are, no matter what you're going through, no matter what you've done in your past, God is a God of second chances. In this episode, Max will encourage you from the story of the restoration of the Apostle Peter. If you'd like more comfort and encouragement, Max's book You Are Never Alone is available now wherever books are sold. Visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

In this episode, Max reminds us that no matter what you're going through; no matter how far you've wandered from God; his arms are wide open to you. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

Are you dealing with doubt in life? Doubt in your faith? In this episode, Max shows us how God's love for us is so evident in the life of perhaps the most famous doubter of all, Thomas. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

Could you use a peace that interrupts your fear? In this episode, Max looks at how Jesus gave the disciples exactly that on the first Easter after his crucifixion. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

Is the road you're on long? Is the trail you're on dark? In this episode, Max gives incredible encouragment to keep going by looking at the story of Mary the morning after the crucifixion of Jesus. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

We all face tragedy in life. And we all receive the symbols of our tragedies. In this episode, Max looks at how God takes symbols of tragedy and turns them into symbols of triumph. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

Is this a hard Christmas season for you? In this episode, Max gives us a glimpse into how timeless and precious the story of Christmas really is... even amid our difficult days.. To learn more about Max, visit MaxLucado.com.

You can analyze the cross; you can read abou the cross; you can discuss the cross. In this episode, Max shows us that it isn't until you leave something at the cross that you really embrace the cross. To learn more about Max, visit MaxLucado.com.

A day is coming in which Christians, upon the signal of Christ, will be transported into the presence of Christ never to depart. In this episode, Max shares why this is encouraging news for believers. To learn more about Max, visit MaxLucado.com.

Have you ever thought of Jesus' crucifixion as a miracle? In this episode, Max shows us how the crucifixion embodies the feature of all the other miracles in the book of John, and what that means for us today. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

Could you use a reminder of God's and devotion to you? In this episode, Max shows us the significance of the blood and water that poured out of Jesus' body on the cross, and how that demostration of his devotion is just as significant today as it was then. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

Is your life in a season of weeping but you long for a time of rejoicing? In this episode Max shares the encouraging news from Esther that our God is the God of the great turnaround. To learn more about Max, visit MaxLucado.com.

God understands what it's like to be a human. In this episode, Max shows you that God gets you because he became like you. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

Though the Apostle Peter denied the Christ who came to save him, Christ never forgot the Peter he came to save. In this episode, Max will encourage you with a look at God's relentless grace for Peter, and his relentless grace for you. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

In this episode, Max looks at John 17 and how Jesus was present with you even during his arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

Do you think the world could use a little more peace? Would you like to see more peace in your world? In this episode, Max looks at Jesus' call to us to be peacemakers. If you'd like to learn more, visit: maxlucado.com

Could you use some peace in your life? In this episode, Max teaches from John 15 on how Christ creates peace as stay attached to him. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

Problems come with life. In this episode, Max discusses scripture's answer to our problems. If you'd like to dive deeper, visit: maxlucado.com

Millions are voting during this stress-filled week. In this episode, Max teaches from Romans 8 and encourages us that God casts his vote for us. If you'd like to dive deeper, visit: maxlucado.com

During these chaotic times, we could all use some peace. In this episode, Max helps us learn how to have peace that passes understanding. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

What does God say about death? In this episode, Max teaches from John 14 and affirms that death is no tragedy but the beginning of life. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

What was is like when Jesus chose, on the night before his own crucifixion, to wash the feet of his followers? In this episode, Max examines what this loving act of service means for us. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

The story of Lazerus reminds us that Jesus is the Lord of life and resurrection. Listen to Max unpack the beauty of Christ's tenderness and the assurance of his power in the midst of our loss. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

When you find yourself straying or lost, do you need a cowboy or a shepherd? In this episode, Max looks at the picture of Christ we find in John 10 - the good shepherd who loves and knows his sheep. Aren't we glad for his faithful care? If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

Could you use some new vision in this year of confusion? Max unpacks the curious story of Jesus' encounter with a blind man and how his touch, and a bit of mud, changed everything. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

Are you in need of a fresh dose of God's grace? In this episode, Max explores the surprising story of the woman caught in the act of adultery. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

In this episode, Max opens up about a personal storm he encountered as a young man, and how Jesus met him in the midst of that storm. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

Are you thirsty for happiness, answers, strength? In this episode, Max tells us the source of the rivers of living water. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

Are you in a storm right now? In this episode, Max affirms that before God stills the storm, he comes to you in the midst of the storm. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

Are you feeling anxious and worried by life's many challenges? In this episode, Max encourages us that God's presence cures our destructive anxiety. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

We all have the question on our minds: What's this world coming to? In this episode, Max tells us God's answer is The Great Day. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

Does your life feel stuck? In this episode, Max invites us to reflect on Jesus' question, "Do you want to get well?" If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

Are you on the long walk between offered and answered prayer? In this episode, Max encourages us that when calamity strikes, we can entrust our troubles to God. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

Friend, you are special. And in this episode, Max will comfort you with the truth that you have a loving God who values you more than you know. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

The Spirit is wholly holy and unlike any being in our world. In this episode, Max shows us how the Holy Spirit is a source of strength that is unbuffeted by that which buffets us, undisturbed by that which disturbs us, untethered to whatever ties us down. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

In this episode, Max's shows us how the Creator of the universe continues to create new life in us and in our circumstances. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

God wants you to know that you can take your needs-all your needs, big or small-to him. In this episode, Max shows you how Jesus cares about everything you are going through and wants to hear about it. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

God comes to you. In this episode, Max invites you to come and see how Jesus comes to you in the midst of the storms in your life. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

Don't we all long for a father who will love us no matter what? In this episode, Max shows us that we all have that type father in our Heavenly Father. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

John 1:14 tells us, "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us". In this episode, Max discussed the most remarkable aspect of the incarnation. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

You have a loving, Heavenly Father who will meet you in the midst of life's messes. In this series preview, Max gives an introduction to the miracles of Jesus as recorded in the book of John, and shows us that John recorded them, not to impress us, but to urge us to believe in the tender presence and mighty power of Christ. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book You Are Never Alone is now available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit: YouAreNeverAloneBook.com

The Bible says Christ will live in your heart as you open the door and let him in. In the final episode of the 3:16 Series, Max urges us to not walk away from the greatest offer ever extended. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book 3:16 is available wherever books are sold.

Life has its share of letdowns. How do you know Jesus won't be one of them? In this episode, Max discusses daring to believe that Jesus can give you what he promises. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book 3:16 is available wherever books are sold.

God provides a map as all of history moves toward a one King kingdom. In this episode, Max looks at some of the events in history that show us where we find ourselves today, and what's ahead. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book 3:16 is available wherever books are sold.

Jesus likens the signs of the end times to birth pains. In this episode, Max looks at some of the signs found in Scripture that point to the inauguration of God's Kingdom. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book 3:16 is available wherever books are sold.

Do you feel wounded, weary, and worried? In this episode, Max tells us that John 3:16 offers us the gift of certainty about your eternal life. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book 3:16 is available wherever books are sold.