Top 200 Francine Rivers Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “Just because you don’t believe in the Lord doesn’t mean his power isn’t working for you.”

— Francine Rivers

52. “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.”

— Francine Rivers

53. “Maybe it’s only those who’ve made such chaos of their lives who can understand the heights and depths of God’s mercy.”

— Francine Rivers

54. “I want someone wonderful. I want a man to love me the way Michael loves you. I want a man willing to fight for me. I want a man who won’t let me walk away from him.”

— Francine Rivers

55. “But strength alone, though of the Muses born, Is like a fallen angel: trees uptorn, Darkness, and worms, and shrouds, and sepulchers Delight it; for it feeds upon the burrs And thorns of life; forgetting the great end Of poesy, that it should be a friend To soothe the cares, and lift the thoughts of man. KEATS CALIFORNIA, 1850.”

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56. “If you love me as you claim to, then you love her as well. She’s part of me. Do you understand? She’s part of my flesh and my life. When you say things against her, you say them against me. When you cut her, you cut me. Do you understand?”

— Francine Rivers

57. “Lord, forgive me. 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. Help me. Open my heart and mind so that I will love her as you have loved me.”

— Francine Rivers

58. “No, you won’t. And I won’t be enough for you, Amanda. I don’t want to be the center of your life. I want to be part of it. I want to be your husband, not your god. People can’t always be there for you, no matter how much they want to be. And that includes me.”

— Francine Rivers

59. “Jonathan closed his eyes. Oh, God, it’s not the way I had things planned. But then, what of real, lasting value ever is?”

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60. “As a hart longs for flowing streams, so longs my soul for thee. PSALM 42 : 1.”

— Francine Rivers

61. “The Lord has not forsaken us. Never doubt in the darkness what God has given us in the light. The Lord is with us. He is here now. He will never leave us.”

— Francine Rivers

62. “Hatred is the enemy, Hadassah. Not the people.”

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63. “Though fallen low God raised her up.”

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64. “A contentious woman was worse than a leaking roof.”

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65. “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.”

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66. “Therefore, behold, I will allure her, bring her into the wilderness, and speak kindly to her. Then I will give her her vineyards from there, and the valley of Achor as a door of hope. HOSEA 2 : 14 – 15 A.”

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67. “Don’t be concerned about the outward beauty that depends on fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes. You should be known for the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God. 1 PETER 3:3-4.”

— Francine Rivers

68. “Everyone wanted to be the best. Best student. Best servant. Best Christian. They got caught up in it, pressing and pushing until they forgot whom it was they were trying to please.”

— Francine Rivers

69. “I want you to love me,” he said and saw the derision in her face. “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.” Her anger dissolved at his sincerity. “Mister, can’t you understand that’s impossible?” “Anything’s possible.” “You don’t have any idea who and what I am other than what you’ve created in your own mind.” “Then tell me.”

— Francine Rivers

70. “He will forgive you, but he won’t remove the consequences... We must learn to obey.”

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71. “Why is it only in darkness that we remember what sustained us even in the light?”

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72. “That is one of the reasons I write: to feel the Presence of God and know He is speaking to me in a very personal way, instructing me, correcting me, redirecting me.”

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73. “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.”

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74. “A pretty face and a beautiful body blind a man more quickly than any poker through the eyes.”

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75. “She was scornful. “He talks to you personally?” “He talks to everyone personally. Most people just don’t bother to listen.”

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76. “She was so tightly wrapped in herself, her own misery and dark thoughts, that she was blind to everything else. Especially him.”

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77. “And the Holy Spirit helps us in our distress. For we don’t even know what we should pray for, nor how we should pray. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. ROMANS 8:26.”

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78. “The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he shatter her? “What has this god of yours ever really done for you?” She stood very still for a long moment, her back to him. “Everything.”

— Francine Rivers

79. “Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind let each of you regard one another as more important than himself. PHILIPPIANS 2 : 3.”

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80. “A beautiful face can mask great evil...”

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81. “Fiction can serve in a non-threatening way to open minds and, I hope, hearts to the Word of God.”

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82. “He was never angry when she made mistakes. He complimented and encouraged her. He shared his own mishaps with a sense of humor that made her less annoyed with her own incompetence. He gave her hope that she could learn, and pride when she did.”

— Francine Rivers

83. “But so often, things of great beauty are full of great corruption.”

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84. “Past and future were out of her hands. One was finished and couldn’t be undone. The other was beyond imagining.”

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85. “Fagan hated what his father was, but he still loved him. I reckon that’s the way God is. Loving us enough to send Jesus but hating the way we live. Hating the sin, not the sinner.”

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86. “A woman could be the wind beneath a man’s sails or a gale to send him into uncharted waters. She could be an anchor in stormy seas, or she could let him drift into the rocks.”

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87. “Why did you come for me?” “You’re my wife.” “I left the ring on the table! I didn’t steal it.” “That didn’t change a thing. We’re still married.” “You could’ve just forgotten about it.” He stopped and glared at her. “It’s a lifetime commitment in my book, lady. It’s not an arrangement you nullify when things get a little tough to bear.”

— Francine Rivers

88. “How can intemperate minds be free when they’re slaves to their own passions?”

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89. “In a Christian marriage, Atretes, the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, he himself being the Savior of the body. But as the church is subject to Christ, so you will be subject to Christ, and so also Rizpah will be subject to you in everything. Love her, just as Christ also loves you and gave himself up for you. Sacrificially, willing even to die for her. Love her as you love your own body. Sustain and protect her in all circumstances.”

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90. “I have lived out my mother’s hope and pray I have given wings to my daughter’s dreams.”

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91. “He had fallen head over heels for a devil with blue eyes and waist-length blonde hair and a body that would tempt a man into sin and death.”

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92. “The most ordinary things of life are extraordinary.”

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93. “Julia looked back at Hadassah on the bloodstained sand. A great emptiness opened within her as she looked at the still form. Gone, too, was the salt that had kept her from completely corruption.”

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94. “In Him we live and breathe. In Him we will one day find one another again. In Him we are one. In this life we will not love perfectly. In the next, God promises we will. I hold to that hope. I cling to that dream.”

— Francine Rivers

95. “She thought she had been saved by his love for her, and in part she had been. It had cleansed her, never casting blame. But that had been only the beginning. It was loving him in return that had brought her up out of the darkness.”

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96. “He needed to get away from the rush of the city, from the unceasing noise and annoying obligations.”

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97. “Rumors aren’t worth the sand we walk on.”

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98. “You are free. You just don’t know it yet.”

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99. “Michael had once read to her how God had cast a man and woman out of paradise. Yet, for all their human faults and failures. God had shown them the way back in.”

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100. “God will give you courage when you need it.”

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