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e1ee1af	Better to have trouble with man than trouble with God.		Francine Rivers
e4ebf0b	You can make many plans, but the Lord's purpose will prevail. PROVERBS 19:21		Francine Rivers
e7384c0	Our salvation depends on not who we are but on who He is		Francine Rivers
006624a	I was learning to recognize when God was speaking through someone. He repeats himself. He says it over and over because we are so stubborn, stupid and unwilling. And even scared. Even when he tells us not to be afraid, we set our minds about it, worrying and fretting about every little thing. I was shaken by what God expected us to do.	god love faithfulness	Francine Rivers
14c9a25	Hatred is the enemy, Hadassah. Not the people.	hatred people	Francine Rivers
7573988	It was as though her tongue were a heavy weight in her mouth, and now her heart was even heavier for having kept silent.	silent tongue	Francine Rivers
c83716f	What do you want of God, Roman?" It was an imperious question from so small a boy, and was said with a curious blend of humility and demand. "I'll know when I face him." "Perhaps the answers you seek can't be found in something you can see and touch." Amused, Marcus smiled. "You have big thoughts for a small boy." The boy grinned. "A shepherd has time to think." "Then, my little philosopher, what would you advise?" The boy's smile faded. "W..		Francine Rivers
09a4a20	Michael straightened. "I still married her, and I'd marry her again if I had it to do over." A simple statement, calmly and quietly delivered, but his eyes were burning with wrath."		Francine Rivers
7597e1c	She only had this moment, and she must fulfill it worthily. Of what use was it to allow herself regret and grief, to ponder endlessly what she might have done differently?		Francine Rivers
d2da21b	None of them, not even he, seemed to realize they weren't just physical beings, that God had left a mark upon them by the simple fact of his creation. They preferred their idols, tangible, possessing, capricious characteristics like themselves, easily understood. They wanted something they could manipulate. God was inconceivable, intangible, incomprehensible, unexploitable.		Francine Rivers
c092e59	Jonathan closed his eyes. Oh, God, it's not the way I had things planned. But then, what of real, lasting value ever is?		Francine Rivers
e1653e5	Each time a thought came knocking on the door of her mind, she viewed it cautiously. Was it true? Was it honorable? Was it pure or lovely? Was it of good repute?		Francine Rivers
d172568	This god that she worshiped consumed her. It didn't ask for a brief visit to a temple, or a small votive offering of food or coin, or a few prayers every now and then. This god wanted all of her.		Francine Rivers
ac05017	We were all created incomplete and will find no rest until we satisfy the deepest hunger and thirst within us. You've tried to satisfy it in your own way. I see that in your eyes, too, as I've seen it in so many others. And yet, though you deny it with your last breath, your soul yearns for God,		Francine Rivers
0ab122b	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		Francine Rivers
11b6adb	She had to strive to make every thought obedient to the love of Christ whatever violent feelings churned within her. She had to take her every thought captive to the obedience of Christ and leave no room for anger and jealousy and thoughts of revenge.	jealousy revenge love obedient christ thought	Francine Rivers
dbd0d05	Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails. PROVERBS 19 : 21		Francine Rivers
9b4e656	We must seize every opportunity we can to speak the truth and proclaim peace. Especially now. There's so little time for many.	time truth proclaim speak peace	Francine Rivers
2b0bfe8	All the way back, she had imagined him gloating and taunting, rubbing her face in her own broken pride. Instead, he knelt before her and washed her dirty, blistered feet.		Francine Rivers
4bdecc8	I believe we all serve someone in this life. For the first thirty-eight years of mine, I served myself. My conversion was not a highly emotional experience. It was a conscious, thought-out decision that changed my focus, my direction, my heart, my life.		Francine Rivers
6a1eaea	In Christ, you are His child. You are raised up with Him. You are forgiven. In Christ, you are a new creation, the very temple of the Holy Spirit. You are delivered from the power of darkness. You are redeemed, blessed, holy, and sanctified. Even now, God is holding your child close. And in Christ, you will be reunited in love.		Francine Rivers
7714bf3	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.		Francine Rivers
549d3b1	But if we hope for what we do not have, we wait for it patiently. ROMANS 8 : 25		Francine Rivers
a7260d3	If God wills that I die, then I die. No power on earth can change that.	earth power	Francine Rivers
1c5d9bc	She has not one particle of vanity in her. She covers her scars because they disturb others. No other reason than that. People see the mark of the lion on her. They fail to see what it means.		Francine Rivers
d4361ee	The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heav'n of hell, a hell of heaven. MILTON		Francine Rivers
054b07d	If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever.	quote a-voice-in-the-wind a-voice-in-the-wind-quote francine francine-rivers francine-rivers-quote the in rivers wind voice	Francine Rivers
014896b	Spirit. And it will be that love,		Francine Rivers
26674ac	However this child was conceived, God will be the Father. My baby won't enter the world unloved or unwanted. If I can't feel a full measure of joy, I know the Lord will.	love father	Francine Rivers
a6a073b	Satan is an eternal being, like God. He may not know all things as God does or have God's power, but he knows our weaknesses even better than we do. He knows us intimately. He knows the evil desires of our heart and mind. He knows where and when to attack to gain the best advantage. Satan schemes and plays upon those things in order to separate us from God and bring about our destruction. Never underestimate him. Without our armor, we're vu..		Francine Rivers
b7f4bb6	Blinding light filled the darkness. Someone clasped his wrist, lifting him, and in the midst of hell's cacophony, whispered, "I am."		Francine Rivers
6a22cd1	A contentious woman was worse than a leaking roof.		Francine Rivers
a966482	Our work is to devote our own lives to pleasing God. It's that simple. We're to devote our efforts to learning to think as God thinks, to see ourselves and others through his eyes, to walk as he walked. That's our life's work.		Francine Rivers
b9d1369	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.		Francine Rivers
28af200	She was scornful. "He talks to you personally?" "He talks to everyone personally. Most people just don't bother to listen."		Francine Rivers
abe99f7	A pretty face and a beautiful body blind a man more quickly than any poker through the eyes.	man face body blind pretty eyes	Francine Rivers
a8b3ef2	was used to teachers just putting in time, not loaded with enthusiasm.		Francine Rivers
ad311f2	Colors come from a phenomenon called scattering. The wavelengths of light and the size of the particles determine the colors.		Francine Rivers
d8ee2e9	I see sunrise as God's good morning, and sunset as God's good night.		Francine Rivers
f68f444	He needed the warmth of the sun to take away the chill of foreboding that grew in him.	foreboding sun warmth	Francine Rivers
b199d63	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		Francine Rivers
7fba648	suffering brought endurance in order that one might be strengthened for whatever lay ahead.		Francine Rivers
57fd1b7	Bithia seemed wise in the ways of the world, but she was completely ignorant of what she brought upon herself. Commerce with the powers of darkness might gain her what she desired for the moment, but at what cost in the end?	world ignorant	Francine Rivers
3cc455e	It's not for me to condemn anyone, no matter what they do, but I fear for her. God knows.		Francine Rivers

Better to have trouble with man than trouble with God.

Francine Rivers

e4ebf0b

You can make many plans, but the Lord's purpose will prevail. PROVERBS 19:21

Francine Rivers

e7384c0

Our salvation depends on not who we are but on who He is

Francine Rivers

006624a

I was learning to recognize when God was speaking through someone. He repeats himself. He says it over and over because we are so stubborn, stupid and unwilling. And even scared. Even when he tells us not to be afraid, we set our minds about it, worrying and fretting about every little thing. I was shaken by what God expected us to do.

god love faithfulness

Francine Rivers

14c9a25

Hatred is the enemy, Hadassah. Not the people.

hatred people

Francine Rivers

7573988

It was as though her tongue were a heavy weight in her mouth, and now her heart was even heavier for having kept silent.

silent tongue

Francine Rivers

c83716f

What do you want of God, Roman?" It was an imperious question from so small a boy, and was said with a curious blend of humility and demand. "I'll know when I face him." "Perhaps the answers you seek can't be found in something you can see and touch." Amused, Marcus smiled. "You have big thoughts for a small boy." The boy grinned. "A shepherd has time to think." "Then, my little philosopher, what would you advise?" The boy's smile faded. "W..

Francine Rivers

09a4a20

Michael straightened. "I still married her, and I'd marry her again if I had it to do over." A simple statement, calmly and quietly delivered, but his eyes were burning with wrath."

Francine Rivers

7597e1c

She only had this moment, and she must fulfill it worthily. Of what use was it to allow herself regret and grief, to ponder endlessly what she might have done differently?

Francine Rivers

d2da21b

None of them, not even he, seemed to realize they weren't just physical beings, that God had left a mark upon them by the simple fact of his creation. They preferred their idols, tangible, possessing, capricious characteristics like themselves, easily understood. They wanted something they could manipulate. God was inconceivable, intangible, incomprehensible, unexploitable.

Francine Rivers

c092e59

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

Francine Rivers

e1653e5

Each time a thought came knocking on the door of her mind, she viewed it cautiously. Was it true? Was it honorable? Was it pure or lovely? Was it of good repute?

Francine Rivers

d172568

This god that she worshiped consumed her. It didn't ask for a brief visit to a temple, or a small votive offering of food or coin, or a few prayers every now and then. This god wanted all of her.

Francine Rivers

ac05017

We were all created incomplete and will find no rest until we satisfy the deepest hunger and thirst within us. You've tried to satisfy it in your own way. I see that in your eyes, too, as I've seen it in so many others. And yet, though you deny it with your last breath, your soul yearns for God,

Francine Rivers

0ab122b

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

Francine Rivers

11b6adb

She had to strive to make every thought obedient to the love of Christ whatever violent feelings churned within her. She had to take her every thought captive to the obedience of Christ and leave no room for anger and jealousy and thoughts of revenge.

jealousy revenge love obedient christ thought

Francine Rivers

dbd0d05

Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails. PROVERBS 19 : 21

Francine Rivers

9b4e656

We must seize every opportunity we can to speak the truth and proclaim peace. Especially now. There's so little time for many.

time truth proclaim speak peace

Francine Rivers

2b0bfe8

All the way back, she had imagined him gloating and taunting, rubbing her face in her own broken pride. Instead, he knelt before her and washed her dirty, blistered feet.

Francine Rivers

4bdecc8

I believe we all serve someone in this life. For the first thirty-eight years of mine, I served myself. My conversion was not a highly emotional experience. It was a conscious, thought-out decision that changed my focus, my direction, my heart, my life.

Francine Rivers

6a1eaea

In Christ, you are His child. You are raised up with Him. You are forgiven. In Christ, you are a new creation, the very temple of the Holy Spirit. You are delivered from the power of darkness. You are redeemed, blessed, holy, and sanctified. Even now, God is holding your child close. And in Christ, you will be reunited in love.

Francine Rivers

7714bf3

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.

Francine Rivers

549d3b1

But if we hope for what we do not have, we wait for it patiently. ROMANS 8 : 25

Francine Rivers

a7260d3

If God wills that I die, then I die. No power on earth can change that.

earth power

Francine Rivers

1c5d9bc

She has not one particle of vanity in her. She covers her scars because they disturb others. No other reason than that. People see the mark of the lion on her. They fail to see what it means.

Francine Rivers

d4361ee

The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heav'n of hell, a hell of heaven. MILTON

Francine Rivers

054b07d

If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever.

quote a-voice-in-the-wind a-voice-in-the-wind-quote francine francine-rivers francine-rivers-quote the in rivers wind voice

Francine Rivers

014896b

Spirit. And it will be that love,

Francine Rivers

26674ac

However this child was conceived, God will be the Father. My baby won't enter the world unloved or unwanted. If I can't feel a full measure of joy, I know the Lord will.

love father

Francine Rivers

a6a073b

Satan is an eternal being, like God. He may not know all things as God does or have God's power, but he knows our weaknesses even better than we do. He knows us intimately. He knows the evil desires of our heart and mind. He knows where and when to attack to gain the best advantage. Satan schemes and plays upon those things in order to separate us from God and bring about our destruction. Never underestimate him. Without our armor, we're vu..

Francine Rivers

b7f4bb6

Blinding light filled the darkness. Someone clasped his wrist, lifting him, and in the midst of hell's cacophony, whispered, "I am."

Francine Rivers

6a22cd1

A contentious woman was worse than a leaking roof.

Francine Rivers

a966482

Our work is to devote our own lives to pleasing God. It's that simple. We're to devote our efforts to learning to think as God thinks, to see ourselves and others through his eyes, to walk as he walked. That's our life's work.

Francine Rivers

b9d1369

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.

Francine Rivers

28af200

She was scornful. "He talks to you personally?" "He talks to everyone personally. Most people just don't bother to listen."

Francine Rivers

abe99f7

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

man face body blind pretty eyes

Francine Rivers

a8b3ef2

was used to teachers just putting in time, not loaded with enthusiasm.

Francine Rivers

ad311f2

Colors come from a phenomenon called scattering. The wavelengths of light and the size of the particles determine the colors.

Francine Rivers

d8ee2e9

I see sunrise as God's good morning, and sunset as God's good night.

Francine Rivers

f68f444

He needed the warmth of the sun to take away the chill of foreboding that grew in him.

foreboding sun warmth

Francine Rivers

b199d63

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

Francine Rivers

7fba648

suffering brought endurance in order that one might be strengthened for whatever lay ahead.

Francine Rivers

57fd1b7

Bithia seemed wise in the ways of the world, but she was completely ignorant of what she brought upon herself. Commerce with the powers of darkness might gain her what she desired for the moment, but at what cost in the end?

world ignorant

Francine Rivers

3cc455e

It's not for me to condemn anyone, no matter what they do, but I fear for her. God knows.

Francine Rivers