Nathan Franklin

“The Holy Spirit will bring us, if we are in His hand, into the situation which will make necessary a new knowledge of the Lord. That is one side. The other side is that, if we are in a situation which is a very hard and a very difficult one, we are in the very position to ask for a revelation of the Lord.”
― T. Austin-Sparks, The School of Christ

“One way to re-collect the mind easily in the time of prayer, and preserve it more in tranquility, is not to let it wander too far at other times: you should keep it strictly in the presence of GOD; and being accustomed to think of Him often, you will find it easy to keep your mind calm in the time of prayer, or at least to recall it from its wanderings.”
― Brother Lawrence, The Practice Of The Presence Of God

“41The apostles left there rejoicing, thrilled that God had considered them worthy to suffer disgrace for the name of Jesus.”
― Brian Simmons, The Passion Translation New Testament Masterpiece Edition (2020 edition) : with Psalms, Proverbs and Song of Songs (The Illustrated Passion Translation) (The Passion Translation

“If the call doesn’t require you to lay your life down, it’s less than the call of Jesus. If the call doesn’t cost you everything you have to obtain it, it’s less than the call of the gospel.”
― Jeremy Riddle, The Reset: Returning to the Heart of Worship and a Life of Undivided Devotion