Sentences with phrase «god values life»

I guess what I am trying to argue is that since God values life, He does not want anyone to perish.

Not exact matches

Once life is conceived it is to be protected, nurtured and valued highly because life has purpose onto God.

President Obama instead «powerfully» states that the right way of life is that of living by «universal values» and not by what the Christ, Son of the One God, says (which he refers to as a generic religion).

Remembering your worth in God's eyes, your value to Him, can be life - changing.

The Bible is the first place to start as God lists very clearly the morals and values we, as believers should live by.

Rather than looking at corporate work as the evil scourge of the earth (though you certainly want to make sure your personal values align with an organization's corporate values), riding the elevator to the 11th floor every day may be exactly where God needs you to develop your spiritual character, your gifts and to reach those who are broken, empty and living without knowing their Savior.

Writing in the New Statesman Tom Holland said that the more he studied ancient history, the more he saw that pagan gods and followers did not value human life equally, routinely upholding the strong and rich above the weak and poor.

With Christianity, although the reincarnation aspect seems to have purposefully removed so that people do not become «lazy» in search of God in this life time, the practical and strict rules governing functions in this life (hard work to lead a prosperous life, improving moral values, etc) are appealing.

God only wants the best for us but we in our hard hardheadedness, wrong values and wrong persons to call on for help, we mess up out lives.

Do you know how much value God puts on the life of a child?

The value of each individual life, furthermore, assumed an increased importance when it was taken in the name of the prince who represented God on earth.

If you want to really feel God in your life, then let it be absolutely clear that a mere verbal pledge has no value, if it is not supported by a genuine and firm resolve to live up to it in every way.

Can't get my head around all the things you have brought up in all your posts but know that God places great value on blood... that there's life in blood.

Yes, it is true that «the life is in the blood» (Lev 17:11) So yes, God does value «blood» in that He values life.

Even when unintentional, causing «a fatal accident» was punishable by death, showing that the life of an unborn child has as much value in God's eyes as one that has been born, being one and the same to him, for he «is the source of life.»

He wants us to look like us, but to live in the way that He lived, with His values, His goals, and His approach to God and people.

@If horses... You might not believe the evidence for God's existence is compelling - e.g., the existence of the universe; the beginning of the universe; the fine tuning of the universe for life; the realm of objective moral value; the facts surrounding Jesus of Nazareth; personal experience of God; etc - but that does not mean there is «no evidence.»

The True God requires and helps those needing recovery to go the «way» that has the greatest «truth» and greatest value to «life» — the intent and purpose of the law.

What is now possible and will remain possible for those who survive is to live locally and in community with others from the values of God's Commonwealth rather than of the self - destroying society around us.

Should they once admit it to be true that this earth has been visited by the Creator, then the standards and values of the man who was also God will inevitably challenge and judge their lives.

The other is to value living organisms because of their intrinsic value to themselves and to God.

* worship God, whose will is and who has always yearned for us to...... be free and independent;... think;... be curious;... be intelligent and wise;... value knowledge over ignorance and compassion over knowledge;... be creative;... grow and mature;... live long healthy satisfying lives;... live non-violently without vengeance;... be generous;... be hospitable;... be compassionate;... do no harm;... heal and rehabilitate and restore;... forgive and reconcile and include all and have all participate;... be good stewards of all resources;... live here and now as one family;... live in a loving intimate relationship with God;... be transformed through resurrection; and... be the kingdom of God.

So someone who dies while fighting actively for justice and righteousness of a community or for a group of people has to be considered a real martyr today Those who lay down their lives for those values of the kingdom such as truth, justice, love of God and love to the poor can be considered as martyrs.

none of these prayers are dangerous, for example if you pray to become like jesus, and god downgrades your life and you lose your house and car etc, this is good, as God is happier with those who don't value the material things in this temporary world, and your only going to achieve heaven with Gods happingod downgrades your life and you lose your house and car etc, this is good, as God is happier with those who don't value the material things in this temporary world, and your only going to achieve heaven with Gods happinGod is happier with those who don't value the material things in this temporary world, and your only going to achieve heaven with Gods happiness

But when you pray, spend time thinking about what I value, what I have instructed you, how I lived my life, the kind of example I provided, the people I hung out with, the goals I sought to achieve, the relationship I had with God.

Sherburne, in contrast to other Whiteheadians and in agreement with the «existentialists,» denies that the value of life depends upon a God who either provides men with a general confidence about the final worth of life (Ogden) or with a sense of the worthwhileness of the present moment whatever its final outcome (Cobb).

What if God wants to teach you the value and life found in committing to one person forever, not the exhausting pursuit of searching your entire life to find the perfect person?

We have forgotten its devastating disregard, or even reversal, of current worldly values, and have allowed what we call «Western civilization» or «the American way of life» to become more or less God - fearing substitutes for the real thing.

They do not necessarily admit that human life has a God - given dignity, but they certainly assign it value — and even assign some value to life in the womb, though they leave this contingent on a mother's choice.

Because ultimately, it is not just about getting people in heaven, but about helping them live lives in accordance to values of the Kingdom of God as well.

Every act of discrimination reveals that God is not one, and our lives are schizophrenic, for if the value we live out is not unified, then the God we worship is not one.

The God of peace, who had called them to their new life in Christ and who had set them apart for the living of the Christ - like life, would act to conserve everything of value in their lives.

But since the divine perfection involved having all possible value already actualized in the divine experience, God had no need of the world for the perfection of the divine life.

If God is one, then our lives must reflect one standard, one value, one truth, and one love that is ultimate.

Muslim, Christian, Jew, Buddhist, Atheist, etc.... however all are American first One is not comfortable with the other, however each lives with the other based on inter faith and universal values All share the same primary core belief... the belief in freedom of rights and religion This core belief is a reliigion in itself, which all worship before their «traditional religion» It is, as Daniel said... the «god of fortresses»

But humanity is spiritual as well as physical, and so human society is founded on the absolute value of the individual and the need for a direct relationship with God as the Environment in which men find their Life - Law and their fulfilment:

Close contact with the living Spirit of the living God, whether it be by conventional religious approach or not, is the only thing that will reveal to us the lunatic topsy - turvydom of many of our current values.

The religious insight is the grasp of truth: that the order of the world, the value of the world in its whole and in its parts, the beauty of the world, the zest of life, and the mastery of evil, are all bound up together — not accidentally, but by reason of this truth: that the universe exhibits a creativity with infinite freedom, and a realm of forms with infinite possibilities; but that this creativity and these forms together are impotent to achieve actuality apart from the complete ideal harmony, which is God.61

Society must thus be secured against the intrusions of the Good, or of God, so that its citizens may determine their own lives by the choices they make from a universe of morally indifferent but variably desirable ends, unencumbered by any prior grammar of obligation or value (in America, we call this the «wall of separation»).

I think there are lots of different values that God holds dear that are being expressed in the life of our Asian American churches.

It is «the intrinsic and instrumental value of every living organism in its relation to its environment and to God» (Birch 1988, 192).

Although we are sinners and we live in a fallen world, because of God's sovereignty and providential presence, there is always positive value in what we bring to Scripture.

In its thematization at the 1983 Vancouver Assembly, the phrase integrity of creation was clear in general implication but lacking in exact definition.2 In meetings of the Church and Society Working Committee, the phrase has come to name the intrinsic value that each and every living being has in and for itself as a creature loved by God, and the instrumental value that living beings can have for one another and for God as instances of an evolutionary and web - like creation.

Proclamation of the Kingdom of God, which tells of a new life beginning with care for the weakest in our world, which in its resurrection message gives new value to the importance of this earth and our life on it, defines the meaning of mission, communication and the close relationship between the two.

To be life - centered is to be especially attuned to the value of living beings amid one's ecological sensitivity, cognizant of their value in and for themselves, for one another, and for God.

However, in living their lives according to universal values they also accept the value that says that all religions and their «gods» are as valid.

However, the real value lies in the cumulative effects that long - term exposure to God's Word will bring in our lives.

Can they develop theologies of ecology that affirm the intrinsic value of all life, as do the deep ecologists and most others within environmental philosophy, and that also affirm the care of a compassionate God for the poor and oppressed, as do prophetic biblical traditions?

It fails to recognize that other living beings have value apart from their usefulness to human beings and that they are loved by God for their own sakes.

We are called to be light and salt, and one way to do this is to stand up and speak out FOR BIBLICAL VALUES and against sin... yes, of course we should be preaching / teaching / living God's «theology of marriage» in our own marriages...... but God has clearly defined marriage as between one man and one woman, and therefore, when our government says it's otherwise, we should be light and salt and speak up, and vote accordingly.