{"query": "Devotional: Jiu-Jitsu and Faith: A Parable", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_47ef7cadb694", "title": "Devotional: Jiu-Jitsu and Faith: A Parable", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Jiu-jitsu is like faith. You start out clumsy, unable to see the traps, vulnerable at every turn. With time and guidance, you begin to recognize the snares and the escapes. You find peace in the chaos"}, {"id": "card_n_6b5a79199aa3", "title": "Easton: Faith", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Faith is in general the persuasion of the mind that a certain statement is true (Phil. 1:27; 2 Thess. 2:13). Its primary idea is trust. A thing is true, and therefore worthy of trust. It admits of man"}, {"id": "card_n_b71f054ebab7", "title": "Devotional: Reflection: Faith and Trials", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Faith grows not in comfort but in trial. The testing of faith purifies, like gold in fire. Though painful, it draws us nearer to God, strips away pride, and teaches us endurance. The end of such testi"}, {"id": "card_n_f4d9f338229b", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_21: Above all things and in all things thou shalt rest alway in the Lord, O my so...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Above all things and in all things thou shalt rest alway in the Lord, O my soul, for he himself is the eternal rest of the saints. Grant me, most sweet and loving Jesus, to rest in Thee above every cr"}, {"id": "card_n_65cea8be73ad", "title": "Pilgrim's Progress §363: CHR.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "CHR. Let me give an answer to this confession of thy faith:-- 1. Thou believest with a fantastical faith; for this faith is nowhere described in the Word. 2. Thou believest with a false faith; because"}, {"id": "card_n_08a0278867fd", "title": "Pilgrim's Progress §317: HOPE.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "HOPE. Why art thou so tart, my brother? Esau sold his birthright, and that for a mess of pottage, and that birthright was his greatest jewel; and if he, why might not Little-faith do so too? CHR. Esau"}, {"id": "card_n_ae09dfcc18ad", "title": "Polycarp to the Philippians XII", "shelf": "patristics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "For I trust that ye are well versed in the sacred Scriptures, and that nothing is hid from you; but to me this privilege is not yet granted. 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Those thin"}, {"id": "card_n_ed96d3cb2c75", "title": "Devotional: Parable: The Sword in the Fire", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "A piece of steel may be worth $100. A sword, $1,000. The sword of a master, $10,000. But the sword wielded by the Conqueror to crush Satan is priceless. Be that sword."}, {"id": "card_n_d5f02e243b2e", "title": "Devotional: Men Called to Lead", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Men must first lead in their homes, then in their communities. Leadership is not about power, but about sacrifice, service, and faithfulness.\n\nJesus showed us meekness and humility. John showed us fai"}, {"id": "card_n_dd0a0d64e834", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_08: I will speak unto my Lord who am but dust and ashes.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "I will speak unto my Lord who am but dust and ashes. If I count myself more, behold Thou standest against me, and my iniquities bear true testimony, and I cannot gainsay it. But if I abase myself, and"}, {"id": "card_n_9542fd56af12", "title": "Didache 16", "shelf": "patristics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Watch for your life's sake; let your lamps not go out, and your loins not be relaxed, but be ready; for ye know not the hour in which our Lord com- eth. But ye shall come together often, and seek the "}, {"id": "card_n_0eb0b11f33ad", "title": "Hebrews 11", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1. Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.\n2. For by this, the elders obtained approval.\n3. By faith we understand that the universe has been framed by the word of God, s"}, {"id": "card_n_ac70cca3e183", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_41: “My Son, make it no matter of thine, if thou see others honoured and exalted,...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, make it no matter of thine, if thou see others honoured and exalted, and thyself despised and humbled. Lift up thine heart to Me in heaven, and then the contempt of men upon earth will not ma"}, {"id": "card_n_eef08a1b6fb6", "title": "Pilgrim's Progress §174: FAITH.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "FAITH. I escaped the Slough that I perceived you fell into, and got up to the gate without that danger; only I met with one whose name was Wanton, who had like to have done me a mischief. CHR. It was "}, {"id": "card_n_8f29bcc674ed", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_04_04: The Voice of the Disciple O Lord my God, prevent Thou Thy servant with the bl...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "The Voice of the Disciple O Lord my God, prevent Thou Thy servant with the blessings of Thy sweetness, that I may be enabled to draw near worthily and devoutly to Thy glorious Sacrament. Awaken my hea"}, {"id": "card_n_f553be8efdbc", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_04_16: The Voice of the Disciple O most sweet and loving Lord, whom now I devoutly d...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "The Voice of the Disciple O most sweet and loving Lord, whom now I devoutly desire to receive, Thou knowest my infirmity and the necessity which I suffer, in what evils and vices I lie; how often I am"}, {"id": "card_n_fa30b8590991", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_18: Consider now the lively examples of the holy fathers, in whom shone forth rea...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Consider now the lively examples of the holy fathers, in whom shone forth real perfectness and religion, and thou shalt see how little, even as nothing, is all that we do. Ah! What is our life when co"}, {"id": "card_n_274c76326c32", "title": "Pilgrim's Progress §195: FAITH.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "FAITH. Well, I see that saying and doing are two things, and hereafter I shall better observe this distinction. CHR. They are two things, indeed, and are as diverse as are the soul and the body; for a"}]}