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

“Probably best to just stick with something simple, like, So long, and thanks for all the fish.”
― Edward Ashton, The Fourth Consort

“When the secret place is turned into a preference-based devotional option for introverted intellectuals, it’s a great tragedy—”
― John Mark Comer, Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus. Become like him. Do as he did.