Max Lucado Devotional 22nd March 2024: Abiding in Him

READ TODAY’S DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR 22 MARCH 2024 BY MAX LUCADO

TODAY’S DEVOTIONAL MESSAGE: How do we disarm anxiety? Stockpile our minds with God thoughts. How might you do this? A friend described to me her ninety-minute commute. She smiled. “I turn my commute into a chapel.” And she described how she fills the hour and a half with worship and sermons. She listens to entire books of the Bible. She recites prayers.

Is there a block of time you can claim for God? Perhaps you could turn off the network news and open your Bible. Or set the alarm fifteen minutes earlier. Jesus said, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:31-32 ESV). Free from fear. Free from dread. And, yes, free from anxiety.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR OF THIS DEVOTIONAL: Max Lucado is a pastor, speaker, and best-selling 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.

As a writer, Max is known for combining poetic storytelling and homespun humor with the heart of a pastor. All of his trade books began as sermon series at Oak Hills Church, and his sermons all begin with Max asking himself this question: “What can I say on Sunday that will still matter on Monday?” He’s been dubbed “America’s Pastor” by Christianity Today, and “The Best Preacher in America” by Reader’s Digest.