I believe the reason people are leaving church in droves is because the gospel is not being preached in a way that challenges people to go
deeper in their relationship with God, in which their lives are transformed and they are in turn discipling others.
Lent is about bettering yourself to grow deeper and
deeper in your relationship with Christ.
This continues as you start to go
deeper in a relationship with this guy, but somehow you never seem to know exactly where you stand with him.
Reading these inspired words, people grow
deeper in their relationship with God and come to understand their place in the community God has called them to in himself.»
The only way through is to talk openly about the dark places we can go when we're
deep in relationship with these students.
Not exact matches
When a
relationship hits a serious stage and couples get married or commit to each other
in some big way, people are often too overcome
with excitement or too overwhelmed by the prospect of spending forever
with this person to have a
deep discussion about where their priorities lie.
The company's new investors have
deep connections
in the technology and entertainment landscape, and they are helping GoPro advance its
relationships with media companies.
-- assuming there's
deep trust
in the
relationship, you do it
with a smile, and you're sure the other person will know that you're teasing.
In «Romancing the Brand: How Brands Create Strong, intimate Relationships
with Consumers,» branding expert Tim Halloran argues that today's effective marketer must foster a
deep, committed, and emotionally connected
relationship with their consumer base.
Hulu already benefits from its close
relationship with major networks — Walt Disney's ABC, Comcast's NBCUniversal, 21st Century Fox, and Time Warner all own stakes
in Hulu — that give the streaming site access to its
deep library of archived TV and film content.
In order to build the economies of the future, governments will need to have
deeper and richer
relationships with the startup community.
I tell them not to be so entrenched
in working on their start - up ideas that they don't build
deep, meaningful
relationships with their peer group.
«He has
deep relationships with many institutions participating
in the U.S. middle - market, which will greatly enhance our pipeline of investments and further develop our extensive network of clients.»
We have
deep relationships with financing sources and our consistent activity
in the capital markets keep us up to date on the latest market trends.
In addition to conventional business
relationships, we have
deep experience
with innovative partnerships: we have created successful alliances between our portfolio companies and government agencies, as well as trade associations, nonprofit organizations and unions.
Founded
in 2015 and based
in Dallas, Texas, Pearl's investment strategy is straightforward — leverage the team's
deep - rooted
relationships in the energy industry to partner
with best -
in - class management teams pursuing attractive risk - reward opportunities
in the upstream, midstream, and service sectors.
After spending almost 18 months following the company and developing a
deep relationship with founders Nick Romito, Ryan Masiello and Karl Baum, Trinity Ventures was the first institutional investor
in the company, leading the Series A funding round
in 2013.
More than 50 percent of financial advisors expect to go
deeper in their social media
relationship with their clients.
Having accurate compliant data and developing
deeper trusted
relationships with your customers will provide your business
with many advantages, including a more relevant customer experience, which should translate into revenue and a reduction
in data management costs.
Authentic leaders start
with a strong sense of values, and some
deep beliefs
in their mission and purpose, but just as importantly, they are able to personally inspire and build trusting
relationships with the people around them who can make things happen
in the business.
KKR's Health Care Strategic Growth strategy leverages KKR's
deep health care expertise, sector
relationships, track record of scaling companies, and extensive portfolio to identify and invest
in businesses
with innovative products or services and high - quality management teams.
«The Target Canada team has worked tirelessly to improve the fundamentals, fix operations and build a
deeper relationship with our guests,» Target CEO Brian Cornell said
in a statement.
The chapters contain real - life illustrations of how apps can be used to automate chores at home, present solutions
in a work crisis, build
deeper relationships, and assist
with self - care.
We engage
with them early
in the process and often influence product definition thanks to our understanding of technologies and platforms, our
deep relationship with most of the industry silicon vendors and our knowledge of the latest trends.
Hallett has extensive experience
in the life insurance space,
with deep relationships within our partner carriers.
Attorney General Jeff Session's decision to recuse himself from a federal investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government
in the 2016 election already has caused a
deep rift
in his
relationship with Trump.
So we must learn to listen to God
in other ways if we are going to have a
relationship with Him that runs
deep.
Whether it is 15 minutes
in the morning where we read the Bible and pray, an hour - long jog while appreciating His creation, or a weekend retreat spent worshiping Him, consistent, intentional time spent getting to know God is one of the foundations of a
deep relationship with Him.
In a description of the writer Andre Dubus, we are told, «The
relationship between Dubus and his father, then, feels comfortably preconciliar: he is shy
with the older man, but their silence goes
deeper.»
Your church is a haven for those who want a
deeper relationship with God without becoming one of «them» (Think pukey pollyanna Christians
with a pasted on smile who declare
with Jesus
in your life everything is wonderful... sort of like the cartoon you posted today).
To put it bluntly, the notion of consent is arguably meaningless by itself as the arbiter of legitimate sexual and marital
relationships because of the potential for manipulation, coercion, and abuse
in a situation where there are
deep - rooted and unequal social power relations (e.g., the President of the United States [not] having sexual relations
with a besotted young intern or, as here, a parent and an adult child contracting a marriage).
People who don't believe
in your God are still capable of
deep committed love, it's through our intimate
relationships with other human beings we learn the true meaning of love.
Among those roughly 75 men are lawyers, a medical doctor, a congressional staffer, professional musicians, a radio host, several PhDs and professors, a particle physicist from Stanford, a former Google employee, a dean of admissions at a medical school, Ivy Leaguers, Golden Domers, and more who were successful
in the world, but sought a
deeper relationship with Jesus Christ and his Church, and desired to serve his people.
This book is showing those who want to be a member of a local church how they can be a better member and
in so doing having a
deeper relationship with Christ.
A
deep and personal knowledge of the gospel message of the cross is essential to a believer
in a
relationship with Jesus.
No matter the style of evangelism, crusade, one on one, or whatever, non of it has much lasting value unless it points to a
deeper relationship with Christ, and leads to a
relationship with His body
in this world, the church.
Our vocation grows out of a
deep personal
relationship with him and,
in this respect, reading and praying
with the Gospels is an invaluable help to discernment because there we see what Jesus calls people to and gain some insight into authentic vocation.
While I have tried to describe rather carefully the pastoral role of a clergyman working
in a mental health center as contrasted to that of a parish pastor, I think it is important that some aspects of his pastoral role be maintained diligently — his openness to all levels of pastoral conversation, his availability at all times, his understanding of and empathy
with the
deep yearnings of people for a sense of purpose and meaning
in life, forgiveness, moral clarity, the sense of the holy, and the importance of confidentiality and continuity
in relationships.
In my selfishness, I thought it was just between me and God.It took the situation with Alicia to wake me up to the fact that when we're not closely listening for the voice of God, we don't just miss out on the peace and joy we experience from a deeper relationship with the Lord; we don't just miss an opportunity to give honor and glory to the One who most deserves it; we don't just miss out on answered prayers God may have had in store for us — sometimes we miss the opportunity to answer someone else's prayer.&raqu
In my selfishness, I thought it was just between me and God.It took the situation
with Alicia to wake me up to the fact that when we're not closely listening for the voice of God, we don't just miss out on the peace and joy we experience from a
deeper relationship with the Lord; we don't just miss an opportunity to give honor and glory to the One who most deserves it; we don't just miss out on answered prayers God may have had
in store for us — sometimes we miss the opportunity to answer someone else's prayer.&raqu
in store for us — sometimes we miss the opportunity to answer someone else's prayer.»
I want you to know Amanda is a woman of valor because she bravely and willingly followed God on this most painful journey; that this valor comes through
in her
relationships because she calls us to dig
deeper and live larger and love
with abandon.
The Psalm does not question the
relationship of David and Mount Zion to all Israel3
In its moods of deepest despair, the Old Testament story finds hope for the future of all Israel in the certainty that God would realize his purpose in the David - Zion covenant with the re-establishment of that rule in some for
In its moods of
deepest despair, the Old Testament story finds hope for the future of all Israel
in the certainty that God would realize his purpose in the David - Zion covenant with the re-establishment of that rule in some for
in the certainty that God would realize his purpose
in the David - Zion covenant with the re-establishment of that rule in some for
in the David - Zion covenant
with the re-establishment of that rule
in some for
in some form.
Psalm 10: 3 - 4 — This talks about the wicked men, how they do nt have God
in their hearts or
in their minds, which is a fine piece of scripture but it can hardly be used for either myself or the maker of the video since we both seem to advocate a
deep and personal
relationship with the Lord rather than letting a group of «religious» people ruin it for you.
People who operate
in faith have to have a
deeper relationship with Jesus to do so.
We simply do not know what community would look like
in a modern city because our
deepest cultural experience
with it comes from the 19th century,
in the small - town, face - to - face
relationships of an agrarian economy.
In spite of King Davids wickedness, he really had a
deep, honest
relationship with The Father as his Psalms show.
I teach that evangelism is living life as a relfection of Christ
in such a way that we inspire those around us wither into a
relationship with HIM or into a
deeper relationship with HIM.
(5) We are sexual creatures,
in a much
deeper sense than other creatures;
in Christian language, «Male and female created [God] them» and «Human existence is a seeking of intimate
relationships with others.»
The antithesis of either God objective and apart from us or else God subjective and a part of us needs to be overcome
in the higher and
deeper synthesis towards which Professor Buber points
with his emphasis on the I - Thou
relationship of meeting.
He shares his story
in the book, explaining how he struggled
with living according to the Gospel as a gay person, and how he experiences
deep loneliness and shame
in nearly all of his
relationships.
By this I mean that
deep in our awareness is a recognition both of the drive for
relationships with others and of the capacity to express this drive
in specific actions.