Mark of the Lion Trilogy Quotes

“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. “When you face God, remember he is God.” “I’ll remember what he’s done,” Marcus said coldly. “That, too,” the boy said almost gently.”
― Francine Rivers, Mark of the Lion Collection

“Do you really think God’s plan will collapse over the frailties of one man’s temper?”
― Francine Rivers, Mark of the Lion Collection

“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, Mark of the Lion Collection

“Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and wonderful results. JAMES 5:16”
― Francine Rivers, Mark of the Lion Collection

“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”
― Francine Rivers, Mark of the Lion Collection

“Stand firm in the Lord, Hadassah. Stand firm and let him fight your battles. Do not try to fight alone.”
― Francine Rivers, Mark of the Lion Collection

“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, Mark of the Lion Collection

“suffering brought endurance in order that one might be strengthened for whatever lay ahead.”
― Francine Rivers, Mark of the Lion Collection

“courage is not something we can manufacture by our own efforts. But when we surrender wholeheartedly to God, he gives us the courage to face whatever comes. He gives us the words to speak when we are called to stand and voice our faith.”
― Francine Rivers, Mark of the Lion Collection

“I have an idea. Why don’t we build a house honoring the Lord and go inside and close the doors and never come out again.” Though she jested, he saw the desperate unhappiness in her eyes. “What light can shine from a closed house, beloved? God wants us in the world, not hiding from it.”
― Francine Rivers, Mark of the Lion Trilogy

“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 vulnerable.” Atretes”
― Francine Rivers, Mark of the Lion Collection

“God salts the earth with the faithful because those who cling to the Lord in faith through all circumstances preserve the rest from complete destruction.”
― Francine Rivers, Mark of the Lion Collection

“Unless we have something worth dying for, Atretes, we’ve nothing worth living for.”
― Francine Rivers, Mark of the Lion Collection

“We need to be patient with him.” “As he’s patient with them?” “No, as God is patient with us. Contrary to what you’re thinking right now, Atretes shouldn’t be your first concern. Our first obligation is to the Lord.” “I know, but . . .” “You know, but are you acting according to what you know or what you feel?” She”
― Francine Rivers, Mark of the Lion Collection

“The Holy Spirit comes to dwell within us when we believe in Christ and are redeemed. It is through the Spirit that God reveals mysteries to us, for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.”
― Francine Rivers, Mark of the Lion Collection

“Another reason for right living is that you know how late it is; time is running out. Wake up, for the coming of our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. ROMANS 13:11”
― Francine Rivers, Mark of the Lion Collection

“in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will direct your paths” (Proverbs 3:5-6). We can choose to be self-sufficient or to rely on God. We can act on our own understanding regarding life’s circumstances, or we can seek God’s will in every situation. But only one choice assures us that God will direct our paths.”
― Francine Rivers, Mark of the Lion Collection

“gold because he was a King, frankincense because he was the High Priest for all men, and myrrh because he would die for the sins of the world.”
― Francine Rivers, Mark of the Lion Collection

“When two oxen are yoked together, they must pull in the same direction, Marcus. If one pulls to the right, and the other to the left, what happens?”
― Francine Rivers, Mark of the Lion Collection

“Rome tolerated every abominable practice, embraced every foul idea in the name of freedom and the rights of the common man. Citizens no longer carried on deviant behavior in private, but pridefully displayed it in public. It was those with moral values who could no longer freely walk in a public park without having to witness a revolting display. What had happened to the public censors who protected the majority of citizenry from moral decadence? Did freedom have to mean abolishing common decency? Did freedom mean anyone could do anything they wanted anytime they wanted, without consequences?”
― Francine Rivers, Mark of the Lion Collection

“Whoever stands in the way of their pleasures, they want destroyed. They demand the moral chains be removed, never understanding that it’s moral restraint that keeps man civilized.”
― Francine Rivers, Mark of the Lion Collection

“O Jesus, blessed Savior, I give my son to you. Please watch over him and protect him from the evil one. O Lord God, Father of all creation, overcome my fear for my son and teach me to rest and trust in you.”
― Francine Rivers, Mark of the Lion Collection

“Our work isn’t to change the way these people live. It’s not to fight against a pagan idol any more than it’s for Atretes to try to beat into their heads a belief in Christ. 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, Mark of the Lion Collection

“Passion lasts but a moment, compassion a lifetime.”
― Francine Rivers, Mark of the Lion Trilogy

“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, Mark of the Lion Collection

“Only fools and the dead are content.”
― Francine Rivers, Mark of the Lion Collection

“What facts? The word of a guard who saw nothing? What did the men who followed Jesus gain? Not money or power or the esteem of men. They were reviled as the Lord was reviled. James was beheaded by King Herod Agrippa. Andrew was stoned in Scythia. Bartholomew was flayed alive and beheaded in Armenia. Matthew was crucified in Alexandria, Philip in Hieropolis, Peter in Rome. James the Less was beheaded by order of Herod Antipas. Simon the Zealot was sawn in two in Persia. And none of them recanted. Even in the face of death, they still proclaimed Jesus the Messiah. Would they all have died like that to preserve a lie? My father told me they were all afraid when Jesus was crucified. They ran away and hid. After Jesus arose and came to them, they were different men. Changed. Not from without, but from within, Marcus. They spread the Good News because they knew it was true.”
― Francine Rivers, Mark of the Lion Trilogy

“We will praise God first thing every morning.”
― Francine Rivers, Mark of the Lion Collection

“When he told his story to believers, they wept and rejoiced. To unbelievers, he was an object of ridicule. The euphoria and security she felt with those who shared her faith dissolved when she watched her father stand before a crowd and suffer their abuse.”
― Francine Rivers, Mark of the Lion Collection

“upon entering the school of medicine in Rome. He was the only student whose father had once been a slave, a fact that had less impact in Rome, where he had still had unlimited”
― Francine Rivers, Mark of the Lion Collection