{"author":"Joshua Harris","author_id":"Joshua+Harris","total_quotes":25,"quotes":[{"text":"The right thing at the wrong tme is the wrong thing.","author":"Joshua Harris","tags":["inspirational","love","timing"],"id":10134,"author_id":"Joshua+Harris"},{"text":"We should never use spiritual activities as a way to grab for more intimacy than is appropriate for our relationship.","author":"Joshua Harris","tags":["intimacy","relationships","romance"],"id":94530,"author_id":"Joshua+Harris"},{"text":"...For Christians typical dating can often be a swerver - an approach to relationships that wants to go in a different direction than the one God has for us.","author":"Joshua Harris","tags":["christians","dating","joshua-harris","love"],"id":104002,"author_id":"Joshua+Harris"},{"text":"In the past, the starting point of my relationships was what Iwanted instead of what God wanted. I looked out for my needs andfit others into my agenda. Did I find fulfillment? No, I found onlycompromise and heartache. I not only hurt others; I also hurt myself,and most seriously, I sinned against God.","author":"Joshua Harris","tags":["god","purity","relationships","true-love"],"id":125377,"author_id":"Joshua+Harris"},{"text":"Women need to remember that if nature has made them plain, grace can make them beautiful, and if nature has made them beautiful, good deeds can add to their beauty. Grace will make you beautiful and will attract truly godly men to you. Make godliness and inward beauty your priority.","author":"Joshua Harris","tags":["beauty","grace","women"],"id":132814,"author_id":"Joshua+Harris"},{"text":"A Woman's QuestionDo you know you have asked for the costliest thingEver made by the Hand above?A woman's heart, and a woman's life---And a woman's wonderful love.Do you know you have asked for this priceless thingAs a child might ask for a toy?Demanding what others have died to win,With a reckless dash of boy.You have written my lesson of duty out,Manlike, you have questioned me.Now stand at the bars of my woman's soulUntil I shall question thee.You require your mutton shall always be hot,Your socks and your shirt be whole;I require your heart be true as God's starsAnd as pure as His heaven your soul.You require a cook for your mutton and beef,I require a far greater thing;A seamstress you're wanting for socks and shirts---I look for a man and a king.A king for the beautiful realm called Home,And a man that his Maker, God,Shall look upon as He did on the firstAnd say: 'It is very good.'I am fair and young, but the rose may fadeFrom this soft young cheek one day;Will you love me then 'mid the falling leaves,As you did 'mong the blossoms of May?Is your heart an ocean so strong and true,I may launch my all on its tide?A loving woman finds heaven or hellOn the day she is made a bride.I require all things that are grand and true,All things that a man should be;If you give this all, I would stake my lifeTo be all you demand of me.If you cannot be this, a laundress and cookYou can hire and little to pay;But a woman's heart and a woman's lifeAre not to be won that way.","author":"Joshua Harris","tags":["poem"],"id":137325,"author_id":"Joshua+Harris"},{"text":"Every relationship for a Christian is an opportunity to love another person like God has loved us.","author":"Joshua Harris","tags":["dating","god","i-kissed-dating-goodbye","joshua-harris","love","relationship-with-god"],"id":147583,"author_id":"Joshua+Harris"},{"text":"When God knows you're ready for the responsibility of commitment, He'll reveal the right person under the right circumstances.","author":"Joshua Harris","tags":["love","relationships"],"id":176815,"author_id":"Joshua+Harris"},{"text":"The joy of intimacy is the reward of commitment.","author":"Joshua Harris","tags":["christian-love","dating","love-hurts"],"id":181763,"author_id":"Joshua+Harris"},{"text":"I'm not saying dating is sinful, and I'm not saying a guy and a girl should never spend time alone together. I'm saying let's wait until we can be purposeful, so there's a reason behind our relationship, and we're not just stirring up passion for the sake of a good time.","author":"Joshua Harris","tags":["time","relationship","good "],"id":191341,"author_id":"Joshua+Harris"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":25,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}