Joel Rockey

“So sanctification isn’t something we lean back on, as much as it’s something we lean into. Rather than being an action only God can do, all by Himself (the way justification and adoption are), sanctification is an endeavor He undertakes in full cooperation and partnership with us. It requires us to exert what you might call “grace-driven effort”—made possible only by the merciful initiative of God, of course, and yet fully employing our human brains, brawn, and body parts as we go.”
― Matt Chandler, Recovering Redemption: A Gospel Saturated Perspective on How to Change

“We could summarize the views of our Christian heroes across the centuries with a sentence from Jonathan Edwards: “Every Christian family ought to be as it were a little church.”
― Donald S. Whitney, Family Worship

“Sometimes we forget that even on our best days, we still need Jesus. Actually, the truth is that we probably need Jesus more on the days when we think we are good. That’s because on the days we think we are good, we don’t think much about needing a savior.”
― Jessica Thompson, Exploring Grace Together: 40 Devotionals for the Family

“Consistent, father-led family worship is one of the best, steadiest, and most easily measurable ways to bring up children in the Lord’s “discipline and instruction.”
― Donald S. Whitney, Family Worship