Max Lucado - You Changed My Life: Stories of Real People With Remarkable Hearts

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YOU CHANGED
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YOU
Changed My Life

MAX LUCADO

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You Changed My life
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Editorial Supervision: Karen Hill, Executive Editor for Max Lucado
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Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations are taken from THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION. 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Other Scriptures are taken from New Century Version (NCV). 2005 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (NIV). 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved. The Message (MSG) by Eugene H. Peterson. 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group. All rights reserved.

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Changed by

This book is for
someone special. You.

Who me? youre saying to yourself. Yes. You.

You made a difference in the life of the one who gave you this book. You shared words of wisdom, gave of yourself, mentored, led, walked alongside a hurting friend, took time to notice when others didnt. You did something for someone else. Your words, actions, timewhatever it was, you gave willingly, fully, selflessly. You changed a life.

And what you did mattered. Your actions mattered to the giver of this book. But more importantly, what you did mattered to the One who matters most. God is fair; he will not forget the work you did and the love you showed for him by helping his people (Hebrews 6:10 ncv).

May Gods richest blessings be yours.

MAX LUCADO

1
CHANGED
BY LOVE

WHEN WE LOVE THOSE IN NEED,
WE ARE LOVING JESUS.

LOVE ON THE RIGHT SIDE
SHE CHOSE LOVE
LOVE MAKES A DIFFERENCE
CONFIDENT OF DADS LOVE
A REMARKABLE LOVE
HE SEES BEAUTY
I SEE LOVE AND UNSELFISHNESS
WHAT MADE HIM DO IT?
AGAPE LOVE

LOVE ON THE
RIGHT SIDE

Over a hundred years ago in England, the borough of West Stanley endured a great tragedy. A mine collapsed, trapping and killing many of the workers inside. The bishop of Durham, Dr. Handley Moule, was asked to bring a word of comfort to the mourners. Standing at the mouth of the mine, he said, It is very difficult for us to understand why God should let such an awful disaster happen, but we know Him and we trust Him, and all will be right. I have at home, he continued, an old bookmark given to me by my mother. It is worked in silk, and, when I examine the wrong side of it, I see nothing but a tangle of threads, crossed and re-crossed. It looks like a big mistake. One would think that someone had done it who did not know what she was doing. But, when I turn it over and look at the right side, I see there, beautifully embroidered, the letters GOD IS LOVE.