{"query": "The Initiative Was Never Yours", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_f0bafed54207", "title": "The Initiative Was Never Yours", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit.\n\nThere is a quiet relief in these words that we often miss because we read them too quickly. Je"}, {"id": "card_n_f0efed2e3f54", "title": "Pirkei Avot §avot_05_10: There are four types of character in human beings: One that says: “mine is mi...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "There are four types of character in human beings: One that says: “mine is mine, and yours is yours”: this is a commonplace type; and some say this is a sodom-type of character. [One that says:] “mine"}, {"id": "card_n_7f184b75428e", "title": "Easton: Samaritan Pentateuch", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On the return from the Exile, the Jews refused the Samaritans participation with them in the worship at Jerusalem, and the latter separated from all fellowship with them, and built a temple for themse"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_2_chronicles_20_14", "title": "Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 20:14", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On 2 Chronicles 20:14 — We have here God's gracious answer to Jehoshaphat's prayer; and it was a speedy answer. While he was yet speaking God heard: before the congregation was dismissed they had assu"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_exodus_20_18", "title": "Matthew Henry on Exodus 20:18", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Exodus 20:18 — I. The extraordinary terror with which the law was given. Never was any thing delivered with such awful pomp; every word was accented, and every sentence paused, with thunder and lig"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_mark_16_1", "title": "Matthew Henry on Mark 16:1", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Mark 16:1 — Never was there such a sabbath since the sabbath was first instituted as this was, which the first words of this chapter tell us was now past; during all this sabbath our Lord Jesus lay"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_zechariah_4_1", "title": "Matthew Henry on Zechariah 4:1", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Zechariah 4:1 — Here is, I. The prophet prepared to receive the discovery that was to be made to him: The angel that talked with him came and waked him, Zac 4:1. It seems, though he was in conferen"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_2_chronicles_24_15", "title": "Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 24:15", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On 2 Chronicles 24:15 — We have here a sad account of the degeneracy and apostasy of Joash. God had done great things for him; he had done something for God; but now he proved ungrateful to his God an"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_mark_7_24", "title": "Matthew Henry on Mark 7:24", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Mark 7:24 — See here, I. How humbly Christ was pleased to conceal himself. Never man was so cried up as he was in Galilee, and therefore, to teach us, though not to decline any opportunity of doing"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_1_kings_6_1", "title": "Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 6:1", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On 1 Kings 6:1 — Here, I. The temple is called the house of the Lord (Kg1 6:1), because it was, 1. Directed and modelled by him. Infinite Wisdom was the architect, and gave David the plan or pattern b"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_ruth_4_1", "title": "Matthew Henry on Ruth 4:1", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Ruth 4:1 — Here, 1. Boaz calls a court immediately. It is probable he was himself one of the elders (or aldermen) of the city; for he was a mighty man of wealth. Perhaps he was father of the city, "}, {"id": "card_src_comm_2_kings_4_18", "title": "Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 4:18", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On 2 Kings 4:18 — We may well suppose that, after the birth of this son, the prophet was doubly welcome to the good Shunammite. He had thought himself indebted to her, but henceforth, as long as she l"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_1_kings_4_20", "title": "Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 4:20", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On 1 Kings 4:20 — Such a kingdom, and such a court, surely never any prince had, as Solomon's are here described to be.\nI. Such a kingdom. Never did the crown of Israel shine so brightly as it did whe"}, {"id": "card_n_1237ffa9d991", "title": "The Pressure Architecture — Energy Management", "shelf": "domains", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Ideally maintain full pressure for 3x5 rounds.\nBurst strategically when necessary.\n\nRound 1: establish pressure aggressively.\nRound 2: recover intelligently while preserving initiative.\nRound 3: sprin"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_luke_7_11", "title": "Matthew Henry on Luke 7:11", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Luke 7:11 — We have here the story of Christ's raising to life a widow's son at Nain, that was dead and in the carrying out to be buried, which Matthew and Mark had made no mention of; only, in the"}, {"id": "card_n_1e57780a5016", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_02_017: What then was this feeling?", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "What then was this feeling? For of a truth it was too foul: and woe was me, who had it. But yet what was it? Who can understand his errors? It was the sport, which as it were tickled our hearts, that "}, {"id": "card_n_02ac6f811c16", "title": "Easton: Paul", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "=Saul (q.v.) was born about the same time as our Lord. His circumcision-name was Saul, and probably the name Paul was also given to him in infancy “for use in the Gentile world,” as “Saul” would be hi"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_genesis_9_12", "title": "Matthew Henry on Genesis 9:12", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Genesis 9:12 — Articles of agreement among men are usually sealed, that the covenants may be the more solemn, and the performances of the covenants the more sure, to mutual satisfaction. God theref"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_1_samuel_25_2", "title": "Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 25:2", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On 1 Samuel 25:2 — Here begins the story of Nabal.\nI. A short account of him, who and what he was (Sa1 25:2, Sa1 25:3), a man wee should never have heard of if there had not happened some communicatio"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_job_31_16", "title": "Matthew Henry on Job 31:16", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Job 31:16 — Eliphaz had particularly charged Job with unmercifulness to the poor (Job 22:6, etc.): Thou hast withholden bread from the hungry, stripped the naked of their clothing, and sent widows "}]}