Sentences with phrase «at as a blessing»

«Things that appear to be challenges, I actually look at them as blessings,» he noted.

This interview question might even be looked at as a blessing in disguise.

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With his boss's blessing, Cerilli quit his job at First Round, brought Matt Doumar — who had built SinglePlatform's entire product team — on board as a cofounder, and got started on a company that would eventually become known as Good Uncle.

«I truly love football and it's such an immense blessing and privilege as an athlete to be given the rare opportunity to use those talents at the highest professional level, but it's certainly not a replacement for an education.»

The infographic suggests that erosion of the conventional concept of the workplace and traditional work hours together with the rise of remote working, has emerged as a mixed blessing, with employees working from anywhere and as a result, at any time.

And having said that, if a particular communication isn't that important, maybe we should look at the outage as a blessing in disguise.

Cryptocurrency invention serves as a blessing to humanity at the moment.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that this particular field is growing at a rate of 15 percent, a number that is more than twice as high as the national average (closer to a 7 percent).

To glimpse the depth of love that is at work in this blessed exchange (our mortality becoming his, his immortality becoming ours) we need to discern the depth of humiliation behind it; and for that, we need to understand that mortality and corruption really are alien to his divine nature.Our Lord was not forced to lower himself so far as to share our materiality, flesh, and death.

On its last day, a key figure in the hierarchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church under the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Paul of Chernobyl and Vyshgorod, led a blessing service for Yanukovych and his clique at the Kyev - Pechersk Lavra, notoriously assuring him, «Today you carry a heavy cross, and the Church will be with you to the end, just as Simon of Cyrene helped carry the cross of Christ to Calvary.»

Besides, who can deny that God has blessed the preaching and sacraments and ministry of evangelicals in Latin America, Africa, and China» contributing at least as much as Catholics to the conversion of sinners and building up the saints in holiness?

Yes, you are correct that the religious leaders of Christendom gave their blessing to its members to kill others «in the name of Christ», such as Catholic Dominican inquisitor Tomas de Torquemada (1420 - 98) of Spain, who ruled tyrannically for 15 years (1483 - 98, with the blessings of Pope Sixtus IV [who praise him for «directing his zeal to those matters that contribute to the praise of God»] and Innocent VIII) and saw that over 114,000 (of which 10, 220 were burned at the stake) people were put to death.

I just blessed my self and smiled at the truck driver as he still was sweating bullets.

At the end of his speech concerning the congressional debt crisis, President Obama believably said, «God bless the United States of America,» as if it's a foregone conclusion.

It's an all - stops - pulled celebration of the Middle Ages as the summit of Christian civilization — a sentiment I find at least somewhat attractive, until I remind myself that it would require later centuries for us to acquire the blessings of anesthesia, modern dentistry, and single - barrel bourbon.

Rejoice with me Jesus paid my frightful price — Took me to Him — Into HIS Mystical Body — That we shared in life the same tormented cry; He had walked in His Way the same streets as I — Insane — I was never at a total loss; I KNEW the Blessed Mother choose my Cross In Her maternal love for me and for us all; THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION — Conceived In LOVE such a Holy Cross for me; Through Mary Jesus was someone I could serve — She knew it was the Cross that I deserved And so did I — for over a quarter of a century I stood with Her at Calvary — a wretched sentry With the Communion of Saints, and Blessed Kateri Till Easter came for me -

Myself, I look at these kind of prayers as the most blessed kind of prayers that any Christian can pray.

At the Last Supper «Our Lord gave them the power to renew the sacrifice of the Eucharist with the command, «Do this as a memorial of Me» as He blessed the cup.»

In particular, we may note that there are three points at which the Kingdom teaching of the synoptic tradition tends to differ both from Judaism and from the early Church as represented by the remainder of the New Testament: in the use of the expression Kingdom of God for (1) the final act of God in visiting and redeeming his people and (2) as a comprehensive term for the blessings of salvation, i.e. things secured by that act of God, and (3) in speaking of the Kingdom as «coming».

As he had said, prophetically but unwittingly, when he sent Esau out at the start of this episode, he would eat but his soul would bless (27:4)-- and so it happened.

At the end of the day, I have come to see wealth as a spiritual DISadvantage, more curse than blessing.

The Church ought, for example, long ago to have abolished genuflection before the Blessed Sacrament in Japan in favour of a deep bow, in deference to Japanese feelings, or to have ceased using spittle at baptism, as has now been done.

More important, Fishbane's sensitive account, which does justice to our horror at Abraham's deed, can not handle the manifest fact that the angel speaks for God, Who swears by Himself and Who increases Abraham's blessing as a response to his hearkening to the divine voice.

Well, I just had a meltdown at work because I went to have a quick prayer in the bathroom (private bathroom stalls so no one could hear) but I ended up yelling at him because I am upset but soon as I got back to my desk I just started crying so hard because I really love him and I feel bad for yelling but yet I'm just overwhelmed with my job that I genuinely hate but he blessed me with this job 8 yrs ago.

I Love God and asked for forgiveness already but I am heavy at heart as I know he loves me and has blessed me in so many ways..

Sometimes we actually have no intention of praying for them at all and we just tell people we'll pray for them as a Christianese version of «Bless your heart» or «I hope it works out for you.»

Islam mentioned this for the longest time and as you can imagine, at a time when people had no access or means to verify those claims (people like yourself, opted to disbelief and argue about the existence of God) but now that those scientific «discoveries» became realities and the same as supported by the Quran (that was sent to Prophet Mohammed, Peace and Blessings be upon him), from God), it only solidifies Islam as the true religion of God.

As Presiding Bishop J. O. Patterson observed at the 1975 «Holy Convocation» of the Church of God in Christ: «God has blessed us to ride in the best automobiles, live in the best homes, wear the finest minks and exclusive clothing, and to have large bank accounts.

Although birthed in 1977, arguably it was not until Wimber came over to the UK (as part of the third wave) and the subsequent experience of the fourth wave of the Toronto Blessing at HTB under Sandy Millar, that Alpha began to progress around the world.

«And blessed is he who takes no offense at me,» Jesus concludes, as though rebuking John for his doubts.

only reason y i say this is because of Santification, once we give our life to the Lord, we streight way (so to speak) begin the process of Santification, this is Christ making us like him, and this Is SUFFERING It does nt happen over night, but for the duration of our time here, as you have said, its sort of like sin being done unto us, and we are handleing it just like Christ did, (with Love) of coarse with the help of the Holy Spirit, This Does NOT feel Good At ALL since our soulful flesh is Corrupt, (but our spirit is saved) This is were your trails and tribulation, your own desire, and All play apart, Now Moment by Moment we choose by our own will, And Jesus helps in these times, as he was tempeted, but without sin, The devil can do nothing but try and decieve the Christian into thinking that he has to work for his salvation as you have said, this thing here is about your Inheritance In Christ, Its gonna be some show nought broke christian in Heaven, because their trying to set of for themseleve trasure on earth, and their is going to be weeping and gnat of teeth, but it wont be, because of their going to Hell, It will be cause they miss out on what they could have had, and it is Devistation, cause they waste so much time, and they wont be able to attend the wedding, supper of the lamb, they wont be, getting the position over city, galacy, ectt... just check it out some of the points i have made, God Bless you!

If the meaning of our principle of historical aetiology, as opposed to an eye - witness report by someone who was himself present at the event, has been understood, we presumably also possess a criterion for judging what was correct in the description given by traditional theology of the blessed, supernatural, original condition of man, as opposed to what was a simplified projection into the past, into human beginnings, of the state of man as it ought to be and will be in the future.

This option, offensive not only to us but already to Matthew, motivated him both to insert «Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven» and also, at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount (the Beatitudes pronounced on the poor and hungry), to add that God's blessing has to do with the «poor in spirit,» who «hunger and thirst after righteousness,» not simply with hungry beggars, which is what the Greek word translated «poor» actually means.

Between John's prediction of a Coming One and the claim that Jesus, having acted as Isaiah predicted, is that Coming One, lie the inaugural sermon, beginning «Blessed are the poor, for yours is the kingdom of God,» in which the evangelizing of the poor is documented, and the healing of the centurion's boy at Capharnaum, one healing representative of all in the list of healings collected from Isaiah.

At supper when Jesus takes, blesses, breaks and gives them the bread, they recognize him, then almost immediately lose him again as he vanishes.

This third possession, as we saw last week, is Sealing from the Spirit, and again, at the end of Ephesians 1:13, this blessing too, is to the praise of His glory.

And while this was undoubtedly Han Solo's film (God bless Harrison Ford, limping around on a broken leg) the new characters felt at home straight away: Daisy Ridley as Rey was an absolute star (the scenes between her and Leia ensured the film passed The Bechdel Test) and Oscar Isaac's Poe stole each of the few scenes he was in (even if his character was just Han Solo in a jumpsuit).

The first blessing we have in Jesus Christ, found in Ephesians 1:3 - 6, is Security from the Father, and as we see at the end of Ephesians 1:6, this blessing is to the praise of His glorious grace.

I look at the «remains» of our daughter's car after the accident with a semi on an Interstate last month from which she walked away w / o any injury as a blessing.

the very fact that this beam was blessed, kept at a church, and lobbied for inclusion as a religious symbol means that it IS REPRESENTING ONE SINGLE RELIGION.

Perhaps I ought to be more surprised at his omission of historical fiction, including that of Madeleine Polland, written from a deeply Christian perspective; she wrote such works as Beorn the Proud, now available in reprint, and my personal favorite, The Queen's Blessing, set in the time of Saint Margaret of Scotland.

My marker found three favorites: at least 30 «Heavens,» as in «merciful Heaven,» and 15 or 20 «blessings of heaven»; there were 15 usually casual «sacreds,» as in «sacred liberties.»

I sat down at the computer again to try to find a few words to say how I find God in this daily place and in this work, how I only learned to pray when I began to pray with my hands and my attention on purpose and how most of prayer to me now is listening and abiding, how I believe it would be nice to have a lovely housekeeper and a clean house and to create amazing soaring art with all of the white space of an uncluttered life and glorious heights of transcendent spirituality, I guess, but I need the God who sits in the mud and in the cold wind, in the laundry pile and in the city park, who embodies grief and joy, wisdom and patience, loneliness as companionship, renewal with simplicity and a good deep breath, and who even now shows up in the unlikeliest and homeliest of lives too, as a sacrament of and blessing for the ordinary things.

Take, bless, break, give — the bread was taken and offered to God; thanksgiving was said over it — and here we need to recall that for the Jew, all blessings have always been in the form of a thanksgiving to God for the objects which are to be blessed; the bread was broken, as Christ had done at the Last Supper and as His physical body was broken on the Cross; the bread was given — distributed, so that the believer might partake of it and thereby, as the Church believed, partake of Christ Himself and become one with Him.

In light of this, can it be agreed that a study of theology that takes place, as at Steubenville, alongside a firm spiritual practice (Mass, adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, traditional Marian and other devotions) and a clear moral stance (students living celibate lives supported by households and communities) is a necessary part of a strategy for Catholic theology?

Be very mindful how you pin a name on your brother sister; remember the church is there the burden and those who have sinned yet we become so eager to judge; the word has already judged him, God at this very moment is dealing with him in ways that no man can as we judge him, we have judged ourself, we can easily forgive when his sin is like ours, but when it is not; they killed CHRIST CAUSE HE SAID HE COULD RISE THE TEMPLE IN THREE DAYS; to the people of that day and time it was a lie; as we forgive him we are forgive ourselves for believing in man and not the word; the word is still true, and God can still use him; but we must believe and fellow the word God no matter what; God has a way of making something good out of what is bad; that where the hope comes in; the faith in blessed redemption; heal our nation lord; heal our minds love forgive all;

(Those children, at least, are where God used my mistake as a blessing, and I'm very grateful for that.)

At the Urbi et Orbi next week we see the fulfilment of this prophecy as Pope Benedict, the vicar of Christ, gives his Easter Blessing to all the nations of the world.

We released each other from the vows we made at our marriage with a blessing as we opened ourselves up to the possibility of new relationships, in which we could be whole.

At the entrance to the ruined priory in the village, everyone cascades down in genuflection as a Monstrance is being held high, blessing all the pilgrims as they arrive.