Lucado, pastor and bestselling author of more than 50 titles, extends hope to those whose souls are "dehydrated" from neglect, fear and guilt. Lucado teaches that salvation is God's work, not ours, and that we should "[d]rink deeply from his well of grace". He encourages readers to look to God for spiritual energy, to rest in his authority or "lordship" and to wholeheartedly accept his never-ending love. Lucado's signature style - simple, easygoing, occasionally poetic - includes lots of stories that make some of the difficult truths he covers go down easy. He leaves some questions unanswered (like exactly how spiritual energy works), but also handles weighty issues (how can God be good and omnipotent, but still allow bad things to happen?) without being insincere or cavalier. While the book focuses on the grace and life God can provide, Lucado also challenges readers to live up to their faith - to pray, obey and surrender everything to God. Lucado indicates that his own heart has been dehydrated at times: "Don't you need regular sips from God's reservoir? I do... Drink with me from his bottomless well." His writing seems to come not from a pulpit high above but from the guy next door who understands what it's like to be where the readers are.

     You're acquainted with physical thirst. Stop drinking and see what happens. Coherent thoughts vanish, skin grows clammy, and vital organs shut down. Deprive your body of necessary fluid, and it will tell you. Deprive your soul of spiritual water, and it will also tell you. Dehydrated hearts send desperate messages. God invites you to treat your thirsty soul as you would treat physical thirst: Just visit the well and drink deeply.

     "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give will never be thirsty. The water I give will become a spring of water gushing up inside that person, giving eternal life." (John 4:13-14 NCV)"

     "Lucado's signature style - simple, easygoing, occasionally poetic - includes lots of stories that make some of the difficult truths he covers go down easy."

Max Lucado, minister for the Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas, is the author of multiple best-sellers including the New York Times best-seller "Traveling Light". He currently has 50 million books in print and is America's leading inspirational author.

This text refers to the romanian version of this book.