When life feels depleted, does God care? I’m facing an onslaught of challenges, will God help? When life grows dark and stormy, does God notice? I’m facing the fear of death, will God help me? The answer in the life-giving miracles in the Gospel of John is a resounding yes. In You Are Never Alone, Max will help you: Realize that Jesus is walking with you and lifting you out of your storms. Dwell … of your storms.
Today, take courage that you are stronger than you think because God is nearer than you know.
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As always, Max Lucado inspires with his smooth, relatable stories of life and God’s presence in all of it. Highly recommend this book!!
You Are Never Alone: Trust in the Miracle of God’s Presence and Power by Max Lucado is a timely read that is so valuable today. This author has a way of making his writing instantly relevant and deeply personal to the reader. It is like he can read our inner thoughts and pierces directly to the heart. He intersperses anecdotal stories of people he knows with the stories of people in the Bible, bringing the Scriptures to life with a vibrancy that makes it even more relevant to our own lives. With a message of hope in the certainty of God, this book is a must read in today’s chaotic world. I highly recommend it. I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher with no obligations. These opinions are entirely my own.
#You are Never Alone# by Max Lucado is a Christian living book. Max is a Senior Pastor at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio , Texas. He is a best selling author. He has been writing for two decades. This book is practical and helpful . Max shares about the principal He is writing about and shares an example about someone related to what He is sharing about. The personal stories are meaningful. He helps us see what God’s character is like and how He can meet our needs. He reminds us of His love for us and how He will walk us through our storms. This book is really needed now during the difficult times many are going through. This book was given to me for review purposes and the opinions are my own. Thank you to the publisher, author and netgalley for allowing me to read and review this book.
Max Lucado uses the miracles of Jesus to illustrate that we are never alone in our journey through life. The miracles of Jesus used in Max’s book You are Never Alone are found in the Gospel of John – from the first miracle of turning water into wine at Cana to the restoration of Peter after Jesus’s Resurrection God’s Presence and Power are illustrated.
Max uses his easy to understand writing style and stories (personal and other inspirational stories) to demonstrate God’s Presence in our lives during the good and bad times. He shows how God cares for us through these stories- for example in one story Max is taking a walk with his dog and granddaughter when he ends up rescuing his granddaughter from a thicket of bushes just as God is here to help us and give us hope in our daily lives. You are Never Alone is full of encouragement and hope. Max Lucado shows us how to relate and apply Scripture to daily events and current situations of our lives- illustrating how we can apply God’s Promises to our lives and find Hope in our trials, darkness, and despair.
The book includes Questions for Reflection on each chapter allowing for deeper thought and connection with God and Scripture.
I recommend this book for everyone looking for hope, encouragement, and help in the struggles of daily life. I received an advanced copy of this book for my honest review. All opinions expressed in this review are my own.
Uplifting and Inspiring!
As an avid and longtime reader of Max Lucado’s books, I look forward to each new publication with much anticipation. In his latest You Are Never Alone, Mr. Lucado unpacks many of Jesus’ miracles as recorded in the gospel of John and relates not only their relevance to us today, but how we can apply these truths to our daily lives.
From the miracle of Jesus turning water into wine, healing the paralyzed and blind, walking on water, feeding the 5,000 and several others, Lucado’s message points readers to the message that God loves us, we are never alone, and that what Jesus did for others 2,000 years ago he can still do for us today. In addition to the wonderful text itself, there is a section of chapter-by-chapter reflection questions included at the end of the book for personal and further study. I have many favorite passages from this book, but one in particular sums up the book’s theme beautifully:
“The message of the miracles is the Miracle Worker himself. He wants you to know you are never alone. You are never without help, hope, or strength. You are stronger than you think because God is nearer than you might imagine.”
Do yourself a favor and read this book. Then prepare to be uplifted and inspired!
I received an advanced reader copy from the author. I was not required to write a favorable review. All opinions expressed are my own.
What’s In Your Basket? This is the second time I’ve had the honor of working with one of my childhood literary heroes as an advance reader of his new book, and the first time I’ve actually read the entire book before publication (in this case, roughly 3 months before). And this book is classic Lucado. Full of humor, real life stories, encouragement, … and prooftexting. For those that don’t know, “prooftexting” is the concept used quite extensively in Christian circles where you cite seemingly random Bible verses in support – “proof” – of whatever claim you’re making at the time. And it is an automatic star deduction whenever I encounter it. No ifs, ands, or buts. This is my own way of waging war against the practice.
All of that noted, this particular book looks at several of the miracles as seen in the Gospel of John, which has long been my own personal favorite Gospel and book of the Bible. So much so that when I preached my own first sermon over two decades ago now, it too came from John – though not one of the stories Lucado so eloquently discusses here.
Seriously y’all, the guy is a master of the conversational style and inspirational writing. He has been for 30 years, and this book is no different there. Were it not for the prooftexting, this is a 5* book easily if you’re remotely open to Christian thinking, and if you don’t want to read a book that heavily references Christian thinking… why are you reading a book by one of the most well known Christian writers and pastors in America today? It even has a revelation or two that I didn’t know myself and had to Google, but for those still as plugged into this community as I was long ago were likely old news at this point.
All told, a work that is very much recommended.