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Every Day Deserves A Chance
Best-selling Author Max Lucado Highlights the “Gift of 24 Little Hours”
(NASHVILLE, TN) Bad days are unavoidable, right? The 70s songwriter says “rainy days and Mondays always get me down.” And a classic children’s book records the existence of “no good, very bad days.” But are bad days really beyond redemption? Shouldn’t there be hope for every day to be a good day? In his brand new book, Every Day Deserves A Chance: Wake Up to the Gift of 24 Little Hours (Thomas Nelson, Hardcover, May 1, 2007), Max Lucado assures readers that each day—regardless of circumstances—has a shot at being a good day because every day is a gift from God.
In Every Day Deserves a Chance, New York Times bestselling author Max Lucado looks beyond the usual good days: sunshine-drenched vacation days, Easter Sundays, super sale Saturdays and unscheduled holidays. He explains that every day—even divorce days, final exam days, surgery days, tax days and days when the cemetery dirt is still fresh—every single day can be a good day. It’s possible, Lucado explains, because God is at work in every situation. And when we begin to see our days from God’s perspective, our focus is sharpened; the good in every day becomes evident.
Lucado shares stories from daily living and from the Bible to illustrate how every day, even bitter days and fearful days, can be transformed into truly good days. This book starts with the familiar Old Testament passage— “This is the day the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it”—and moves through stories from Jesus’ life as the ultimate example of rejoicing in the day given.
“This is more than a silver-lining attitude, more than seeing the cup as half-full rather than half-empty,” Lucado explains. “It is an admission that unseen favorable forces populate and direct the affairs of humanity . . . there is more to life than what meets the eye.”
Every Day Deserves a Chance offers a memorable formula for upgrading each day to blue ribbon status: saturate your day in Jesus’ grace; entrust your day to His oversight; accept His direction. “Grace. Oversight. Direction. G – O – D. The perfect prescription for filling a day with divine power,” Lucado summarizes. “And if you can stack one good day on another and another, you link together a good life.”
Following Lucado’s ten chapters of memorable stories and principles for positive daily living is a bonus section of 13 “daylifters.” These daily exercises are included as a kick-start for applying the book’s life-changing suggestions. Daylifters range from thought-provoking questions to inspiring stories and reminders of the power of prayer. These practical readings are designed to help readers discover fresh perspective on a daily basis.
“Max Lucado has hit upon a powerful proposition,” says Joey Paul, senior vice president and publisher, Thomas Nelson. “Max’s prescription for making every day a good day is not only doable, it’s powerful. Changing one’s perspective—seeing life from God’s perspective—impacts every facet of life.”
With more than 50 million books in print, Max Lucado’s 60+ titles are read worldwide in more than 20 languages. Christianity Today magazine dubbed Lucado “America’s Pastor,” and Publishers Weekly, the general market publication for books and bookselling, proclaimed “there aren’t many authors bigger than Lucado.” In 2005, Reader’s Digest called him “America’s Best Preacher.” His books are regular fixtures on national bestseller lists including The New York Times, USA Today and Publishers Weekly. Lucado has been featured in a wide range of media, including USA Today, “Larry King Live” and “NBC Nightly News,” and has spoken at the National Prayer Breakfast before the President of the United States.
Every Day Deserves A Chance: Wake Up to the Gift of 24 Little Hours
Max Lucado
Available May 1, 2007
Thomas Nelson Publishers
Hardcover, ISBN10: 0-8499-1959-2, ISBN13: 978-0-8499-1959-6, $19.99
Hardcover, 176 pages, 5 3/8 x 8
Religion/Christianity/Christian Life
Spanish Version: Cada Dia Merece Un Chance
ISBN10: 1-6025-5026-3, ISBN13: 978-1-6025-5026-1
Simultaneous Release, Softcover, $9.99
Teen Version: Every Day Deserves A Chance: Wake Up and Live!
ISBN10: 1-4003-1077-6
ISBN13: 978-1-4003-1007-7
Pub Date: July 10, 2007
Softcover, $10.99
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