"Beloved, surrender wholeheartedly to Jesus Christ, who loves you. As you drink from the deep well of Scripture, the Lord will refresh you and cleanse you, mold you and re-create you through His Living Word. For the Bible is the very breath of God, giving life eternal to those who seek Him."
— Francine Rivers

"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."
— Francine Rivers (A Voice in the Wind)

"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 (The Atonement Child)

"Love God and He will enable you to love others even when they disappoint you."
— Francine Rivers (And the Shofar Blew)

"...for some of us, one mile can be more to walk than thirty."
— Francine Rivers (Redeeming Love)

"’You sanctimonious, pharisaical... I want you to know what you did…You aborted her.’
‘What are you talking about? I did no such thing.’
‘No?... God gave you the perfect opportunity to show Dynah compassion, and what did you do? You scraped her out of your neat, perfect little world and dumped her in the trash.’
Dean Abernathy’s eyes flickered, his face paling.
... ‘that’s what you did, you and a lot of other people who ought to know better... The purpose of NLC is to train up godly men and women so they can bring the light of Christ into every walk of life. Isn’t that so?’
‘Yes.’
‘…Tell me how on God’s green earth we can dare offer salvation to a dying world when we’re so busy shooting our own wounded.’"
— Francine Rivers (The Atonement Child)

"Love the Lord your God, and love one another. Love one another as He loves. Love with strength and purpose and passion and no matter what comes against you. Don't weaken. Stand against the darkness, and love. That's the way back into Eden. That's the way back to life." "
— Francine Rivers

"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."
— Francine Rivers (A Voice in the Wind)

""I'm going to give you God's truth, little girl. All men want to do is hurt you. Once you give them your heart, they tear it to shreds." ~Francine Rivers; Redeeming Love"
— Francine Rivers

"[He] looked up and imagined the hand of God flinging stars like shining dust across the heavens. No. He was wrong to think such pagan thoughts, for God had only to utter a word and it was done. Only man had He shaped with His hands, using the dust He created to form His most precious and amazing creation. Only man was molded and loved into being, the breath of life in his lungs given by God."
— Francine Rivers