Quotes from Susan May Warren

little brother break his ornery neck. "Tate, this is a bad idea.

Lord, I know You're the only one who can make my dreams come true." Mona forced herself to surrender the next words. "I give You this dream, and all others, right now into Your hands for You to handle however You see fit.

Romans 15:13: "I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit." Our job is to trust. God's job is to overflow us with joy.

God's favor depends on His greatness, not our smallness. His great love, showered upon us ... a small life is lived by staring inward but a large one is lived by diving into God's love.

Don't fall in love with a spy.

God's promises don't depend on your feelings. They depend on his Word. Stop relying on yourself and let God use you how he wants.

God is still in control. He didn't take His eyes off you that day and say "Ooh whoops. Now Wyatt is off the rails. He's been with you- and Coco- every step of the way

You're seeing the world through your feelings. Not through truth. Not through God's eyes. If he's called you to something, he'll equip you, even if you don't know how.

You're enough, and you're loved because God says so. Nothing else.

Not everyone can have my level of adventure.

Victory lies not only in the end goal but in the steps of faith we take every day toward that goal.

It's not what happens to us, it's how we respond. Being broken, being empty is part of life. But how we fill up those empty places, how we heal - that's what matters.

feel decimated, but don't let your circumstances tell you who God is. Let who God is tell you how to deal with your circumstances.

Because life didn't just come with better . . . it came with worse, too. A worse that God could have fixed, perhaps, if she'd let Him, so long ago. She hadn't wanted to take the risk of a broken heart. Of getting hurt over and over again. But wasn't that the nature of love? Risking betrayal? Forgiving? Wiping the slate clean and starting over? Wasn't that the nature of God?

If I believe that God has a plan for my life, then there are no mistakes, no regrets, just moments that God carries me. Moments when I'm forced to trust him.

She's a smokejumper who's afraid of fire. He's the partner who can't forgive himself for loving her. Now they must face the flames together if they hope to survive the Summer of Fire.

Grace meant God knew her past and still offered her a beautiful future. An unbreakable happy ending.

Writing is not a profession, occupation or job; it is not a way of life. It is a comprehensive response to life.   Gregory McDonald        

I know grace is difficult to accept... it's in our nature to want to bargain for our redemption... but you can do nothing but receive it.

He just stared at her. "That was stupid." "Well, thank you. Thank you very much. I sort of thought it was heroic.

Wyatt Marshall hadn't come all the way to Russia only to fail.

Don't judge God's love for you on your circumstances, Nathan. Judge it on what you know to be true. God loves you, and He'll give you the strength to do what's right. Just stay the course. That's what God wants for you—everyday faith. Not . . ." John pointed at the wall.

Mona, God isn't the great saboteur of dreams. He doesn't give us a dream just to make it fail. He puts that dream inside us for a reason, and He wants to help make it happen.

Listen, the character of God is full of mercy—not giving us what we do deserve—and grace—giving us what we don't deserve. You say you don't deserve God's help, but by your very words, you prove He isn't trying to destroy your dreams. Ask God for help. If you don't think you deserve it, then perhaps that is exactly what God wants to delight you with, to show how much He loves you.