Daily Devotions by Max Lucado

A Max Lucado daily devotional for every day of the week — free to read, and free to listen to. Each one is a few minutes of Scripture, a plain word about it, and a prayer you can pray before you put the phone down.

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Who is Max Lucado?

Max Lucado is a pastor, speaker and author who serves the people of Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas. Christianity Today has called him “America’s Pastor”; his books have sold more than 145 million copies in over 50 languages. In his own words, he “writes books for people who don’t read books” — and the same is true of the daily devotions gathered here. They are short, plain and unhurried, written for the hurting, the guilty, the lonely and the discouraged.

What each daily devotion gives you

Every devotional on this page follows the same simple shape, so you always know what you are getting:

• A passage of Scripture to sit with, in the Authorized King James Version.
• A few hundred words on what it means and where it touches an ordinary day — around three minutes of reading.
• Audio narration on the page, if you would rather listen while you drive, walk or work.
• A prayer to close, short enough to pray from memory.

Nothing is behind a login and nothing is for sale. You can read today’s and stop, or work back through the whole archive a day at a time.

Where these devotions come from

These daily devotionals are written and published by Max Lucado and his ministry, and are gathered here so they can be read and heard alongside the whole King James Bible. Every one links back to the original at maxlucado.com, where you will also find his books, sermons and study material.

If you want more than one a day

Two other daily readings run on this site, both free and both in the King James Version: The Daily Bread, a short devotional with Scripture and prayer, and Faith, Love & Family, written for Christian homes. The whole Authorized King James Bible is here too — read or listen to any chapter, with narration throughout.