{"query": "Devotional: Men Called to Lead", "count": 20, "results": [{"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_cbc9c6746232", "title": "Devotional: Reflection: Called to Lead", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Men and women are called to lead in their spheres — first in their homes, then in their communities. Leadership is not about domination but about service and sacrifice. We lead as Christ led, laying d"}, {"id": "card_n_e656c3cb1ecc", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_17: It behoveth thee to learn to mortify thyself in many things, if thou wilt liv...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "It behoveth thee to learn to mortify thyself in many things, if thou wilt live in amity and concord with other men. It is no small thing to dwell in a religious community or congregation, and to live "}, {"id": "card_n_66196645a2a9", "title": "Pilgrim's Progress §223: One chanced mockingly, beholding the carriage of the men, to say unto them, What will y...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "One chanced mockingly, beholding the carriage of the men, to say unto them, What will ye buy? But they, looking gravely upon him, answered, \"We buy the truth.\" At that there was an occasion taken to d"}, {"id": "card_n_0ea6a1edcda4", "title": "Easton: Call", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) To cry for help, hence to pray (Gen. 4:26). Thus men are said to “call upon the name of the Lord” (Acts 2:21; 7:59; 9:14; Rom. 10:12; 1 Cor. 1:2). (2.) God calls with respect to men when he desig"}, {"id": "card_n_47f9e9751fee", "title": "1 Clement XII", "shelf": "patristics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "On account of her faith and hospitality, Rahab the harlot was saved. For when spies were sent by Joshua, the son of Nun, to Jericho, the king of the country ascertained that they were come to spy out "}, {"id": "card_n_b17fe9aef49d", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_36: “My Son, anchor thy soul firmly upon God, and fear not man’s judgment, when c...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, anchor thy soul firmly upon God, and fear not man’s judgment, when conscience pronounceth thee pious and innocent. It is good and blessed thus to suffer; nor will it be grievous to the heart "}, {"id": "card_n_aecbeddac775", "title": "Pilgrim's Progress §299: Then I saw in my dream, that in the morning the Shepherds called up to Christian and Ho...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Then I saw in my dream, that in the morning the Shepherds called up to Christian and Hopeful to walk with them upon the mountains; so they went forth with them, and walked a while, having a pleasant p"}, {"id": "card_n_7f2f52140183", "title": "Devotional: Restoration", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "God created us to live in love. In love with Him, those around us, and our environment. We were programmed for that state, but the world has corrupted that programming. Sin is a virus in the code. It "}, {"id": "card_n_dbd77dc05955", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_01_014: O God my God, what miseries and mockeries did I now experience, when obedienc...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "O God my God, what miseries and mockeries did I now experience, when obedience to my teachers was proposed to me, as proper in a boy, in order that in this world I might prosper, and excel in tongue-s"}, {"id": "card_n_0ae03ccbda7e", "title": "Pilgrim's Progress §83: Then the Interpreter took him, and led him up towards the door of the palace; and behol...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Then the Interpreter took him, and led him up towards the door of the palace; and behold, at the door stood a great company of men, as desirous to go in; but durst not. There also sat a man at a littl"}, {"id": "card_n_b20c69e2e533", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_28: “My Son, take it not sadly to heart, if any think ill of thee, and say of the...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, take it not sadly to heart, if any think ill of thee, and say of thee what thou art unwilling to hear. Thou oughtest to think worse of thyself, and to believe no man weaker than thyself. If t"}, {"id": "card_n_36c587b6f62f", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_05: It is Truth which we must look for in Holy Writ, not cunning of words.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "It is Truth which we must look for in Holy Writ, not cunning of words. All Scripture ought to be read in the spirit in which it was written. We must rather seek for what is profitable in Scripture, th"}, {"id": "card_n_c094f5a89427", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_54: “My Son, pay diligent heed to the motions of Nature and of Grace, because the...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, pay diligent heed to the motions of Nature and of Grace, because they move in a very contrary and subtle manner, and are hardly distinguished save by a spiritual and inwardly enlightened man."}, {"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_714a3d277588", "title": "Devotional: Reflection: Living Sacrifice", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "To be a living sacrifice means to surrender daily. It is not a one-time offering but a continual laying down of self. Every thought, every action, every desire — given over to Him.\n\nThis is our reason"}, {"id": "card_n_62c373c206b5", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_16: Those things which a man cannot amend in himself or in others, he ought patie...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Those things which a man cannot amend in himself or in others, he ought patiently to bear, until God shall otherwise ordain. Bethink thee that perhaps it is better for thy trial and patience, without "}, {"id": "card_n_faa2f27d2ad3", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_10: Avoid as far as thou canst the tumult of men; for talk concerning worldly thi...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Avoid as far as thou canst the tumult of men; for talk concerning worldly things, though it be innocently undertaken, is a hindrance, so quickly are we led captive and defiled by vanity. Many a time I"}, {"id": "card_n_1640178f1ed0", "title": "Titus 3", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1. Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,\n2. to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility "}, {"id": "card_n_7660d89a69f9", "title": "Pilgrim's Progress §224: There, therefore, they lay for some time, and were made the objects of any man's sport,...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "There, therefore, they lay for some time, and were made the objects of any man's sport, or malice, or revenge, the great one of the fair laughing still at all that befell them. But the men being patie"}]}