{"quotes":[{"text":"Our gifts are very pleasant to Him. He loves to see us lay our time, our talents, our substance on the altar not for the value of what we give, but for the sake of the motive from which the gift springs.","author":"Charles Haddon Spurgeon","tags":["generosity","glory-of-god","offerings","sacrifice"],"id":6312,"author_id":"Charles+Haddon+Spurgeon"},{"text":"Referencing 2 Corinthians 4:6, Robert Hewitt compares jars of clay in the first century to the same value we would put on a cardboard box. Joni Eareckson Tada queries whether we would question God's right to leave some holes in the box in order to give glimpses of the treasure inside.","author":"Joni Eareckson Tada","tags":["glory-of-god","weakness"],"id":18777,"author_id":"Joni+Eareckson+Tada"},{"text":"It is not reputation, fame, success or religiosity that glorifies God, it's slavery.","author":"indonesia123","tags":["acquiescent","arrogance","biddable","compliant","conceit","conceitedness","deferential","diffident","docile","ego","egocentrism","egotism","fame","gentle","glorify-god","glorify-self-vs-glorify-god","glorifying-god","glory-of-god","glory-of-life","glory-of-me","glory-of-one","glory-of-self","glory-of-self-vs-glory-of-god","god-s-glorification","hubris","humble","humbleness","humility","immodesty","imperiousness","lamblike","meek","mild","modest","modesty","narcissism","obedient","pomposity","pompousness","pride","quiet","religiosity","reputation","self-admiration","self-centeredness","self-conceit","self-effacing","self-glorification","self-glory","self-glory-vs-god-s-glory","self-importance","self-love","self-opinion","self-pride","self-regard","self-respect","self-satisfaction","selfishness","slavery","smugness","submissive","success","superiority","tame","tractable","unassuming","unprotesting","unresisting","vainglory","vanity"],"id":23251,"author_id":"indonesia123"},{"text":"To the infinite, all finites are equal.","author":"Mark Batterson","tags":["glory-of-god","miracles","omnipotence","omniscience","prayer"],"id":24996,"author_id":"Mark+Batterson"},{"text":"Heavenly Father, let your glory be seen in our lives.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["answers-to-prayers","belief","believe-in-god","believers","christian-life","christian","faith","glory-of-god","god","grace-and-favor","prayer","prayerful-habits","religion-christianity","religious-faith","religious"],"id":36070,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Sweet wine makes drunk, sour wine (insult) is 'tetelestai'. Life is not about what we have done and become, but how God to be fully glorified.","author":"indonesia123","tags":["acclaim","acquiescent","admiration","adoration","applaud","arrogance","beauty","biddable","bless","blessing","boast","celebrate","commend","compliant","conceit","conceitedness","deferential","delight","diffident","distinction","docile","drunk","ego","egocentrism","egotism","elegance","eminence","eulogize","exaltation","exaltation-of-god","extol","extolment","fame","fully-paid","gentle","glorify-god","glorify-god-in-everything","glorify-self-vs-glorify-god","glorifying-god","glorifying-god","glory","glory-of-god","glory-of-life","glory-of-man","glory-of-me","glory-of-one","glory-of-self","glory-of-self-vs-glory-of-god","glory-of-the-world","glory-to-god","glory-to-self","god","god-s-exaltation","god-s-glorification","god-s-glory","god-s-grandeur","god-s-greatness","god-s-honor","god-s-magnificence","god-s-majesty","god-s-praise","grandeur","grandeur-of-god","greatness","greatness-of-god","honor","honor-of-god","hubris","humble","humbleness","humility","immodesty","imperiousness","insult","it-is-finished","kudos","lamblike","last-words-of-jesus","life","lionize","magnificence","magnificence-of-god","magnify","majesty","majesty-of-god","marvel","meek","mild","modest","modesty","narcissism","nobility","obedient","opulence","pay-tribute-to","phenomenon","pomposity","pompousness","popularity","praise","praise-of-god","prestige","pride","that-glorify-god","rave","recognition","renown","reputation","resplendence","saying-of-jesus-on-cross","self","self-admiration","self-adoration","self-centeredness","self-conceit","self-effacing","self-exaltation","self-extolment","self-glorification","self-glorifying","self-glory","self-glory-vs-god-s-glory","self-honor","self-importance","self-love","self-magnification","self-magnifying","self-opinion","self-praise","self-pride","self-regard","self-respect","self-righteous","self-satisfaction","self-worship","selfishness","smugness","sour-wine","splendor","submissive","superiority","sweet-wine","tame","tetelestai","tractable","unassuming","unprotesting","unresisting","vainglory","vanity","wonder","worship"],"id":41626,"author_id":"indonesia123"},{"text":"Think of (the Kingdom) like the sun. As it peeks through on a cloudy day, we do not say the sun has grown. We say, 'The sun has broken through.' Our view of the sun has changed, or obstacles to the sun have been removed, but we have not changed the sun.","author":"Kevin DeYoung","tags":["church","glory-of-god"],"id":46191,"author_id":"Kevin+DeYoung"},{"text":"Only one in a thousand sits down in the midst of it all and says—I will watch my Father mend this. God must not be treated as a hospital for our broken “toys,” but as our Father.","author":"Oswald Chambers","tags":["glory-of-god","prayer","sanctification"],"id":46279,"author_id":"Oswald+Chambers"},{"text":"Religiousity is unself glory not purity.","author":"indonesia123","tags":["arrogance","arrogant","education","ego","egocentrism","faith","glorifying-god","glory-of-god","glory-of-life","glory-of-one","god","happiness","hope","humility","inspirational","knowledge","life","love","low-profile","motivational","philosophy","pride","purity","quotes","religion","religiousity","self-centeredness","self-glory","self-love","self-motivation","spirituality","truth","unself-glory","wisdom","writing"],"id":47054,"author_id":"indonesia123"},{"text":"Whether it's a Christian or a non-Christian, there's nothing like suffering to show us how small, needy, and not in control we are. Suffering has a way of sobering us up to the realization that we can't make it on our own, that we need help, that we're broken.","author":"Tullian Tchividjian","tags":["dependency","glory-of-god","suffering"],"id":47610,"author_id":"Tullian+Tchividjian"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":92,"pages":10,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}