Sentences with phrase «god all things work»

However, in the kingdom of God all things work to the good of those who believe in Christ.

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good...

The early Christians, therefore, intuitively treated suffering not as ignominy to be endured, but as opportunity to be used, and their typical attitude was positive and triumphant, as when Paul said, `' We know that to them that love God all things work together for good.»

«And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.»

Not exact matches

Working hard is obviously the right thing to do, because it's literally your job, but it's also a practical way to honor God in the everyday moments.

Well guys it is Hell already here on earth endless killings worldwide... Back here where I am Ye is already heading towards that the whole country is on demonstrations demanding resignation of the ruler but he seems unwilling to resign before the end of his ruling period on 2013, while the streets are demanding immediate resignation and that has caused bloodshed in every city in the country... the streets demonstrations has enforced civil strikes all over the country which is now paralyzed... no cash with the banks all money frozen in the central bank... My business is in the field of services therefore I find my self now obliged to dismiss part of my staff in order to be able to survive this unfortunate thing... Already have reduced working hour to one shift to reduce running cost... so you see am now sitting alone in the whole building of our business office writing here as nothing can be done to carry on business even if there is business... Just I pray these unfortunate events passes over soon before it becomes out of control as had happened in Libya... we have nothing to say but (Ina - Lilah - WaIna - Alih - Ragoon) & (Alhmed - Lilah for every thing)... «Mankind has always been Hasty while God has always been the most Patient»...

I don't really like this whole «I'm worthless and sinfull and only when I allow God to work me like a puppet can I do good things» version of Christianity.

I know we're world apart and differ in some important things, but it is God's Spirit that does the work in our hearts to seek Him, to lead us to Him, and to recognise His voice....

Seems reasonable and logical and scientifically explanable as the explanation for what occurred as the Bible shows forth the works of a Mighty God whose power to create all that there is — is all that is needed to hold it all together until such time as He determines to change things up!

This is the thing: when you start to hit 28 or 30, everything starts to divide, and you can see very clearly two kinds of people: on one side, people who have used their 20s to learn and grow, to find God and themselves and their deep dreams, people who know what works and what doesn't, who have pushed through to become real live adults.

Best known is his depiction of the sinner as incurvatus in se, «curved in on self»: Our nature, by the corruption of the first sin, is so deeply curved in on itself that it not only bends the best gifts of God towards itself and enjoys them (as is plain in the works - righteous and hypocrites), or rather even uses God himself in order to attain these gifts, but it also fails to realize that it so wickedly, curvedly, and viciously seeks all things, even God, for its own sake.

Just a few would be teaching things either not in the Bible or are anti-Biblical... veneration of Mary... praying to a priest when 2 Timothy clearly says there's only one mediator between man and God (Christ Jesus)... the Pope... indulgences... and the biggest difference is works righteousness (infused vs. imputed righteousness).

We should be happy about how far we have come as a species via the hard work and dedication of man kind... we should be stopping and looking at the big picture and think about how far we have come in 2000 years... we have made tremendous progress in so many ways and it is really sad that instead of doing the right thing and giving mankind credit where credit is due, you fall back on 2000 year old beliefs and you thank a god who has never been proven to exist.

In contrast to Orthodox «getting things right» books, Everyday Saints depicts the Church as people with warts and flaws through whom God nevertheless works for good.

God's work should be saving people en masse, from things like Tsunamis.

If you changed every instance of the word «love» in the story with «God» or every «God» mention with the word «Love», it still works because it's all the same thing.

It is incumbent upon us to make peace, to love all people, to discern the powerful current of all things moving back to God and participate in this reconciling force that the scriptures say is at work in the world.

in NYC i would have things to do other than work, but i don't want to lose God or God to lose me.

It is one thing to accept Evolution, with its overwhelming evidence, as proof of God's work.

We expect that things should «work» and that if they really had anything to do with God we would be able to plainly see it.

In «Obedience,» Herbert offers himself to God, asking that God's will would work through him in all things — including his poetry: «Let me not think an action mine own way / But as thy love shall sway / Resigning up the rudder to thy skill,» he writes.

The author (s) of this story lacked perspective on their calendar, or maybe they wanted to debunk astronomical principles of order in favor of making the statement that God made all that is in the universe in one «work» week a nice juxtaposition between divine and human potential to get things done.

God started to work on Paul, and he began to have a conscience about some of the things he was doing.

The same thing followed throughout Biblical times, man tried earning redemption by own merits and efforts / works but could not keep God's Covenants & Law, man's efforts were not sufficient.

Most are overwhelmed by the responsibility and time commitment but go forward in faith believing that God will help things work out.

26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature: 27 and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another, men with men working unseemliness, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was due.28 And even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 30 backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 without understanding, covenant - breakers, without natural affection, unmerciful: 32 who, knowing the ordinance of God, that they that practise such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also consent with them that practise them.

But then again, God also loves to give babies AIDS and do other terrible things, so I suppose it's just all in a days work to him.

If you work hard and you do the right things and you are generous and you give, the Bible promises us that God will give back to us multiplied many times over.

All of the suffering, inconvenience, and discomfort caused by the decree of Caesar was actually the loving hand of God working things out to accomplish His purposes in His own way.

Right now, as you are reading this devotional, listening to a preacher or watching a sermon DVD, as you hear God's Word, His power is released into your situation, working things out for you and turning your situation around for your good.

Many of the [difficult] things in our lives are the enemy doing things or messes we get ourselves into, but the moment we begin to trust God to take those things and work good out of them, he can and will do that.

Though sometimes it doesn't look like it, and though it doesn't feel like it anymore, he knows that God still loves him and is somehow going to work things out for good because He is still in control.

In the same way, African American friends have said that the fact that the Black church survived or that Native Americans still love Jesus is one of the greatest signs that God is at work in the world that we can ever imagine, considering the hideous, terrible things that we have done in His name.

By the omnipotence of God... I do not mean the potentiality by which he could do many things which he does not, but the active power by which he potently works all in all....

Part of the shocking revelation that Jesus brought us is that God doesn't just want us to go to a happy, peaceful place, but that he's inviting us to enter into a familial relationship with Him and as His children we will live with Him, do things with Him and and work with Him (and consequentially each other, forming a body that is One).

Anyway... if these atheists really don't believe in God, why do they work so hard to keep Him out of things?

But a strong, Biblical understanding of God's grace, a grace that gives us everything for free, a grace that is not earned, not worked for, and can not be lost or destroyed, a grace that covers over all our sins, this kind of grace leads to one thing — eternal security.

Lisa, I did write» It is I who created the destroyer to work havoc» We are talking of the same thing here, accepting Jesus and being saved from the coming wrath of God.

I wanted to dance in a swirl of indigo and gold, in red and kelly green, because in the midst of all the craziness of this world and all of the work there is to do it's a holy thing to take a minute of your life to say Oh, God, you're beautiful you're as good as we dare to hope right alongside of a bunch of kids.

I still think we should still go to the church... or maybe a meeting where all the believer can learn from each other, strengthening each other, pray for each other etc, and of course, to worship God together... It is true that sometime I feel that I do not learn many thing from the sermon, but, many times, I learn by going to the church, knowing that I will not learn something from the preacher, humble myself to still listen to God and worship Him,,,, it is such a blessing to hear others testimony about how God works in their life, it is such an encouragement to see people open up their problem, then, we can pray about them..

The mature Christian learns to see the hand of God in all things, working for our good.

He modifies what he wrote in Ephesians 2:5 by pointing out four additional things about this life which we received by the grace of God: He says this life is also (1) through faith, (2) is not of yourselves, (4) it is a gift of God, and (3) is not by works.

«Has such a thing [as a plague of locusts wrought by God] happened in your days, or in the days of your ancestors?»

At the heart of Mary's worthiness is her obedience, not to a man, not to a culture, not even to a cause or a religion, but to the creative work of a God who lifts up the humble and fills the hungry with good things.

With Jesus» exodus he was rescuing us, God's people, out of slavery by releasing us from all those things that have an unholy hold on us — work or money or death — and by placing his own blood on the doorposts of our lives.

Without God, we are torn in two directions: universities praise diversity, but students still form cliques; politicians promise a bright future, but our news programmes are distressing; people are obsessed with scientific explanations of everything, and equally obsessed with the sentimental love expressed in pop songs; sexual abuse with a minor is the most shameful of all crimes, but everyone has a right to complete sexual liberation once they reach the age of consent; we relocate all over the world, preferring to live anywhere but home, yet we still agonise over our local sports club; we own many things, and still feel we don't have enough; we believe in discipline at school or at work, but we all have a right to «let ourselves go» at the weekend; we tolerate everything, except people that don't agree with us.

28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

Abstractly, since we are not the pickers, we might agree that God's move here is more than fair — God gives us all the same thing, not what we deserve, or what we've worked for.

If so, then Wesley could extend to bodies his understanding of how God works in the human psyche and in all living things — that is, inwardly and persuasively.

We can tend to gloss over the devastation of any kind of suffering but especially sexual assault, with Christian platitudes like God works all things together for good or God is sovereign.