How to Have Hope in a Divisive World with Max Lucado

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Alli Worthington

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🗓️ 14 February 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Friend, you are in the right place today! Max Lucado joins me for a conversation full of hope and encouragement, and I am so excited to share it with you. Max gives us an update on his recent health crisis, what his youth was like growing up in West Texas, and his new book, 3:16: The Numbers of Hope. Over the last several years, we’ve all been through so much. There is so much division, a lot of which is steeped in a “me first” mentality and anti-God philosophy. Max brings an encouraging word from one of the most famous verses in the Bible, John 3:16, and how God can love us no matter what if we seek Him. Max and I also discuss what we think Heaven and will be like, as well as the idea if someone can “out-sin” God’s love and forgiveness. And he shares an exciting new online study that kicks off next month. Max Lucado is a pastor, speaker, and bestselling author who, in his own words, “writes books for people who don’t read books.” He serves the people of Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas, and his message is for the hurting, the guilty, the lonely, and the discouraged: God loves you; let him. Listen in to learn more about: Max’s conversion story and what it was like for him to come back home to the church. Heaven’s policy for who gets in. How he decided that an entire book on John 3:16 was the next book to write. Favorite quotes: 1) This whole promise that is found in John 3:16 has been a treasure to me. I clung on that verse, in fact in the book I call it a life vest, cos I have clung to that throughout my life. For me, personally, it is that verse that summarizes the gospel, that expresses our hope so well, so brilliantly simple yet so deeply profound. 2) I think we forgot that the whole purpose of being here is to say Yes or No to God’s invitation to come and spend forever with Him in a restored garden of Eden. 3) I have a sinful inclination within me, but I am chosen by God, I have been made special, I am indwelt by His Holy Spirit and I am being prepared for Heaven. All these ideas that give me strength and joy I would have missed out on had I not been willing to put my trust in the ability for God to forgive me. 4) Studying John 3:16 increased my longing for heaven and increased my horror of . In this episode I answer this question: How do I convince myself or others that the business I'm building is worth it? (32:00) Links to great things we discussed: 1. Max Lucado’s Website 2. Free 5 - Week Online Bible Study 3. Ain't no sunshine 4. The Chosen 5. The Grand Slam Book 6. Peloton 7. Standing Strong Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :) xo, Alli

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0:00.0	Hey, hey, this is Allie and welcome to the Allie Worthington show.
0:06.7	It's where we gather, learn, share our stories, and have a great time.
0:10.8	Every week I'll be chatting with a friend who I know, who I like and I respect,
0:15.4	and I want to learn something from.
0:17.2	And after we have that discussion, we are going to have coaching time.
0:20.2	So I'm going to be
0:20.8	answering your questions about life, about faith, and about business. Welcome to the show today.
0:27.2	You are in the right place because we are joined by the one and only Max Lakedo. He's a friend of
0:33.2	the show. And you remember he was with us last fall. and he was just learning of his health crisis when
0:39.1	we recorded that conversation. He is back and he's going to give us an update on his health
0:44.9	and share about his new book, 316. It's always a joy to get to learn from him. I know you are going
0:50.2	to absolutely love this one. And after we talk with Max, I'm answering a question.
0:54.9	Today, the question is, how do I convince others that making an investment building my business
1:00.3	is worth it? I get this a lot, some version of this. Sometimes it's how do I convince myself
1:06.2	that what I'm building is worth it, whether we're building a business or have a dream of writing a book
1:11.9	or starting a nonprofit or a ministry, whatever it is that God's put in our heart. Sometimes we
1:16.8	just have to convince ourselves, but a lot of times there's a lot of convincing of other people.
1:22.5	And there's a lot of initial hurt when people don't get the vision immediately. But one thing to remember is that God
1:29.6	has given us the vision, not necessarily other people get that vision at the same time. We're going to
1:34.3	go into it. I'm going to give some pretty practical advice there, but I thought that was good
1:38.3	for everyone to hear and a little bit of encouragement. I think there's somebody listening
1:43.5	right now going,
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