Quotes from Francine Rivers

nobody is born a Christian? The war over a soul begins before a baby even draws breath.

Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails. PROVERBS 19 : 21

Jesus did not come to enhance our lives. He came to save us.

We must seize every opportunity we can to speak the truth and proclaim peace. Especially now. There's so little time for many.

Lord, you are God! You made us. Who better to know how to fix us when we've gone wrong? who better to set us to rights again? Who better to love us through the fire and refine us into something beautiful and useful despite our wrongs?

Hormonal changes permanently alter the breast's structure. And when a pregnancy is terminated through abortion, the process is interrupted, which leaves cells in a sate of transition. And they say cells in this state have a very high risk of becoming cancerous. So the woman's chances of developing breast cancer later in life my be greatly increased.

Life is like a pond, and every decision and act we commit, good or bad, is a pebble flung into it. The ripples spread in widening circles.

I have an idea. Why don't we build a house honoring the Lord and go inside and close the doors and never come out again." Though she jested, he saw the desperate unhappiness in her eyes. "What light can shine from a closed house, beloved? God wants us in the world, not hiding from it.

But if we hope for what we do not have, we wait for it patiently. ROMANS 8 : 25

Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and wonderful results. JAMES 5:16

Don't trust in your own strength. None of us is strong in him or herself. It's the Lord who upholds us.

Concerns buzzed like flies in her head, and she swatted them with prayers.