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    When God's Story Becomes Your Story
    When God's Story Becomes Your Story
    When God's Story Becomes Your Story
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    When God's Story Becomes Your Story

    By Max Lucado

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    Carpools and car crashes, job switches and joint custody, moves and motionlessness. Is there a cohesive storyline to the chaos, confusion, and clutter of your daily life? According to well-loved author Max Lucado, the answer is a resounding yes!So what is the text of your life? With his unequaled warmth and honesty, Lucado plumbs the depths of your storyline and comes up smiling. “Your story indwells God’s,” writes Lucado. “This is the great promise of the Bible and the hope of this book … Above and around us God directs a grander saga, written by his hand, orchestrated by his will, unveiled according to his calendar. And you are a part of it …” Join Max for an unforgettable journey woven with New Testament stories and contemporary examples of God’s beautiful story-making skills. The beginning of the narrative is legendary, the middle unfolds with surprises still in store, and the ending of your final earthly chapter ushers in a reunion that almost defies description.It’s time to see what your life looks like when God’s story becomes your story.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZondervan
    Release dateOct 11, 2011
    ISBN9780310336389
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    Max Lucado

    Since entering the ministry in 1978, Max Lucado has served churches in Miami, Florida; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and San Antonio, Texas. He currently serves as the teaching minister of Oak Hills Church in San Antonio. He is the recipient of the 2021 ECPA Pinnacle Award for his outstanding contribution to the publishing industry and society at large. He is America's bestselling inspirational author with more than 150 million products in print. Visit his website at MaxLucado.com Facebook.com/MaxLucado Instagram.com/MaxLucado Twitter.com/MaxLucado Youtube.com/MaxLucadoOfficial The Max Lucado Encouraging Word Podcast

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      As with all of Lucado's books, this one is well written and contains a number of compelling personal stories. In my opinion, the book started well but then the last 2/3 had some interesting comments and stories but failed to do any deep development. Since Lucado is writing inspiration rather than theology, this does fit in with the format...but it left me wanting more.

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    When God's Story Becomes Your Story - Max Lucado

    WHEN

    GOD’S

    STORY

    BECOMES

    your story

    MAX LUCADO

    New York Times BEST-SELLING AUTHOR

    CONTENTS

    Cover

    Title Page

    Chapter One: The Right Doors Open

    Chapter Two: All Things Work for Good

    God’s Story, Your Story

    Notes

    Copyright

    About the Publisher

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    Dear friend,

    Everything changes when you know the rest of your story.

    As Israel’s King David discovered, GOD rewrote the text of my life when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes (2 Samuel 22:25 MSG). But what is the text of our lives?

    The question is not a new one. Self-help gurus, talk-show hosts, and magazine headlines urge you to find your narrative. But they send you in the wrong direction. Look inside yourself, they say. But the promise of self-discovery falls short. Can you find the plot of a book in one paragraph or hear the flow of a symphony in one measure? Can you uncover the plot of your life by examining your life? By no means. You are so much more than a few days between the womb and the tomb.

    Your story indwells God’s. This is the great promise of the Bible. It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone (Ephesians 1:11 – 12 MSG).

    Above and around us God directs a grander saga, written by his hand, orchestrated by his will, unveiled according to his calendar. And you are a part of it. Your life emerges from the greatest mind and the kindest heart

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