Sentences with phrase «grace giving what»

Not exact matches

[09:10] The science of achievement [09:25] Effective execution [09:45] The element of grace [10:00] The art of fulfillment [10:45] The key to happiness is progress [10:55] When you grow you have something to give [11:30] What's more rare than a billionaire [11:45] Taking 100 % responsibility for yourself [12:10] Add more value [12:55] Dreams + Embracing reality + Determination [13:15] The quality of life is the quality of your decisions [13:55] The meeting of a lifetime or a critical business obligation [16:15] Decision - making must be done on paper [16:25] What makes decision - making hard?

The danger the United States faces today is that the government debt crisis scheduled to hit Congress next spring (when Republicans are threatening to vote against raising the federal debt limit as the government deficit soars) will provide an opportunity for the wealthy to give a coup de grace on what is left of progressive taxation in this country.

but Paul killed christians, so there is no man who by merit attains what God gives as grace and mercy.

But until we come to the end of ourselves then we are going to do and say what we want, even as it was with me: It's one thing to be a heathen, even as I was, but a whole other ball game to set our hearts on God and His truth; yet, that can only come when we are sick and tired of being sick and tired of our own lives and we just give up, we know then who has given up by the one they advocate for, even has given place to: Paul said; with my heart I want to do what is right, but my flesh does what I hate: This is when God's grace is sufficient, because our hearts are right with God, but our flesh is not: There is a war going on within these temples, therefore; even as our flesh wins out to do what we hate, our hearts are set on God and His ways which has been established in the Word of Truth, which then causes us to stand and speak forth what we believe, even as this causes a rending to happen within us, for Christ to be formed in us this needs to be, as we come up in His glories even for a better resurrection for them who believe: The heart wars against our flesh, even as Christ wars against the man of sin within: For out of the abundance of our hearts our mouth doth speak, therefore; if we speak not the Wholesome Words of our Lord, Then our hearts are still wicked: But to advocate for wickedness instead of Christ, one has become a teacher of lawlessness, he then advocates for the man of sin: Many who have come out of religion has done this, as they went from one mountain top «from the extreme right» of self exaltation (Religion) to the other mountain top «to the extreme left» of the (Heathen) and missed the valley in - between that is takes to humble us: One extreme to the other, and missed Jesus: Jesus is taking ones through the valley's to strip us down of all who we are before exalting us to be just as He, even as the Christ in us overcomes that man of sin (Adam) through theses valleys of contrast that cause a rending to happen within; and when we are rent in two, we stand on His word of truth, so we too can become one with Him, even as Jesus is with our Father: This is how Christ is formed in us: Thank - you Father; in Jesus Name Alexandria

What I've observed is a sadness in leaving, and some are given a moment of grace, and some are not.

However, the non-believer does not recognise the hand of God in what happens, so the grace God gives doesn't deepen their love for Him.

Grace gives us freely what we do not deserve.

Indeed, given what Christianity teaches about charity, human sinfulness, and God's grace, being a Christian may make Benedict or any other Christian far less likely to be fanatical than the atheist.

When the Spirit has used the law as it is intended, to reveal unrighteousness, and a person gives up trying to be good and accepts the gift of grace, what can the law now.

The grace given to us in confirmation enables us to grow to Christian maturity»... so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.»

But this past week I was talking to someone about grace, and they objected with the grace litmus test, and I don't know what happened, but I sighed out of exasperation and decided to give a different answer than the one I had always given before.

Who are you meant to be, & what spirit gives you rights to theorizing grace & decipher as a judge?

It's obvious I'd rather fight for something I don't really want than to take what he gives — grace — that I need.

We have one purpose toward those who seek us out and grow and maintain our membership, (which is NOT documented anywhere) we pass on for free what has been freely given to us (this is a manifestation of God's Grace!)

«What is required for the Incarnation is that the vehicle of human nature should exist which can be determined directly by the Will of God, and that the individual concerned should be given the office in nature and in grace to co-operate with God in a unique manner for the doing of that work.»

We do not know what the future holds and we must give up the illusion that we control it, for we know that it depends not only on our action but on grace.

We know he did not reject the necessity of grace, but thought of it as leaving man free for co-operation with God.15 But Augustine has always been given credit for having preserved the essential Christian doctrine that God's grace is necessary to give to man what he can not give to himself, that is forgiveness, and the empowerment of his will to love God and his neighbour.

What we call salvation or justification is given to man, the creature and sinner, only through the free and undeserved grace of God, that is through God's free self - revelation in Jesus, the crucified and the risen Christ.

There is a limit to what we can do with ourselves on our own (Pelagius gave too much of the job to us and not enough to God, according to the fifth - century Council of Carthage that declared him heretical), but in general humans are called to actively participate in the mysterious enterprise of being changed by way of grace into Christlike beings.

But what he did was offer his love and grace by blessing her with the Holy Spirit, giving her another chance at life.

He does not want humans to give offerings in an attempt to manipulate or control Him into doing what humans want, or as a way of getting back into God's good graces.

In my opinion a way followers of Jesus can show grace is not to assume they know what people are going through by giving them unasked for advice and ways to be fixed but to show compassion by just listening.

The tradition of using a tiny bit of bread and wine (or juice) has continued to be practiced, even though it does not even come close to what was practiced by Jesus and His apostles on the night He was betrayed, and reflects instead some sort of magical ceremony where some people believe that God is giving them special grace and power through the ritual elements of bread and wine.

Ephesians gives us a different model for relationships: «Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear.»

Their experience of adoption has given the Robertses a special understanding or what it is like to receive God's gift of grace in Jesus Christ.

First, humankind can be given a right direction, enabled to move properly toward God, and not only have the capacity to «perceive and know what things» we ought to do but also be given «grace and power faithfully to fulfill the same.»

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For Levering, what we share is a two-fold gift, given to us by both creation and grace.

Let me give you what the grace says concerning adultery, Matt.

They affirm that everyone is given at least what we might call «minimal grace.»

Preaching the grace of God and administering the sacraments is what gives life to Jes.

But, I question what the fuss is about that we have no new Flannery O'Connors, when the old O'Connors, the Catholic writers of an earlier day, seem to have gained popular attention largely by giving a slightly Catholic accent to the conventions of existentialism rather than offering a vision of the world that really captured its intelligible and lovable quality — one that prepares us, as Beatrice prepared Dante, to enter into the presence of grace.

It's that living under law thing that kills us (the Spirit gives life but the letter kills), trying to live up to standards and rules, principles and guidelines, etc... The church these days has pretty much no idea what grace even is, and if you start talking about God's love, I mean his real love based only on Christ's merit, people call you a heretic.

The principal points Paul made in that address are (1) to recall to their minds the character and quality of his ministry to them; (2) to remind them of the trouble the Jews gave him and the anxiety and suffering he underwent in their behalf; (3) to state that he preached repentance and faith in Jesus Christ as the essence of the gospel; (4) to testify that he went now to Jerusalem not knowing what would happen to him there except that he knew by the Holy Spirit that afflictions awaited him; (5) to assure them that nothing concerned him, not even the loss of life itself, so long as he could testify to the grace of God in Jesus Christ; (6) to say that he had no regrets about his ministry to the people in Ephesus, for he was clean of the blood of all the people there, for he preached the full gospel to all of them; and (7) to admonish them to be diligent in their oversight of the Ephesian church and to feed the church of God there, which Christ purchased with his own blood.

But we know through Christian revelation that God has given himself as the absolute possibility and the absolute future in what we call grace, Holy Spirit, and justification.

If we gave back what you «religious» people gave to us who are NOT, then you would have a right to complain... but for now, just have the good grace to shut the hell up.

In what ways have you given or received grace within the past day or two — I'd love to hear some stories!

But is he saying that no matter what we believe, God, by His Grace, gives us Salvation?

«Life is not fair life is never fair What our faith gives us is not protection from the unfairness of life What our faith gives us is something far more precious than that What our faith gives us is God a relationship with God It is only God's grace that sustains us in good times as well as bad Life is not fair Life is never fair Yet....

«2 Discipleship is much easier than man - made rules and dogmas, but more important, what Jesus asks, he gives the grace to do.

Over against what he perceives to be Weigel's giving too much away to Protestant ideas of communion as personal friendship and encounter, Cavadini reasserts the sacramental priority of grace as grounded in the connection between Christ as primordial sacrament and the church as sacrament (the Totus Christus).

Sanders focuses on what he calls «common Judaism,» the Judaism on which the masses and the priests agreed: a religion of grace in which the Creator God had elected Israel and given it the Torah.

It is in Jesus» giving of himself that we begin to know in depth what God's grace truly is.

«We shall never be clearly persuaded, as we ought to be,» writes John Calvin, «that our salvation flows from the wellspring of Gods free mercy until we come to know his eternal election, which illumines God's grace by this contrast: that God does not indiscriminately adopt all into the hope of salvation but gives to some what God denies to others»

And hope that there's grace enough for all of us to just let each other go, to give each other love and support no matter what our decisions.

If I remember correctly, he basically said that both sides of the debate genuinely think that they are doing the best thing for the cause of Christ, and so we should give each other some grace as we both fight for what we think is right.

Jeremy I agree its not about what we can do but all about what Jesus has done for us it is all about his grace not following mans laws or trying to please the pastor or the church.Be respectful for those in authority and show them Gods love work hard as for the Lord as you serve them and pray for them but do nt try and please them.We no longer follow the ways of the world we live to please the Lord and worship him not man because that is idolatory.Thats why religion does nt work we can do nothing to add to Gods grace.Grace is also not a licence to sin as some christians believe and God is not fooled if we do not repent and turn from our sin he does nt hear our prayers if the intents of our heart are wrong.God listens to the humble and the repentent sinner or saint.The journey in following Christ is about how much do we want to follow Jesus to discover the abundant life and richs in Christ we must fully give him all our hearts and serve him wholehearted out of thankfulness for his grace and mercy towards us.brentnz

Understanding that God loves you infinitely and completely no matter what you have done in the past or what you do in the future, whether you change or not, this is equivalent to understanding that God gives you eternal life freely by His grace.

God gives grace to do, yet we must do it; God does bot believe for us or do what is right for us.

Who are we to judge what God does or allows he has his reasons who can fathom his ways he sees the end from the beginning and is not limited to time or space like we are.Does God want anything the answer is Yes he wants a relationship with us that is why he sent his son because he had a purpose in creating us.However the wages of sin is death in this scripture alone regardless of what happens here we all deserve to die God could have wiped us all out with another flood for who of us is worthy.It is by grace that we live and yes bad things do happen to good people just as it does for the wicked is it to test our faith i do not know but i do know that God gives us the grace to endure through trials and difficulty and that all things do work for Good if we love him..