{"author":"Van Harden","author_id":"Van+Harden","total_quotes":20,"quotes":[{"text":"If there is a ‘this world,’ there must be a ‘that world!’ There must be another world!","author":"Van Harden","tags":["heaven","kingdom-of-god"],"id":9249,"author_id":"Van+Harden"},{"text":"You have both feet in both worlds at the same time, at least for now. An understanding of this may or may not change what happens to you in this world, but it will definitely change how you see, react to, and handle things, especially if you keep in mind the new knowledge you have of where you are.","author":"Van Harden","tags":["christian-life"],"id":20418,"author_id":"Van+Harden"},{"text":"If you are a Christian, especially if you are unhappy or frustrated, remind yourself frequently of the purple wedge in which you live.","author":"Van Harden","tags":["christian-life"],"id":74466,"author_id":"Van+Harden"},{"text":"Trying so hard to make things go our way in this world, doing so much leaning, is exhausting. I am convinced that is exactly what Jesus had in mind when he said, ‘Come to me all you who are weary and heavy-laden and I will give you rest’ (Matthew 11:28 NASB).","author":"Van Harden","tags":["faith","jesus","rest","trust"],"id":91099,"author_id":"Van+Harden"},{"text":"If [you] are [a Christian] … you should feel secure and honored that God loves you so much! That knowledge is a joy and a privilege. No one can ever take that from you because no one can ever take you from God!","author":"Van Harden","tags":["christian","joy","love","security"],"id":101493,"author_id":"Van+Harden"},{"text":"The best times we’ve had on earth are usually with those we love.","author":"Van Harden","tags":["good times","loved ones","nostalgia"],"id":160512,"author_id":"Van+Harden"},{"text":"[God] wants your adoration. He wants your confessions. He wants your thankfulness. He wants your requests. But most of all, He wants you and your love for Him with all your heart, strength, mind, and soul. What a joy it is to be so wanted by the Creator of everything.","author":"Van Harden","tags":["christian-life","god","love","prayer"],"id":192807,"author_id":"Van+Harden"},{"text":"Personally, I’m choosing to dwell upon the glory of the kingdom of which I am a part, even though I’m still a witness and sometimes a victim of the junk in ‘this’ world.","author":"Van Harden","tags":["focus","glory-in-death","kingdom-of-god","perspective"],"id":210126,"author_id":"Van+Harden"},{"text":"For believers, there is much more to existence than simply passing out of one world and into another.","author":"Van Harden","tags":["christian-life"],"id":222315,"author_id":"Van+Harden"},{"text":"We are stuck on the obvious of this world, and it so fills our minds and our beings that there is little room for anything else, even if that 'obvious' is merely a small part of what is real.","author":"Van Harden","tags":["focus","purpose"],"id":252623,"author_id":"Van+Harden"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":20,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}