The person pronounced blessed may not feel at all happy; in fact, those whom Jesus
called blessed would appear to most people to be decidedly unhappy.
Not exact matches
Of those, God told one to steal a car and go to Minnesota to receive divine
blessings (stopped by police on the way); another was «told» to spend all her money on a plane ticket as there was a grant waiting for her in another state to go to college with (there wasn't, and she
had to
call relatives to rescue her); another was told to cut himself; another was told to harm people (but only avoided doing this because he
called police and was put inpatient).
The Evangelical's
call GREED a «
Blessing» when people build their own Kingdoms on Earth, and horde riches they somehow
have favor with «God».
We
have done what we felt
called to do and there are always
blessings in obedience.
Instead of focusing on whether the author is a «pastor» focus on the fact that we are all
called to minister to each other according to our gifts, and if she
has the gift of giving comfort to the dying I say God
bless her.
Since the Second Vatican Council's Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, which
called for funeral rites to «express more clearly the paschal character of Christian death,» the homilies and general aura of Catholic funerals
have often ignored Purgatory and instead canonized the deceased among the heavenly
blessed....
every man is Jesus if is human a humanitarian who give they life the soldier the real citizen other are person and people we all are a family GOD is the woman we all
had a mother think Obama mama is all our mama this nation brain wash because greed and ignorance everyday in deception and manipulation is world order that is why 9/11
call the police the CIA explain all in movie in deception the rich few know all is in the moral, respect and honor the president is correct all in the education but ignorance is
bless because we all
have greed, they want dome is shipper that is why gay a lot in this nation ignorance..
You
have been
call to the high office to do God's work that is truly a
blessing.
19 This day I
call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I
have set before you life and death,
blessings and curses.
she knows it
has words, and phrases, and concepts, and that depending on your perspective (ie one's «imagin «ation), that that which is
called abominable / destable can actually instead be considered a «
blessing.»
Deuteronomy 30:19 — I
call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I
have set before you life and death, the
blessing and the curse.
Come on Church, lets take on board what Jesus said in Matthew 5
v 9 «God
blesses those who work for peace for they will be
called the children of God» is that offer not good enough.
For him, scenes like that are important, not only because they feature conversations that can't be found anywhere else in primetime, but also because he feels
called «to impart the gift I
've been
blessed with.»
These prayers always asks for God's
blessing upon us all, as if without that
call to God, there
would be chaos and animal fornication.
People think we are crazy or may
call us «Bible Thumpers», but its because people like us
have seen God's light and are
Blessed.
15 people dead, Only this Narcissistic - Psychopathic - Megalomaniac
would call that a
blessing from God....
Pope Francis
has closed his traditional Sunday
blessing by saying «nothing can justify» the use of chemical weapons against defenceless people, and
called for those responsible for a suspected attack in Syria to seek negotiations.
My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he
has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden For behold, henceforth all generations will
call me
blessed; for he who is mighty
has done great things for me, and holy is his name.
I
call heaven and earth to witness this day against you that I
have set before you life and death, the
blessings and the curses; therefore choose life, that you and your descendants may live.
48 For he
hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall
call me
blessed.
«I
call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I
have set before you life and death,
blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;» (Deuteronomy 30:19)
Here, just for fun, I will fill in the blanks with things I
have heard over the years: «All second marriages are of Satan»; «All blacks are proud and arrogant; otherwise, they
would return to being
called Negro»; «All bisexuals are promiscuous and unfaithful in marriages»; «Pro-choice people are always turning their backs on God»; «Same sex marriages can never be
blessed by God's mercy»....
The churches aren't quite ready to devise an abortion ritual, to be enacted in clinics and hospitals, that
would call on God to
bless this «holy» alternative to birth and baptism.
But beyond saying that women can shine in every profession, Stein
calls women to exercise their professions as women: «The participation of women in the most diverse professional disciplines could be a
blessing for the entire society, private or public, precisely if the specifically feminine ethos
would be preserved» (Woman, p. 49).
«I
call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I
have set before you life and death,
blessings and curses.
Nature, therefore, is to be looked upon as sacred, rather than as a mere agent of utility for human needs, towards which human beings are
called to relate with a sense of duty.161 The arrival of the harvest, as may be noted from the case of the mustard seed, asserts that the time
has come when the
blessings of the Kingdom of God are available for all including non-human creation.
I
'd like to hear what the families of those who
have died and will die in this storm
have to say about little Glennie
calling the storm a «
blessing».
Wow, this storm could
have been a lot worse, hopefully it will be a
blessing in your life, because it will serve as a wake up
call to be prepared.
I lost count of how many «revivals» I sat through, listening to all of the ways that the Canadian church was failing, the ways that Canada was going to hell in a hand - basket, the litany of how we did it wrong, and God
had called them here to show us how to do this faith thing the right way and, then, «we
would see a move of God like nothing ever seen before,
bless God!»
Jesus
had blessed Peter,
called him the «rock» on which the church
would be built, and given him the keys of the kingdom.
Mr. Beck is simply looking for attention at this point, and
calling a storm that
has caused deaths a «
blessing» is just asinine.
Revelation 20:6 speaks of the second death in relation to a future period
called the Millennium: «
Blessed and holy are those who
have part in the first resurrection.
There is no way that the God or Jesus that he subscribes to
would ever
call a natural disaster that kills people a
blessing.
Jabez
called on the God of Israel, saying, «Oh that you
would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you
would keep me from hurt and pain.»
To
call such contingencies «
blessings of God» too blatantly suggests to me a very capricious omnipotence or a finite deity who
has managed to exert a bit of benevolent influence in this particular instance — and either way I am back with my old problem.
Jabez
called on the God of Israel, saying, «Oh that you
would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you
would keep me from hurt and harm!»
When the ear heard, it
called me
blessed and when the eye saw, it approved; because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless who
had none to help him.
«We felt the baby
would be a
blessing to our family and
would honour God — I felt excited and ready to fulfil this
calling.»
For behold, henceforth all generations will
call me
blessed; for he who is mighty
has done great things for me, and holy is his name.»
Hey Glen,
would you
call it a
blessing from GOD if Irene killed your loved ones... Don't think so.
From then on I met with another
blessed person online
called Martin Munyao who
has become the friend of mine who kept in contact with me many times and who taught me another course in Galatians.
We
have felt a vague sense of uneasiness and guilt; we know we are not necessarily
called to the mountain villages of Honduras, but we don't know how to justify our experience of
blessing and stability.
Indeed there
has been lots of issues with pedophile priests they should be judged by the justice system accordingly but God will
call them into account and that I guarantee you will be even worse... God
Bless everyone here...!
Thousands of years
have run their course since those days, but thou hast need of no tardy lover to snatch the memorial of thee from the power of oblivion, for every language
calls thee to remembrance — and yet thou dost reward thy lover more gloriously than does any other; hereafter thou dost make him
blessed in thy bosom; here thou dost enthral his eyes and his heart by the marvel of thy deed.
India, with her ceaseless bells and fire; her crows
calling stridently all night; India with her sandalwood smoke, and graceful gods, many - headed and many - armed,
has taken away the one who
blessed and kept me.
For some reason, I feel like
calling myself «
blessed» sends the message that I
have somehow earned God's special favor, that God is rewarding me for good behavior, and that the millions of people who suffer from war, famine, poverty, and sickness because they weren't lucky (or
blessed or fortunate) enough to be born in the wealthiest nation in the world are simply not as loved by God.
People do need to
have an emergency prepardness kit however I do nt think the 15 people who died and the countless more that lost millions of dollars in property
would call it a
blessing.
Do not return evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but on the contrary
bless, for to this you
have been
called, that you may obtain a
blessing.
Something of its character may be grasped, however, in reflecting that the other dimension to the spousal relationship is that the Church is primarily embodied in a personal way by the
Blessed Virgin Mary, and it is by immersing oneself in the Marian vocation - what
has come to be
called in the theology of von Balthasar and Pope Benedict «the Marian Profile» [3]- of the Church that the consecrated virgin will grasp the true spirit of her personal vocation to love and fidelity to Christ.
I think I
have did the unforgivable sin but I'm not sure if I
have I
have called god the holy spirit jesus Christ them all bad words I
have said there not the greatest I
have said fuck them I
have said the holy is unclean but again I don't mean it I get thoughts then I say them or if I read something like the saying holy spirit is unclean that is the unforgivable sin I get thoughts like that in my head I don't like they thoughts then i say it I don't mean it I get thoughts so I just say it I think i might
have did the unforgivable sin but I don't know I don't mean to say but
have i did the unforgivable sin please help me thanks god
bless x