Top 300 Karen Kingsbury Quotes (2024 Update)
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251. “Hold fast to your faith. Temptation is a given; look for the way out! It is possible to fall!”

— Karen Kingsbury

252. “The devil doesn’t always look like a devil, she had said. Sometimes he masquerades as an angel of light.”

— Karen Kingsbury

253. “God brings opportunities and people into the lives of believers. But it’s up to each one to pursue what God presents.”

— Karen Kingsbury

254. “Together they would sift through the details of their children’s lives, rejoicing over the positives and reflecting on the areas that needed more prayer. They would laugh at the funny things the grandchildren said and comment about how fast they were growing up. Elizabeth would remind him that all of life went far too fast, and John would agree. The evening would fade, the sun would set, and they’d have the night to share each other’s company.”

— Karen Kingsbury

255. “There will always be naysayers. The key is to listen to God’s calling. If you’re doing that, then everyone else’s opinion amount to little more than hot air.”

— Karen Kingsbury

256. “Fight it with everything you have. And when you don’t feel like fighting, lean on me and I’ll fight for you.”

— Karen Kingsbury

257. “No one deserves anything good we have in life. Because all good things are gifts from God.”

— Karen Kingsbury

258. “Love is for people who share the same faith most of all. The same goals and dreams and futures.”

— Karen Kingsbury

259. “Proof that life would go on – no matter what devastating news had come into their lives that week.”

— Karen Kingsbury

260. “Back in his dating days, a man didn’t go to a woman’s house if she lived alone. He might pick her up at the front porch, but he wouldn’t go inside. Propriety ruled.”

— Karen Kingsbury

261. “I love reading the Bible. It makes sense of the whole world.”

— Karen Kingsbury

262. “Sometimes – moments like this – only a song could bridge his heart to God’s, filling his senses with truth and hope.”

— Karen Kingsbury

263. “God’s ways are not our ways. This world is a fallen place, and bad things do happen to good people. They even happen to Christians. Truth is, I couldn’t have made it through without his strength.”

— Karen Kingsbury

264. “Katy had her Bible out. She wanted to read from 2 Corinthians, the first chapter, where the Christians were told that the sufferings of Christ would overflow into their lives as surely as the comfort would.”

— Karen Kingsbury

265. “Redemption isn’t redemption without the broken path that took a person there.”

— Karen Kingsbury

266. “And the eyes are the lamp of the body.”

— Karen Kingsbury

267. “Though it was the worst season in her life, something wonderful came of it. She found a relationship with Jesus.”

— Karen Kingsbury

268. “Love God first, and your husband second. Remember to compliment him, because if you don’t, someone else will. And always give a hundred percent. If you both do that, you’ll be covered on the days when someone slips a little.”

— Karen Kingsbury

269. “Forgiveness was not a feeling, it was a choice.”

— Karen Kingsbury

270. “The raindrops on her eyelashes made her blue eyes sparkle and he was instantly sure of one thing. He’d never seen any girl more beautiful.”

— Karen Kingsbury

271. “Why am I doing this to myself, God? She looked into her own eyes and waited. But she heard no divine answers, nothing but the roar of shame and guilt that came with every.”

— Karen Kingsbury

272. “My life isn’t guided by the stars, sir. It’s guided by the One who made them. And whatever happens from here, He’s got it perfectly in control.”

— Karen Kingsbury

273. “My family and my faith are everything to me.”

— Karen Kingsbury

274. “There was no telling how long any of them had, after all. Always better to treasure the moment.”

— Karen Kingsbury

275. “Because everyone has a past. Everyone comes from some background. The place where God found them and picked them up and dusted them off. The day they first understood how loved they were.”

— Karen Kingsbury

276. “I think back on our story, the things we could’ve done differently.”

— Karen Kingsbury

277. “Love first. Questions later. Grace beyond measure. All of it unconditional.”

— Karen Kingsbury

278. “Justice and grace were hard concepts for anyone, especially for a person young in her faith.”

— Karen Kingsbury

279. “Every single person. Regardless of their sin struggle.”

— Karen Kingsbury

280. “Light wasn’t enough to chase away the darkness today.”

— Karen Kingsbury

281. “Well -” Emily sounded wonderful, full of life and love and purpose – “let’s just say it could be raining every day and neither of us would notice.”

— Karen Kingsbury

282. “It was the most terrifying part of being in love: that without a commitment to forever, separation was still possible.”

— Karen Kingsbury

283. “God had been faithful time and time and time again. That was the type of God the Baxters served. No, they didn’t always get the answers they wanted. But they always got the right answers, even now with her cancer.”

— Karen Kingsbury

284. “In every way that mattered, he was still married. There was no room in his heart for someone new, no matter how kind or enjoyable she was to be with.”

— Karen Kingsbury

285. “After that, his faith could never be something passive, a pleasant outing to a friendly church service. Faith became everything, because heaven held one of his own. He was passionate about making sure his family all wound up together in heaven. But here on earth, winning another Super Bowl ring was important too.”

— Karen Kingsbury

286. “Time didn’t stand still, even for the greatest of love.”

— Karen Kingsbury

287. “She and Peter had been through counseling, and they understood that parents can only do so much to protect their children and that ultimately they belong to God first.”

— Karen Kingsbury

288. “When love was perfect, it would always cast out fear.”

— Karen Kingsbury

289. “Somehow dying was like that. A sense of nervousness and finality and sorrow because for a season, they wouldn’t be together.”

— Karen Kingsbury

290. “We can trust Him with the plans He has for our lives.”

— Karen Kingsbury

291. “Live life to the fullest, Jack. Jesus died so you could do that.” Beck’s kindness pierced straight through him. “Have you been living that way?”

— Karen Kingsbury

292. “Love was a decision.”

— Karen Kingsbury

293. “Every word she says, every step she makes, I’m reminded of the truth – that God still works miracles among us today.”

— Karen Kingsbury

294. “It wasn’t that a child like Jalen needed so many voices praying on his behalf. God heard the desperate prayer of a single voice in a dark room. But sometimes something happened that caused the world to sit up and take notice. A time when miracles could sway a generation to believe in God. Miracles amidst tragedies.”

— Karen Kingsbury

295. “God isn’t looking for us to be good or perfect. He’s just looking for us to be His.”

— Karen Kingsbury

296. “Her plan was to be so comforted by the host of blessings she’d been given that when she reached the current day she’d be able to fall asleep.”

— Karen Kingsbury

297. “The worse things got, the more she loved him, the more certain she was that somehow they could handle the days ahead.”

— Karen Kingsbury

298. “But you need more than love, Em. Sometimes you need common ground.”

— Karen Kingsbury

299. “For a long while she only looked at him... as if she didn’t want to interrupt the beautiful moment with words.”

— Karen Kingsbury

300. “Strong in society, vocal about our beliefs.” Her eyes were kind, but they held a no-nonsense look. “For you, that might mean speaking up for your faith, being the voice of truth for your cast.”

— Karen Kingsbury