Quotes from As Sure as the Dawn

Francine Rivers ·  520 pages

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“Better the discomfort that leads to repentance and restoration than temporal comfort and eternal damnation.”
― Francine Rivers, quote from As Sure as the Dawn


“I've done everything for the wrong reasons. All the good works people credit to me are nothing because I did them expecting God to repay me. I thought if I worked hard enough, God would have to give me what I wanted. The truth is I've never served the Lord at all. I was always serving myself.”
― Francine Rivers, quote from As Sure as the Dawn


“God's will isn't hidden away like the myths and philosophies and knowledge of the world. Jesus told us openly and daily what his will for us is. Love one another.”
― Francine Rivers, quote from As Sure as the Dawn


“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.”
― Francine Rivers, quote from As Sure as the Dawn


“Spirit. And it will be that love,”
― Francine Rivers, quote from As Sure as the Dawn



“A contentious woman was worse than a leaking roof.”
― Francine Rivers, quote from As Sure as the Dawn


“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, quote from As Sure as the Dawn


“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, quote from As Sure as the Dawn


About the author

Francine Rivers
Born place: in The United States
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