Quotes from Francine Rivers

then the cycle would repeat: faith for a generation, then complacency, soon followed by adultery as the people chased after false gods.

Love cleanses, beloved. It doesn't beat you down. It doesn't cast blames. My love isn't a weapon. It's a lifeline. Reach out and take hold, and don't let go.

You're worrying about things you can't control. Just take things one day at a time.

Aun cuando yo pase por el valle más oscuro, no temeré, porque tú estás a mi lado. Tu vara y tu cayado me protegen y me confortan. SALMO 23:4

I'll take care of that." Merrick bent and pinched Sarah's chin. "You say anything to anybody about me being in this room with Cleo, and I'll cut your little pink tongue out. Understand?" Sarah believed him, and nodded her head. He smiled slightly and let her go. She darted to the corner and crouched there, trembling and feeling sick. "See?" Merrick crowed gleefully. "Nothing to worry about. She won't say a word about us to anyone.

The only hope I have is the salvation You've given me through Jesus. And the only way I can be with You is to die.

God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world. C. S. LEWIS

Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you. JAMES 1:27

Every blessing comes down from the Father, not in payment for good done, but as a gift.

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

My job is to allow the character to live and breathe - and become as real to the reader as he or she is to me.

my love isn't a weapon, it's a lifeline, reach out and take hold, and don't let go!

Love is the way back into Eden. It is the way back to life.

I became a Christian late, in my late 30s, so I had a lot of things that I was bringing into my Christian life that I regret. And I had a lot of questions about faith, so that's where I start when I write.

I actually worked in the general market for many years writing steamy historical romance, and I had more freedom in the Christian market than I ever did in the general market to write about any issue that I needed to write about.

...for some of us, one mile can be more to walk than thirty.

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.

Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.' Whatever happens is to His good purpose and for His glory. I am not afraid.

You are free, you just don't know it" ~Michael to Sarah

When we love like Jesus does, lives change for the better.

Love God and He will enable you to love others even when they disappoint you.

I want you to love me. I want you to trust me enough to let me love you, and I want you to stay here with me so we can build a life together. That's what I want

We bear the consequences for what we have done to ourselves, and for the sin that rules this world. Jesus forgave the thief, but he didn't take him down off the cross.

for some of us, one mile can be more to walk than thirty.