{"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_c_e2613a2d804d", "title": "Devotional: Jiu-Jitsu and Faith: A Parable ↔ Devotional: The Threat of Self", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Faith, like jiu-jitsu, is not about overpowering others but about learning control — over self, over fear, over pride.  — a concord the card itself states; mined + verified."}, {"id": "card_c_c706e67544a3", "title": "Devotional: Jiu-Jitsu and Faith: A Parable ↔ Devotional: Prayer: Surrender to God’s Will", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Each roll is a chance to die to self, to surrender, and to grow stronger in spirit.  — a concord the card itself states; mined + verified."}, {"id": "card_c_11bcf3a904c0", "title": "Devotional: Jiu-Jitsu and Faith: A Parable ↔ Easton: Humility", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "In both, humility is essential.  — a concord the card itself states; mined + verified."}, {"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_90ab16a347bd", "title": "A parable — Suffering grief", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "When his friend died, the Lord did not say, 'do not mourn, for I will raise him.' He wept first. He raised him afterward. The tears were not a failure of faith — they were faith making room for love.\n"}, {"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_src_comm_hebrews_11_1", "title": "Matthew Henry on Hebrews 11:1", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Hebrews 11:1 — Here we have, I. A definition or description of the grace of faith in two parts. 1. It is the substance of things hoped for. Faith and hope go together; and the same things that are "}, {"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_src_comm_hebrews_11_4", "title": "Matthew Henry on Hebrews 11:4", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Hebrews 11:4 — The apostle, having given us a more general account of the grace of faith, now proceeds to set before us some illustrious examples of it in the Old Testament times, and these may be "}, {"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_src_comm_acts_6_8", "title": "Matthew Henry on Acts 6:8", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Acts 6:8 — Stephen, no doubt was diligent and faithful in the discharge of his office as distributor of the church's charity, and laid out himself to put that affair in a good method, which he did "}, {"id": "card_src_comm_romans_4_17", "title": "Matthew Henry on Romans 4:17", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Romans 4:17 — Having observed when Abraham was justified by faith, and why, for the honour of Abraham and for example to us who call him father, the apostle here describes and commends the faith of"}, {"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_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_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_src_comm_2_corinthians_8_7", "title": "Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 8:7", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On 2 Corinthians 8:7 — In these verses the apostle uses several cogent arguments to stir up the Corinthians to this good work of charity.\nI. He urges upon them the consideration of their eminence in o"}, {"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. It is declared then in these Scriptures, “Be ye angry, and "}, {"id": "card_src_comm_galatians_3_6", "title": "Matthew Henry on Galatians 3:6", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Galatians 3:6 — The apostle having reproved the Galatians for not obeying the truth, and endeavoured to impress them with a sense of their folly herein, in these verses he largely proves the doctri"}, {"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"}]}