Sentences with phrase «church loses its feeling»

But certainly Jesus must have used it, since in Palestinian Aramaic nothing else would be possible; and it is obviously true that the increasingly Hellcnistic tradition of the Church loses its feeling against the direct mention of God, witness the widespread «Kingdom of God» which would never he found in Aramaic.

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Our service is an outreach to the community, for people who have been hurt by church in the past, non believers, people who are feel they are outcasts, etc.We run with no budget, all the offering goes to a need in the community, tonight its going to a senior that lost everything in a house fire.

I've been to many church planting and church growth conferences over the years, and though it is exciting to be part of conferences with 100's (or 1000's) of people in attendance, I always feel a bit... lost.

A few years back i was being led by god to help some homeless people.I'll tell you about the first homeless lady.my girls and i were driving by a liquor store and i seen a girl a lady sitting next to her cart.god showed me through his eyes the hurt she was living with.he spoke to my heart and said, don't pass her up.i turned around whent back and asked her if she was hungry.she was in shock and said yes.god told me to tell her that she is loved.she started crying and had me call her family so she can go home.anyways after that i joind a church and told them and asked to start a homeless ministry.i was told yes and all of a sudden i started getting pushed aside and they took over the homeless ministry.i feel lost and hurt.now i feel like god is telling me to leave the church.i quit going out with the group because of what happened.i don't know what to do.now i feel lost.

As David Kinnaman explains in his enlightening book, You Lost Me, one of the top six responses among young adults is that they left the church because they didn't feel like their pastors, mentors, and friends took their questions about faith seriously.

He lost his job at the church because he felt the church should allow gay and lesbian leaders and did not support California's gay marriage ban bill.

~ They felt that they had lost touch with their faith, expressed little interest in church attendance.»

I know what panic I felt approaching a man who'd lost his wife of many years, both of whom were members of my church; or the man whose very young brother had died months earlier: Was it too late to say something?

«They are feeling a bit sea sick because they feel the Church's ship has lost its bearings.

When they landed at the United Church of Santa Fe, they often felt lost and disoriented, as if they had gone through multiple intimate relationships.

I think that the ones that have left the Church are just looking for excuses and feel guiltyand have lost God in their lives.

church is more a social experience for most, they feel lonely, lost or are looking for answers in their lives so they group together to make themselves feel better and try to find the answers together.

Tim i found it liberating to just do what the Lord wants you to do i work within his boundarys and yes i attend church and enjoy it.I love the people and i love hearing the word and worshipping the Lord even if others are still bound up with traditions thats not my walk thats theres.My focus is to do what the Lord wants me to do.There have been times i have said no to the pastor he does nt understand why i choose not to lead the worship.i query him as well regarding the idea that its not just performing a function because there is a need our hearts have to be in the right place so that the Lord can use us but he did nt understand where i was coming from and thats okay because of that i just said no until my heart is right i am better not being involved in leading.But i am happy to be an encouragement to others in the worship team i havent wanted to be the leader i have done that in the past.So my focus has been just the singing and being part of different worship teams i think the Lord has other plans as the groups i am in seem to be changing at the same time i am aware that i do nt to worry about change as the Lord knows whats best.I used to be quite comfortable leading the music but that was before when i was operating in my own self confidence and pride.The Lord did such a huge change in my life that i lost my self confidence and that is not a bad thing at all as my spiritual growth has been incredible.The big change was my identity moved from me and what i could do to knowing who i was in Christ and that he is my strength and confidence.Now i know that without him i can do nothing in fact i am dependent on his empowerment through his holy spirit all the time in everything.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music at another church i attend multiple churchs although i attend two regularly one has services in the morning and one has services in the evening so the two do nt really clash.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music its been two years since i did that and i was worried on how i would go.All i can say is that it went really well and because i stepped out in Faith the Lord really blessed the morning to the congregation.The difference is knowing that i serve the Lord with the gifts he has given me but my heart has to be right and when i do it in his way it builds up the body and it brings glory to him.May the Lord continue to show you what he wants you to do even though others may not understand your reasons i just want you to know that you do nt have to pull away completely just work within the boundarys that the Lord gives you and do nt feel pressured by others expectations to do anything that feel uncomfortable.Be involved just as you feel lead by the holy spirit even if it is in a very minor way take small steps.regards brentnz

One of my earliest memories of church as an adult is standing in a Sunday morning service feeling a bit lost.

In other words, it is not thanks to magisterial Church documents that we have this central tenet of the Faith (although I am sure by now that it is certainly secured by decree of the Magisterium), but thanks to the faithful and saintly life and writings of one man from a far flung province of the Roman empire who would rather retreat to the quiet of the cloister than rule from the episcopal throne (though he clearly felt quite bitter about losing the latter).

I felt lost in church, like I didn't fit there, the whole round - peg - square - hole thing that so many of us feel about faith communities.

Jefferson in his many words is todays paul by basically testifying to a lost society by preaching «The heart «that is what God wants not the shell which will rott away.I can stand with this truth until the day I die because I also have had disagreements in my church about this same topic.I dispise religion and encourage salvation which come from having a relationship with Jesus.Many may ask how do i have a relationship with him?by simply asking God through prayer, not what we know as pray but simply given up and telling God he win.That is what being righteous means saying «lord your're right and i will believe and obey that.Last i will like to thank jefferson for this clip, becuase for so long I have been feeling like todays churches in not like the first churches.They are stuck into their four cornered walls preaching to those who already obtain the word and people who already think they are perfect, but what about the weak and the sinners who we are suppose to love, go after, preach to, help and deliver the same way as Christ camed for the sinners so do we also be like him.Jefferson basically telling all us young people and old no matter who have suffered in the world, the church, or no matter what party or the past that there is hope and «God wants that person» not the sin but the person.Jefferson wants us to know that God can become personal with us and we do exist or can exist in the christian world not because we are perfect but because «he is perfect and he saw our broken spirits and rescued us!

The pastor felt that all was lost, but the noise of the other numbers was sufficient exorcism, for thereafter neighbors told him, «You really got a Gospel Church.»

The Catholic Church will continue to lose membership as the elderly who feel they are too old to change (as I do) die and those younger continue to question the Church.

By being there for folks who are lost and looking to be found or are desperate to say things they don't feel safe uttering at church or to their families, she attends to those in need.

If you are feeling lost, disillusioned or hurt as a result of a shift in your faith or by a negative church (or other faith community) experience, Walking Wounded just might be the class for you.

If you are feeling lost, disillusioned or hurt as a result of a shift in your faith or by a negative church (or other faith community) experience, this just might be the class for you.

In these lexicon - stretching conversations, I feel like that gets lost, and the worship service is treated as an oddity that really has nothing to do with church.

Bryan believed in separation of church and state, but, according to Ashby, he felt such stories of lost faith indicated «that the state was in fact teaching against religion, and that atheists and evolutionists were enjoying something against which democratic reformers had long battled - special privileges.»

Parents often feel lost at sea, themselves, when it comes to the best course for guiding and growing their children in the storm - tossed waves and murky waters of childhood behaviors, and many churches try to meet parent's needs by offering parenting books and classes.

At previous rallies I have heard church leaders say that they had no idea they were being taken to such a rally and I have heard other religious leaders that they felt pressured to participate or risk losing the Senator's support.

let me tell u about me I'm honest caring romantic I love to enjoy life swimming eating and going to church is my favorite things to do long with reading the Bible I feel like God lead me to you cause of all the praying I been doing I really don't have anyone left I lost alot in life I been...

After Mary Elizabeth died, she felt the need to seek out a new church, perhaps looking for spiritual reawakening, trying to assuage her guilt at losing Mary Elizabeth.

And after losing our ministry positions at the church and feeling like hope was gone only to look out in my garden and see... a lovely Junco (small gray bird) building a nest in my huge beautiful garden pot....