{"author":"Craig Groeschel","author_id":"Craig+Groeschel","total_quotes":141,"quotes":[{"text":"She asked God to use this experience to help my heart break forever for those who don't know Christ.","author":"Craig Groeschel","tags":["asked","break","christ","don-t","experience","for","forever","god","heart","help","know","my","she","this","those","to","use","who"],"id":4675,"author_id":"Craig+Groeschel"},{"text":"How can you tell when the devil is lying? His lips are moving.","author":"Craig Groeschel","tags":["are","can","devil","his","how","is","lips","lying","moving","tell","the","when","you"],"id":4977,"author_id":"Craig+Groeschel"},{"text":"Reality ground my expectations into microscopic particles.","author":"Craig Groeschel","tags":["reality"],"id":6740,"author_id":"Craig+Groeschel"},{"text":"When something small loudly demands all our attention, its noise often drowns out the whisper of what's enormously important.","author":"Craig Groeschel","tags":["all","attention","demands","drowns","enormously","important","loudly","noise","of","often","our","out","small","something","the","what-s","whisper"],"id":6852,"author_id":"Craig+Groeschel"},{"text":"God says happiness is contentment with what you already have, with what He provides you, with what you can share.","author":"Craig Groeschel","tags":["already","can","contentment","god","happiness","have","he","is","provides","says","share","what","with","you"],"id":11281,"author_id":"Craig+Groeschel"},{"text":"In fact, if our kids are successful in every normal way, they can still miss God's main mark.","author":"Craig Groeschel","tags":["are","can","every","god-s","in","kids","main","mark","miss","normal","still","successful","they","way"],"id":15128,"author_id":"Craig+Groeschel"},{"text":"God's blessings, however, aren't always bigger, better, and beautiful. In fact, I truly believe that God gifts His chosen leaders with a very unusual blessing. You might even call it a weird blessing because most of the time we call it...A burden.","author":"Craig Groeschel","tags":["a","always","aren-t","beautiful","because","better","bigger","blessing","blessings","burden","call","chosen","even","gifts","god","god-s","his","it","leaders","might","most","of","the","time","unusual","very","we","weird","with","you"],"id":18428,"author_id":"Craig+Groeschel"},{"text":"When you feel this burden, you might be frustrated, wondering why no one else cares as much as you do. The reason why you care and others don't could be because God has aimed it directly at you.","author":"Craig Groeschel","tags":["aimed","as","at","burden","care","cares","directly","do","else","god","has","it","much","no","one","reason-why","you"],"id":18773,"author_id":"Craig+Groeschel"},{"text":"Young people today are deeply passionate and crave authentic life based on truth. They're hungry to make a difference. They're willing to take a stand for whatever they believe, even to die for a cause. When they sell out to Jesus, they'll pursue a standard of righteousness that is greater than anything you and I ever saw growing up. Don't water it down. Don't lower the standard. And don't just settle for raising it-raise it higher. Believe in your children. Talk with them. Speak well of them. Encourage them. Pray for them. Celebrate the victories with them. Affirm their growth. We can raise a generation that, although they'll make mistakes, will sell out completely when Jesus grips them. They'll give Him everything. They'll make you proud by being even weirder than you are.","author":"Craig Groeschel","tags":["a","affirm","although","an","and","anything","are","authentic","based","being","believe","by","can","cause","celebrate","children","completely","crave","deeply","die","difference","don-t","down","encourage","even","ever","everything","for","generation","give","god","greater","grips","growing","growth","higher","him","hungry","i","in","is","it","jesus","just","life","lower","make","mistakes","of","on","out","parents","passionate","people","pray","proud","pursue","raise","raising","righteousness","saw","sell","settle","speak","stand","standard","take","talk","than","that","the","their","them","they","they-ll","they-re","to","today","truth","up","victories","water","we","weird","weirder","well","whatever","when","will","willing","with","you","young","your"],"id":22696,"author_id":"Craig+Groeschel"},{"text":"When something goes wrong, what's the best course of action? To change your direction. The word repentance means to stop going one direction (your own way) and turn toward the right direction (God's way). Your past may be a part of who you are, but it certainly doesn't have to define your future. Or if you feel stuck and unable to change directions and move toward God, think of this transformation another way. The Bible says that God is the Potter and we are his clay (Jer. 18:2-6).","author":"Craig Groeschel","tags":["bible-verse","change-direction","repentance","transformation"],"id":25305,"author_id":"Craig+Groeschel"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":141,"pages":15,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}