The Glenn Beck Program Ep 266 | Max Lucado on Overcoming Grief in Dark Times | The Glenn Beck Podcast
Sep 13, 2025
Max Lucado, a celebrated pastor and best-selling author, joins to discuss navigating grief and the power of thought. He shares insights from his latest book on reshaping mental patterns to foster hope. They tackle tough topics like parenting doubts, societal pressures, and even UFOs! Max emphasizes finding strength through faith and the importance of transforming negative thinking into a perspective fueled by divine love. He also recounts a personal story of transformation symbolized by a meaningful tattoo.
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Thoughts Determine Beliefs And Behavior
- We choose many of our thoughts and don't have to believe every thought that appears.
- Managing what we ponder upstream changes beliefs and then behavior.
Belief Shapes Life And Health
- Belief precedes behavior in Scripture and shapes our emotional and physical health.
- Trusting a living, loving God measurably impacts healing and resilience.
Glenn's Father's Thought Exercise
- Glenn recounts his father's experiment of tracking thoughts as positive or negative to see their imbalance.
- That exercise revealed overwhelming negative thinking and motivated repeating positives five-to-one to rewire belief.
