{"author":"Leslie Ludy","author_id":"Leslie+Ludy","total_quotes":18,"quotes":[{"text":"I don't believe there is such a thing as unanswered prayer. There is misguided prayers, selfish prayers, and doubting prayers, but true prayer doesn't go unanswered - it is merely abandoned prematurely due to lack of persistence and faithful endurance.","author":"Leslie Ludy","tags":["answers-to-prayers","prayer"],"id":19978,"author_id":"Leslie+Ludy"},{"text":"Not without design does God write the music of our lives. Be it ours to learn the tune, and not be dismayed at the 'rests.' They are not to be slurred over, not to be omitted, not to destroy the melody, not to change the keynote. If we look up, God Himself will beat the time for us. With the eye on Him, we shall strike the next note full and clear. If we sadly say to ourselves, 'There is no music in a 'rest,'' let us not forget ''there is the making of music in it.' The making of music is often a slow and painful process in this life. How patiently God works to teach us! How long He waits for us to learn the lesson! - Ruskin.","author":"Leslie Ludy","tags":["hope","music-metaphor","pain","purpose-of-pain"],"id":29955,"author_id":"Leslie+Ludy"},{"text":"She [the wife of godly character] brings him [her husband] good, not harm, all the days of her life (Proverbs 31:12). Wait a minute! My mind raced. All the days of her life? What was that supposed to mean? I had yet to meet any woman who had been married all the days of her life. Did this verse mean that she tried to do her husband good…even before she met him?","author":"Leslie Ludy","tags":["christian-dating","courtship","dating","marriage"],"id":44723,"author_id":"Leslie+Ludy"},{"text":"When we come face-to-face with the tender, forgiving eye of our Redeemer, only then will we gain the power to forgive ourselves - and those who have used us. In light of the forgiveness Christ has offered us, how can we offer less to those who have hurt us?","author":"Leslie Ludy","tags":["forgiveness"],"id":78224,"author_id":"Leslie+Ludy"},{"text":"He does not want a girl who trifles with Christianity. He wants a woman who is radically given to Christ. He does not want a girl who prays tepid, lukewarm prayers. He wants a woman who lives in defiance of the powers of Hell. He does not want a girl who is self-adorning with the latest fashions and trends. He wants a woman who is adorned with the inner jewelry of Christ-given holiness. He does not want a girl who dishonors and belittles her parents. He wants a woman who honors the authorities God has placed in her life and serves them with charity and gladness. He does not want a girl whose Bible is an accessory to her wardrobe. He wants a woman whose hunger and thirst is to know the Lord, and who diligently feasts upon His Word. He does not want a girl whose tongue is a deceptive weapon of selfishness. He wants a woman whose words drip with the honey of the name of Jesus.","author":"Leslie Ludy","tags":["christian","godly-woman","holiness","inspirational","purity"],"id":100413,"author_id":"Leslie+Ludy"},{"text":"In our culture it is seen as a sign of weakness to actually seek help from someone else. And yet, as Christians, God designed us to need each other - He designed us to lean upon the body of Christ for support, prayer, wisdom, and even practical help.","author":"Leslie Ludy","tags":["body-of-christ","community","relationships"],"id":172755,"author_id":"Leslie+Ludy"},{"text":"No matter how outlandishly audacious your prayers might sound in your own ears, they are nothing in light of God's willingness and ability to answer.","author":"Leslie Ludy","tags":["prayer","prayers-answered"],"id":188694,"author_id":"Leslie+Ludy"},{"text":"When we are passionately in love with our Prince, we put Him above all else--not just in theory, but also practically, in every moment of our day-to-day lives. We do not live for the applause of heaven. Our longings are not for people's approval but only for more and more of Him. We are marked by an effortless, unshakable strength that is found in the presence of our perfect Lover.","author":"Leslie Ludy","tags":["christian-living","relationships","single-living"],"id":205811,"author_id":"Leslie+Ludy"},{"text":"If you are ready to trade the hollow self-made beauty of this world for the glorious Christ-built beauty of a set-apart young woman, this is where it all begins. Denying self, taking up your cross, and following the Lamb wherever He leads. In other words, letting go of all preoccupation with self: our comfort, our pleasure, our agenda, our popularity, our ability to gain the world's approval, even our own dreams and desires. And, as Paul did, treating all those things as rubbish for the excellence of the knowledge of Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings (Philippians 3:7-9).","author":"Leslie Ludy","tags":["beauty","denying-self","letting-go","philippians","selflessness","set-apart-femininity","treating-things-like-rubbish"],"id":208417,"author_id":"Leslie+Ludy"},{"text":"It has been said by many great Christians that prayer is our secret weapon. If we desire to be free from every enemy stronghold over our lives and fully fortified to live the superhuman existences God intended us to live, then we must learn how to pray.","author":"Leslie Ludy","tags":["prayer"],"id":238239,"author_id":"Leslie+Ludy"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":18,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}