Lowell White

“Look. What I meant was, there's both good and bad when you raise a child. When you put the time in, and I mean really put the time in, you bond with her. Through the good times. Through the bad times. You bond. And it's the bond that makes the father, regardless of genetics.”
― Isaac Hooke, The Forever Gate Compendium Edition

“No man is greater than his prayer life. The pastor who is not praying is playing; the people who are not praying are straying. We have many organizers, but few agonizers; many players and payers, few pray-ers; many singers, few clingers; lots of pastors, few wrestlers; many fears, few tears; much fashion, little passion; many interferers, few intercessors; many writers, but few fighters. Failing here, we fail everywhere.”
― Leonard Ravenhill

“Our ability to put on the mind of Christ Jesus comes by virtue of our sacred union with him. This is the gift of the Holy Spirit: “God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us” (Romans 5:5). The power to love God wholeheartedly is the birthright of those reborn in the Spirit of Jesus Christ. It is what allows us to move out into the world as crystalline bearers of God’s image.”
― Brennan Manning, The Importance of Being Foolish: How To Think Like Jesus

“It was a good word: progress. A safe word that you snuggled up against when you were nervous. The kind of word you took home to meet your parents.”
― Jason Mott, The Returned