{"quotes":[{"text":"How can God allow such abominations to flourish unchecked in this world?The answer came in a question, Ruby.God, in reply, asked, 'How can you?","author":"Lisa Wingate","tags":["christian-living","inspirational","justice","making-a-difference"],"id":893,"author_id":"Lisa+Wingate"},{"text":"Family is the one human institution we have no choice over. We get in simply by being born, and as a result we are involuntarily thrown together with a menagerie of strange and unlike people. Church calls for another step: to voluntarily choose to band together with a strange menagerie because of a common bond in Jesus Christ. I have found that such a community more resembles a family than any other human institution. Henri Nouwen once defined a community as “a place where the person you least want to live with always lives.” His definition applies equally to the group that gathers each Thanksgiving and the group that congregates each Sunday morning. (p. 64-65, Church: Why Bother?).","author":"Philip Yancey","tags":["christian-living","church","faith","family"],"id":1334,"author_id":"Philip+Yancey"},{"text":"We must be so heavenly minded that we are compelled to be of earthly good!","author":"Marilynn Dawson","tags":["bride-of-christ","christian-living","divorce","faith","faith-journey","faith-walk","healing","restoration"],"id":2777,"author_id":"Marilynn+Dawson"},{"text":"CONCERNED BUT NOT CONSUMED!","author":"Ron Sanders","tags":["bible-verses","christ","christian","christian-living","detective","fruits-of-the-spirit","god","hope","inspirational","miracles","motivational","overcoming-challenges","religion","spiritual","stroke"],"id":2828,"author_id":"Ron+Sanders"},{"text":"So necessary is it not only that we should be what we appear, but appear what we are.","author":"William Jay","tags":["christian-life","christian-living","christians"],"id":3272,"author_id":"William+Jay"},{"text":"In our day heaven and earth are on tiptoe waiting for the emerging of a Spirit-led, Spirit-empowered people. All of creation watches expectantly for the springing up of a disciplined, freely gathered, martyr people who know in this life the power of the kingdom of God.","author":"Richard Foster","tags":["christian-living"],"id":4352,"author_id":"Richard+Foster"},{"text":"Discipline is the wholehearted yes to the call of God. When I know myself called, summoned, addressed, taken possession of, known, acted upon, I have heard the Master. I put myself gladly, fully, and forever at His disposal, and to whatever He says my answer is yes.","author":"Elisabeth Elliot","tags":["christian-living"],"id":4404,"author_id":"Elisabeth+Elliot"},{"text":"Great things seem complex and cause the nations to rush towards the minor things that seem easy to reach, hence, they perish. And again my memory echoes…my people die for lack of knowledge.","author":"Blaise Tshibwabwa","tags":["christian-living","inspirational"],"id":4753,"author_id":"Blaise+Tshibwabwa"},{"text":"I shall not be afraid of a calamity. God is my defender.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["belief","believe-and-achieve","challenges","christian-lifestyle","christian-living","defender","despair","difficulties-of-life","faith","god","healing","hope-for-each-day","hope-for-the-hopeless","inner-strength","lailah-gifty-akita-affirmations","motivational","overcomer","overcoming-obstacles","positive-outlook","positive-thinking","self-help","self-motivation","spiritual-insights","wise","wise-words"],"id":5143,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Daily grace and power of the Holy Spirit must be desired for living rightly and humbly.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["christian","christian-living","desires","faith-in-god","faith","gods-grace","gods-power","holy-spirit","living-life","living-well","seeking-god","spiritual","spiritual","spirituality"],"id":5898,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":924,"pages":93,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}