For These Tough Times: Reaching Toward Heaven for Hope and Healing
Written by Max Lucado
Narrated by Ben Holland
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About this audiobook
When all that is good falls apart, what can good people do? When illness invades, marriages fail, children suffer, and death strikes, what are we to do? In For These Tough Times, bestselling author and pastor Max Lucado reminds us that even when we feel like our lives are out of control, we can rest assured in the knowledge that God is in control.
When tragedy strikes, people desperately search for the why. Believers and unbelievers alike find themselves asking questions, but Max points to the only real answer to the challenges we all face in life: prayer. For These Tough Times reminds us that God is unaltered by our storms and undeterred by our problems. Buildings may fall, careers may crumble, but God does not. Instead, he turns tragedy into triumph.
Compiled and adapted from some of Max's beloved books, For These Tough Times will help you turn to prayer first, reaching toward heaven for hope and healing in your darkest hours. In this brief book, Max will give you the tools and encouragement you need to pray in the midst of life's biggest storms, teaching you that:
- When you speak, Jesus hears you, and when Jesus hears, the world is changed--all because of prayer
- When you set your sights on our God, you focus on One who can overcome any storm life may bring
- Your difficulties and your challenges are preparing you to be a voice of encouragement to your community
No matter what pain you're facing, know that although we may not be able to see his purpose or his plan, the Lord of heaven is on his throne and in firm control of the universe and our lives.
Max Lucado
Since entering the ministry in 1978, Max Lucado has served churches in Miami, Florida; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and San Antonio, Texas. He currently serves as the teaching minister of Oak Hills Church in San Antonio. He is the recipient of the 2021 ECPA Pinnacle Award for his outstanding contribution to the publishing industry and society at large. He is America's bestselling inspirational author with more than 150 million products in print. Visit his website at MaxLucado.com Facebook.com/MaxLucado Instagram.com/MaxLucado Twitter.com/MaxLucado Youtube.com/MaxLucadoOfficial The Max Lucado Encouraging Word Podcast
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Reviews for For These Tough Times
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5For These Tough Times is a short book of about 80 pages by Max Lucado. The book is a helpful reminder for Christians when everything that is good seems to fall apart. It reminds one to remember that even when something bad happens God is still in control. God has not deserted us and He is working everything for good. The book also points to the love of God and the fact that we need to turn our eyes to Him when we are hurting. We need to take our focus off of ourselves. We also need to remember what seems troublesome to us, is nothing for God to handle. There will be times to pray and times to be silent. In the end, we know that good is triumphant.In our world today, this book is an excellent resource. With the economy, wars, sickness and natural disasters, many are in a constant state of worry. Where do we turn when we lose a job, a home or a child? This book will give Godly yet practical advice. God is working in all of these situations. This book, like most of Lucado’s, is encouraging and easy to read. If you are looking for something meaty and deep, this is not the book. However, this is the book for you if you are wanting a quick reminder of God’s presence in bad times.