Quotes from Francine Rivers

We're Christians. We have to care what people think. The appearance of wrongdoing, remember? I'm not going to move in with you had have people think we're living in sin. What sort of witness would that be?

That you will know and accept Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord and learn who you are in Him.

In Christ, you are His child. You are raised up with Him. You are forgiven. In Christ, you are a new creation, the very temple of the Holy Spirit. You are delivered from the power of darkness. You are redeemed, blessed, holy, and sanctified. Even now, God is holding your child close. And in Christ, you will be reunited in love.

Do you really think God's plan will collapse over the frailties of one man's temper?

If God wills that I die, then I die. No power on earth can change that.

He knew that beauty faded quickly when embodied by selfishness...

Be still and know that I am God, said the Spirit within Hadassah. And so she obeyed, waiting upon him while laying her hopes bare.

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest. JESUS, MATTHEW 11 : 29

I learned that courage is not something we can manufacture by our own efforts. But when we surrender wholeheartedly to God, he gives us the courage to face whatever comes. He gives us the words to speak when we are called to stand and voice our faith.

These conquerors of the world are slaves to their passions, and someday their passions will bring them down.

Everyone to whom she drew close left her. Sooner or later they walked away.

Oh, Lord, sometimes I know how David feels. Where are You when I need You? Why do You seem so far away? Why are You so silent? I can count my blessings from morning to night. I can remember all the things You've done for me from the time I was a little child. I remember and I cry out to You, and You're nowhere to be found. I have lost my joy.