The Max Lucado Encouraging Word Podcast

Jesus, the Son of God, feels abandoned by God. What are we to make of this? In this episode, Max helps us see the importance of Jesus' cry on the cross. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, visit 316hope.com

Jesus is completely God and completely human. In this episode, Max teaches us why believing this is vital to our faith. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book 3:16 has been updated with new content and is available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit 316hope.com

Do you long to have a closer relationship with God? In this episode, Max helps us realize that Jesus has an unrivaled knowledge of God and wants to share it with us. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book 3:16 has been updated with new content and is available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit  316hope.com

Is God asking you to know him better? To know God, we have to know Jesus. In this episode, Max reminds us that Jesus holds the key to the Kingdom and is holding the door wide open, waiting for us to walk in. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book 3:16 has been updated with new content and is available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit 316hope.com

Does the world sometimes seem like it's spinning out of control? In this episode, Max encourages us to put our faith and trust in the One and Only Son who has ultimate authority over all history. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book 3:16 has been updated with new content and is available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit 316hope.com

We're used to being surrounded by imperferect love. In this episode, Max encourages us to take up permanent residence in God's perfect love. How would your life be different if you were forever soaked in God's love? If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book 3:16 has been updated with new content and is available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visi...

With change comes fear and insecurity. The good news is we have an unchanging God. In this episode, Max discusses how God's unchanging love has nothing to do with our characteristics or actions: God loves us because he has chosen to do so. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book 3:16 has been updated with new content and is available wherever books are sold. To le...

In this bonus episode, author and activist Christine Caine joins Max to discuss God's relentless love and the life-changing truths found in John 3:16. Max's book, 3:16: The Numbers of Hope, has been revised and updated with new content and includes a 40-day devotional. To learn more, visit: 316hope.com

We often act like we can exhaust God's love, but do we truly know it's depth? In this episode, Max reminds us that we are loved by an endless love, revealed by Christ on the cross.  If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book 3:16 has been updated with new content and is available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit www.316hope.com

Is your hope in short supply? Do you need a reminder of God's great love for you? In this episode, Max reassures us that we have a mighty God who is ready to help us face mighty problems. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book 3:16 has been updated with new content and is available wherever books are sold. To learn more, visit www.316hope.com

Maybe you've heard the phrase "born again" tossed around, but do you truly know what it means? In this episode, Max discusses how the invitation to be born again leads us into a Kingdom in which God himself does the work and generates a miracle within us. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book 3:16 has been updated with new content and is available wher...

Any serious consideration of the Christian faith must include this 26-word parade of hope: John 3:16. In this episode, Max discusses how the "Hope Diamond of the Bible" begins with God and ends with life, and urges us to do the same. If you'd like to dive deeper into this message, Max's book 3:16 has been updated with new content and is available wherever books are sold. To lea...

Max's book, Great Day Every Day, is available from your preferred online bookseller. For more content from Max, visit: MaxLucado.com

Max's book, Great Day Every Day, is available from your preferred online bookseller. For more content from Max, visit: MaxLucado.com

Max's book, Great Day Every Day, is available from your preferred online bookseller. For more content from Max, visit: MaxLucado.com

Max's book, Great Day Every Day, is available from your preferred online bookseller. For more content from Max, visit: MaxLucado.com

Max's book, Great Day Every Day, is available from your preferred online bookseller. For more content from Max, visit: MaxLucado.com

Max's book, Great Day Every Day, is available from your preferred online bookseller. For more content from Max, visit: MaxLucado.com

In Jesus, God was content to enter the world in the presence of sleepy sheep and a wide-eyed carpenter. In the final episode of the year, Max reflects on the peculiar story of Christmas, and the hope it gives us today. For more inspirational content from Max, visit: MaxLucado.com

Have you ever wondered what it must have been like for Mary to carry God in her womb? To bear a baby is remarkable, but to bear God within you? What was that like? In this episode and with Mary as the backdrop, Max looks at just how far Jesus will go to touch our hearts. For a deeper look at this message, Max's book, Next Door Savior, is available from your favorite online booksellter. To lea...

Have you ever wondered why God chose shepherds to first hear the news of Jesus' coming? In this episode, Max looks at how God can hook an 'extra' on the front of the ordinary this Christmas. To order inspirational titles from Max for under the tree, visit the Max Lucado Christmas Collection from our friends at Christianbook: MaxLucadoChristmasCollection

The last two years have taught us the meaning of words like quarantine and social distancing, leaving us lonelier than ever. In this episode, Max shows us why we are never alone-not this Christmas, not ever. To order inspirational titles from Max for under the tree, visit the Max Lucado Christmas Collection from our friends at Christianbook: MaxLucadoChristmasCollection

The Christmas season prompts Christmas questions. What's the big deal about the baby in the manger? Who was he and what does his birth have to do with us today? In this episode, Max recounts the first time he asked those questions. If you could use some Christmas this Christmas, this episode is for you. To order Max's book Christmas Stories, along with other inspirational titles for unde...

Santa can't provide what we really need. When January chills our souls, Santa is history. When December's requests become January's payments, Santa has left the mall. When it comes to healing hurts, we can't go to Santa. But there is good news: we do have the Hero we need. To order Max's book Christmas Stories, along with other inspirational titles for under the tree, visi...

Holiday time is travel time! As you hit the road this time of year, remember those who made that initial Christmas journey - the magi. They experienced challenges, wrong turns, and the hope that their gifts might be well received - sounds a lot like our holiday jaunts. But the valuable gifts they brought were eclipsed by the incalculable value of the recipient - the King of Kings. They understood...