Alana Terry > Quotes

“Pray for the physical needs of those believers who have been dislocated and sent away from their homes, especially for families traveling with the young, the sick, and the elderly. Pray for the gospel to continue to spread even as believers are scattered because of persecution. Pray for Christians living in hostile areas to have wisdom as they decide whether to leave for a safer place, or to stay and preach the gospel where they are.”
― Alana Terry, 30 Days of Prayer for the Persecuted Church

“It's during those times that we're weakest when God can show himself the most dramatically. And I'm not talking about just taking way your panic attacks, pumpkin, although if he wanted to do that, he certainly could. What I'm talking about is you having the freedom and courage to live out your life - stress, anxiety, and all - in front of others with a vulnerability and grace that can only come from above.”
― Alana Terry, Policed

“Now, I'm all for basic precautions. What I'm not for is fear and paranoia.”
― Alana Terry, Infected

“It’s not about what we can do for God. We can’t do anything good on our own.” Shin spoke rapidly now as he voiced his thoughts out loud. “It’s not a matter of just trying harder. It’s a matter of love and simple trust.”
― Alana Terry, The Beloved Daughter

“Sometimes those distractions are what God's telling us to pray about most.”
― Alana Terry, Infected

“No. She couldn't let her mind dwell on all those horrific possibilities. Seize her thoughts. Take them captive. That's what she had to do.”
― Alana Terry, Infected

“He is the God who finishes what he begins. He is the God who brings it to completion. He doesn't carry you to the moment of destiny and desert you there. He doesn't place a calling on your life and fail to bring it to pass. He will never abandon you or forsake you. Just like for the Israelites, it will be said of you that not one of all the LORD's good promises failed. Each and every one came to pass.”
― Alana Terry, What Dreams May Come

“It was always intimidating starting a new journal. So much pressure to make everything perfect from the start. It was a relief each time she made her first mistake or two and realized that her journal was more gracious and forgiving toward her than she was toward herself.”
― Alana Terry, What Dreams May Come

“[W]e can accept the fact that this world is full of misery, and we can do what we can - limited though our efforts may be - to be the love of Christ to those who are hurting. To be hope to those who are discouraged. To be family to those who've been abandoned. To be healing for the brokenhearted. Balm for the suffering.
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It means waking up every day and asking God how you can shed his light into the darkness around you. It means opening your heart to the feeble, the downtrodden, the afflicted. It means speaking up for the oppressed, loosening their chains. The real saints, the ones who are taking God's message of love seriously, are the ones who can see the pain around them, feel the impact of sin, and instead of losing heart or giving into despair, they covenant with God that they are going to push back that darkness. Reclaim the lost for Christ. Resist the decay and pollution and oppression that's brought the world to where it is today. That's the power we have in us[...] It's a big responsibility.”
― Alana Terry, Policed

“Dez leaned in and whispered, “Don’t be scared. I prayed, and Jesus is going to help us.”
― Alana Terry, Alaskan Refuge Christian Suspense Box Set

“The fact that the world needed Christian missionaries didn't negate the fact that it also needed Christian doctors and teachers and journalists and janitors and taxicab drivers.”
― Alana Terry, What Dreams May Come

“She'd never known you could feel so full and so heartbroken all at the same time.

She wondered what else about life she hadn't yet discovered.

She was ready to find out.”
― Alana Terry, Infected

“Or had God become such an everyday part of her life that there was no room left for awe?”
― Alana Terry, Unplanned

“my tears are the rain that’s gonna water the flowers God’s sending my way.”
― Alana Terry, Alaskan Refuge Christian Suspense Box Set

“Don't judge someone just because they sin differently than you. Don't judge someone who fails a test you yourself have yet to pass. Don't judge someone until you've crawled into his skin and walked around a bit.”
― Alana Terry, Straightened

“chair twenty-four hours a day. She was surprised”
― Alana Terry, Termination Dust

“Tuesday night meetings had started out as just a prayer service, but then they added a worship band. Next, Pastor Reggie started to ask people to share their testimonies until finally it was like having a second church meeting”
― Alana Terry, Alaskan Refuge Christian Suspense Box Set

“The wind howled as gusts of snow burst through the cracks in our cabin walls. If the stinging cold and the hunger pains weren’t already keeping me awake, my parents’ hushed argument would be. I hugged my blanket as I listened to their voices, forceful and angry as the winter gale. I”
― Alana Terry, The Beloved Daughter

“We’ve had a few discussions at the station that have caused us to look a little bit deeper into your mother’s case.”
― Alana Terry, Alaskan Refuge Christian Suspense Box Set

“I'm going to thank God every day that he forgave me for my sins and saved me from an eternity of fire and terror. Because I've tasted enough fire and terror on earth. I certainly don't want it chasing me into the afterlife.

I'm saved now. And I thank God for that. But it's terrifying to think of how close I came to the end without knowing him at all.

How close I came to dying with no hope or chance of salvation whatsoever.”
― Alana Terry, Terror in the Skies

“Nothing like a small town in rural Alaska to get the gossip fires roaring like mad.”
― Alana Terry, Alaskan Refuge Christian Suspense Box Set

“Jade showed her the difference between a nice fresh roast and the generic stuff Chuck always bought.”
― Alana Terry, Alaskan Refuge Christian Suspense Box Set

“[W]e tend to over-glamorize persecution, so we get this sense that anyone suffering for their faith must be some sort of super-Christian. [...] I think it's really stunted church growth.
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[P]eople glorify suffering to the point that they'll say things like the American church needs to be persecuted if we want to be purified. And they'll cite China as if it's some big Christian utopia, but [...] persecution has made it so hard to obtain Bibles in China that there might be only one copy of Scripture in the city of a million. Most folks in the west have no idea of all the heresy that can come when people don't have access to God's word.
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[W]hen we treat persecuted believers like super-Christians, we sort of get this feeling like they're so spiritual and lucky to be suffering for their faith they don't even need our prayers. Right? Because we want to assume any Christian who suffers for the gospel is automatically going to be protected, so it's not really suffering. But here's how I look at it. Let's say, heaven forbid, you or I get diagnosed with some fatal illness. Now, for some believers, they're going to have a ton of peace and be completely faithful and trust that whatever God has in store for them, it's part of his perfect will. And some of us are going to handle it a lot different. Same thing with persecution.”
― Alana Terry, Captivated

“[E]very Christian should be in full-time ministry, no matter what their actual job is.”
― Alana Terry, What Dreams May Come

“Just because someone else on the other side of the world is experiencing a different kind of suffering, that doesn't diminish what you've gone through.”
― Alana Terry, Captivated

“let’s talk about your new life.”
― Alana Terry, Alaskan Refuge Christian Suspense Box Set

“those were decisions only she could make. She wouldn’t let anybody dictate her life anymore.”
― Alana Terry, Alaskan Refuge Christian Suspense Box Set

“[S]he couldn't shake the feeling this was all her fault. That if she were more spiritual, she could overcome these demons, whether they were real or figurative. Dominic had never said so, but his steadfast, unwavering faith made her feel ashamed that she still hadn't found her perfect healing. Then there were people like Sandy, people who assured her that God could heal her completely if he wanted to, but if he wanted to, but if he chose to let her PTSD remain, it was so that through her weakness, the cross of Christ would be lifted up for all to see. Kennedy was all for God getting the glory, but wouldn't he receive that much more glory and praise if he just snapped his fingers and took her trauma away?”
― Alana Terry, Infected

“That’s why we have a gentleman pre-screened and chosen for the job.”
― Alana Terry, Alaskan Refuge Christian Suspense Box Set

“She was surprised he still made the effort to walk himself to the toilet, an act which comprised the entirety of Chuck’s physical activity if you disregarded the exercise he got hitting the members”
― Alana Terry, Alaskan Refuge Christian Suspense Box Set