Six Hours One Friday · Living in the Power of the Cross

Sometimes it seems life has nothing to send your way but storms. How can you possibly anchor yourself well enough to survive and weather these storms? You may be facing... a failing marriagean impossible work deadlinea potential layoffthe death of a childa malignant tumoror something equally challenging You don't have to weather these storms alone. God promises to be with you, and He has provided you with three anchor points to help you ride out "any" storm. Each anchor point was planted firmly in bedrock two thousand years ago by a carpenter who claimed to be the Christ. And it was all done in the course of a single day. All done during six hours one Friday. Those six hours were no normal six hours. They were the most critical hours in history. For during those six hours on that Friday, God made it possible for you to know that: Your life is not futile.Your failures are not fatal.Your death is not final. Travel back to the foot of the cross and learn how to live in the power of the cross.

Product DescriptionDoes life feel futile? Doesn't have to.

Do some of your failures seem fatal? They aren't.

And your death. Does the grave appear to be the final stop? According to Christ, your death is just the start of the something great.

There is a truth greater than all the losses and sorrows of life. And it can be discovered in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

In Six Hours One Friday, Max Lucado delves into the meaning of Jesus' last hours on the cross. Through his death, your life has purpose and meaning. You are forgiven and loved by a Savior who died for you. And an empty tomb proclaims that death does not have the final word.

"Peace where there should be pain. Confidence in the midst of crisis. Hope defying despair.Does death have the last word? I can see Jesus wink as he gives the answer, Not on your life."