Quotes from Francine Rivers

I had been raised in the church, but I wasn't a Christian. I had a lot of head knowledge but no heart knowledge.

Maybe it's only those who've made such chaos of their lives who can understand the heights and depths of God's mercy.

We all wanted what we wanted, and when the Lord fulfilled HIS purpose rather than ours, we struck out against him. In anger. In disappointment. Yet, it is God's will that prevails.

That is one of the reasons I write: to feel the Presence of God and know He is speaking to me in a very personal way, instructing me, correcting me, redirecting me.

Anything less than your best dishonors God.

Fiction can serve in a non-threatening way to open minds and, I hope, hearts to the Word of God.

God would light the way. Faith would keep them on the right path.

The goal is to have every character take on a life of his or her own. Sometimes characters will come into the story that I haven't planned.

I want to see Christian fiction speak to the hard and real issues that tear people's lives apart.

Jesus has given me eternal life in Him. Let them take my life here, but God holds me in the palm of His hand and no one can take Him from me.

I've done everything for the wrong reasons. All the good works people credit to me are nothing because I did them expecting God to repay me. I thought if I worked hard enough, God would have to give me what I wanted. The truth is I've never served the Lord at all. I was always serving myself.

Just because you don't believe in the Lord doesn't mean his power isn't working for you.