{"quotes":[{"text":"The secret to extraordinary faith is fully engaging our MINDS, as well as our hearts, because DYNAMIC FAITH REQUIRES A HEALTHY BALANCE OF BOTH.","author":"Patty Houser","tags":["belief","beliefs","christianity","christianity-and-faith","faith","faith","inspiration","inspirational","spiritual-disciplines","spiritual-formation"],"id":6050,"author_id":"Patty+Houser"},{"text":"God is the greatest nurturer of all.","author":"Eddie Capparucci","tags":["christian","christianity-and-faith","counseling","god-s-love","loving-god","shame","shameful"],"id":138087,"author_id":"Eddie+Capparucci"},{"text":"Your unlived tomorrow is more important than your Lived yesterday.","author":"Ikechukwu Joseph","tags":["christianity-and-faith","self-discovery"],"id":172955,"author_id":"Ikechukwu+Joseph"},{"text":"Ask the person who found you about what kind of people she was looking for before meeting you, as she may not know that she has found one of them already.","author":"Robin Sacredfire","tags":["christianity-and-faith","community","compassion","empathy","friends","friendship","hinduism","love","rosicrucianism","soul-mates"],"id":220611,"author_id":"Robin+Sacredfire"},{"text":"A curator treasures aged bibles, but the wise treasure the wisdom within.","author":"Christian Hunt","tags":["bible","chistianity","christian-life","christian-living","christianity-and-faith","christianity-faith","wisdom"],"id":232690,"author_id":"Christian+Hunt"},{"text":"Hope is the assurance of positive expectations.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["adversity-strength-achievement","affirmation-and-attitude","affirmations","answers-to-prayers","asking-and-receiving","belief","believe-and-achieve","believe-and-you-shall-receive","believe-in-yourself","birth-mother","birthday","challenges","childbirth","christian-behavior","christianity-and-faith","encourage-yourself","encouragement","encouraging-and-empowering-girls","endurance-and-attitude","endurance","enduring-hardships","expectations","faith-in-god","faith","gratefulness","hope-and-despair","hope-for-each-day","hope","hopeful-and-encouraging","inspirational","mindfulness","mindset","optimism","positive-mindset","positive-outlook","positive","positive-thinking","positive-thoughts","power-of-prayer","power-of-thoughts","power-of-will","power-of-your-dreams","prayer","prayers-answered","pregnancy","relationship","religion-and-philoshophy","religion-religious-followers","religious-faith","spiritual-life","spiritual-faith","spirituality","thankful","warfare","warfare-prayers","wisdom","wise","wise-words"],"id":243907,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Mercy is God’s loving response to sinners; and mercy is our loving response to others—and to ourselves—in circumstances of need. To this I would add that mercy, as an experience of love, has an unexpected quality—something unforeseen or unanticipated. We talk about mercy when we feel or offer forgiveness, when we find or give help and assistance, but we also speak about “mercy” when we are surprised by good deeds that catch us unawares and transform our lives for the better.","author":"Mathew N. Schmalz","tags":["christianity-and-faith","mercy"],"id":275720,"author_id":"Mathew+N.+Schmalz"},{"text":"Say, you teach a five year old child a few verses from the Bible. And after memorizing them, he will become a part scholar in Christian theology. But that won’t make him realize what Jesus actually meant when he said 'love thy neighbor'.","author":"Abhijit Naskar","tags":["altruism","brainy","christianity","christianity-and-faith","christianity-faith","christianity","compassion","humanism","inspiration","inspirational","inspiring","jesus-christ","love","love-thy-neighbor","love-thy-neighbour","philosophy-of-religion","religion-and-philosophy","truth","wise","wise","wise-words","words-of-wisdom"],"id":325310,"author_id":"Abhijit+Naskar"},{"text":"Giving is the only way to receive more.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["believers","believers-in-god","christian-behavior","christian-living","christianity-and-faith","christianity","faith","gift-giving","gift-of-life","gift","giving-advice","giving-and-receiving","giving-love","giving-your-best","gods","gratefulness","gratitude","inspirational","love","relationship","religion","religion-spirituality","religious-beliefs","religious-faith","religious","spiritual","tithe","tithe-tithing","tithes","wisdom","wise","wise"],"id":334694,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"The God of the universe--the creator of nitrogen and pine needles, galaxies and E-minor--loves us with a radical, unconditional, self-sacrificing love. And what is our typical response? We go to church, sing songs, and try not to cuss.","author":"Francis Chan","tags":["christianity-and-faith","discipleship","god"],"id":403522,"author_id":"Francis+Chan"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":11,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}