Francine Rivers Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Francine Rivers
Francine Rivers Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Francine Rivers on Wise Famous Quotes.
Better the discomfort that leads to repentance and restoration than temporal comfort and eternal damnation.
Do my will, beloved. I drew you up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set your feet upon a rock.
Stand firm in the Lord, Hadassah. Stand firm and let him fight your battles. Do not try to fight alone.
It was as though her tongue were a heavy weight in her mouth, and now her heart was even heavier for having kept silent.
Oh!" Hadassah said, a catch in her throat. "Put me down, please."
Rashid knew in that instant they were in the lion's den.
Rashid knew in that instant they were in the lion's den.
Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.' Whatever happens is to His good purpose and for His glory. I am not afraid.
Love doesn't last." She didn't know how much showed her pale face.
Meribah's face softened. "Sometimes it does. If it's the right kind.
Meribah's face softened. "Sometimes it does. If it's the right kind.
She was so tightly wrapped in herself, her own misery and dark thoughts, that she was blind to everything else. Especially him.
Angel, Michael's still waiting for you to come home." Her face went deathly white. "It's been over three years. He can't still be waiting." "He is.
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.
When two oxen are yoked together, they must pull in the same direction, Marcus. If one pulls to the right, and the other to the left, what happens?
The battle would not take place in the mountains, valleys, or plains of Israel. It would take place in the wilderness of the human heart.
Emotions are powerful, but they also change as quick as the wind. That's why the Lord says to renew your mind. Don't base decisions on what you feel.
Past and future were out of her hands. One was finished and couldn't be undone. The other was beyond imagining.
It's not easy for me either, but if we allow anger to reside in us, we're more guilty than they are because we know the better way.
Tell me how on God's green earth we can dare offer salvation to a dying world when we're so busy shooting our own wounded.
The sin we need to be concerned about is the sin in our own lives. It's the root of all human woe, the source of anguish.
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.
We must seize every opportunity we can to speak the truth and proclaim peace. Especially now. There's so little time for many.
Come, let us return to the Lord; for he has torn, that he may heal us; he has stricken, and he will bind us up. HOSEA 6 : 1
I had been raised in the church, but I wasn't a Christian. I had a lot of head knowledge but no heart knowledge.
You have whatever strength God has given you, and it will be enough to carry out his good purpose. Trust in him.
You said go to her, and I let pride stand in my way. You said she needed me, and I didn't believe. You said love her, and I thought it would be easy.
I want to be free Michael, just for once in my whole life I want to be free"
"You are free. You just don't know it yet
"You are free. You just don't know it yet
The appeal was so often the same: Make me comfortable so I can go on doing whatever I want to do. They wanted sin without consequences.
We all just use each other in one way or another. To feel good. To feel bad. To feel nothing at all. The lucky ones are real good at it.
I don't want to fall in love with you,' she said, pushing away.
'why not?'
'because you'll just end up using it against me.
'why not?'
'because you'll just end up using it against me.
Song of Solomon told me a man and woman's passion is intended to be mutual." His smile dissolved and he looked troubled. "A shared blessing.
And if it (life) were easier, would i have given my heart so fully to God? Put your hope in Him, and you won't be disappointed by what life offers
Jonathan closed his eyes. Oh, God, it's not the way I had things planned. But then, what of real, lasting value ever is?
Matter what your father plans, nor what his motives might be. God will prevail. God will use everything to His good purpose if you love and trust Him.
Lord," he said heavily. "Lord, this isn't exactly what I had in mind." But he knew he was going to marry that girl anyway.
How can we be witnesses of the one true God if we hold the truth as our own possession? God meant his truth for the world.
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.